Ricardo Gutiérrez Vargas, Regional Director of Guanacaste and Coordinator of the Advisory Commission of Guanacaste, wherefore, consequently, and supported by technical, social, economic, and scientific criteria that sustain it, the granting of five ballyhoo fishing licenses is approved, under the following terms and conditions:
i- They shall only be granted to natural persons who have resided for more than three years, duly demonstrated, in the coastal communities located from Flamingo to Bahía Salinas, who currently have a small-scale vessel registered in their name with an up-to-date certificate of seaworthiness, who are not salaried employees, and whose fishing gear is solely the "cachador" or "scoop" with a diameter no greater than 50 cm and only 1 per vessel.
ii A minimum total capture length of 27 cm is established for the capture and commercialization of H. saltator originating only from the infralittoral waters comprised from Punta Descartes (11°02'27.44" N and 85°44'55.23" W) to the Southwest to the waters located off Playa Flamingo (10°26'51.54" N and 85°46'55.40" W), excepting those waters included within National Parks or other protected zones.
(The previous point thus amended by point 1) of agreement N° AJDIP/103-2017 of February 24, 2017) iii A total closed season (veda) is established for the capture and trade of H. saltator originating from the areas delimited in the previous paragraph during the period from December 1 to February 28 of each year.
(The previous point thus amended by point 1) of agreement N° AJDIP/103-2017 of February 24, 2017)