Commercial Tuna boat encircles several sportfisherman in CR

[Questsportfishing]

just a thought.. and the bite is really cool when ya see it.

[Sterling]

I've gotta run but here's some quick information I found on these guys. This needs to be resolved and when the governments of both Costa Rica and Nicaragua figure out what this incident cost them in touism, they should take care of it. Who's going to move their boat there and hire a crew after seeing this. All of us that dump money into these countries need to make sure those governments know how we feel about this type of action and the longlining that's going to trash their tourism. There's enough power on this site to send the message.

Flag: Nicaragua
Gear: Purse seine
Port of registration: Corinto
Call sign: HO-4047
Dimensions(m) Length: 68.1
Beam: 12.8
Depth: 4.7
Technical characteristics Fish hold volume (m3): 1217
Fish hold volume confirmation date: 27 Jan 2006
Carrying capacity (t): 1089
Gross tonnage: 1072
Engine power (HP): 4050
Year built: 1981
Shipyard: J.M. Martinac
Company: Corporacion Bahia Esmeralda, S.A.
Business Address: Calle 50, edificio torre Dresdner primer piso
Panamá
Previous flag: Panama - Date changed: 8 Sep 2005 - Vessel name at time of change: Andrea F
Previous name: Andrea C - Date changed: 15 Jul 2005 - Flag at time of change: Panama

http://www.iattc.org/vesselregister/VesselDetails.aspx?VesNo=3529&Lang=en

[joeksr]

This is bad stuff.
Going to Costa Rica in November for a friends wedding.
Unless they get this resolved or let me bring weapons I aint goin fishin.

[costaricasportfishing]

Hopefully some of the mates will "run into" some of the tunaboat crew in Puntarenas.

[Poledancer]

looks like the same bandit from this video.