10.-That in accordance with articles 20 and 21 of Executive Decree No. 38681-MAG-MINAE of 9 October 2014, the Executive Presidency of the Institute Costa Rican Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture, through Official Letter INCOPESCA-PE-770-2021 of 21 June 2021, made known to the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock and the Minister of Environment and Energy the technical opinion INCOPESCA-DOPA-069-2021 of 14 June 2021, signed by Lic. Miguel Durán Delgado, Director of Fisheries and Aquaculture Planning (Ordenamiento Pesquero y Acuícola) of INCOPESCA, through which the Executive President was informed of the need to modify article 16, second paragraph, of Executive Decree No. 38681-MAG-MINAE, taking into consideration the large number of vessels that make up the medium-scale commercial fleet, the difficult situation of the fisheries sector in relation to the overexploitation of the fishery resource, the globalization of markets and the socioeconomic hardship that the sector is experiencing, coupled with the impact caused by COVID-19 and in response to Executive Decree 42227-MP-S of 16 March 2020, which declares a state of national emergency throughout the territory of the Republic of Costa Rica, it is necessary to adopt measures that allow minimizing the impacts on health and the economy caused by the COVID-19 pandemic to all productive sectors, and in this case to the affected national fisheries sector.
11.-That the Minister of Agriculture and Livestock, through official letter number DM-MAG-622-2021 of 23 June 2021, deemed that the INCOPESCA request for an extension of the deadline in the second paragraph of article 16 of Executive Decree No. 38681-MAG-MINAE of 9 October 2014 is reasonable and proportional, and therefore endorses said extension as it adheres to the current fisheries legal framework.
12.-That in accordance with the second and third paragraphs of article 12 of the Regulation to the Law for the Protection of Citizens from Excessive Administrative Requirements and Procedures, Executive Decree No. 37045-MP-MEIC of 22 February 2012, this Decree does not create or modify procedures, requirements or formalities, and therefore does not require the Regulatory Improvement Process. Therefore, They Decree REFORM TO EXECUTIVE DECREE NO. 38681-MAG-MINAE OF 9 OCTOBER 2014; ENTITLED:
"MANAGEMENT FOR THE EXPLOITATION (ORDENAMIENTO PARA EL APROVECHAMIENTO) OF TUNA AND RELATED SPECIES IN THE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE OF THE COSTA RICAN PACIFIC OCEAN"