Several years ago, after having collected on personal trips to Costa Rica
a dozen times since 1972, I started to organize a shelling tour there. I
received a very formal letter from one of their universities stating that
collecting was permitted only with application to a state university and
that all specimens collected had to be turned over to said university.
Needless to say my planned tour went no further. After that I did read
several accounts of individuals who had collected specimens in Costa Rica,
with no mention of problems bringing the shell out of the country. But
several commentors here have indicated this has also changed and the
collecting ban has started to be enforced.

Are we heading into the age of no self collecting, just the recycling of
old collections?

Tom Rice
Rawai beach, Phuket, Thailand

> Hi all,
> I was recently told that all shelling is illegal in Costa Rica. This
> apparently includes live and dead collecting and that you will be arrested
> if caught. I was wondering if anyone else had heard the same?
> Matt
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