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The Billfish Foundation AWARD WINNERS

 for the 2011 competition year

 

 

 

Please join us at Jungle Island in Miami Beach, FL on February 16th at 6:30pm to recognize and celebrate our 2011 Tag and Release Competition winners! Thank you to our event ... More »

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Since Jackson Williams, our original winner, did not respond in time we pulled another name and it is Joe Kruszka. Joe happens to be another student of the University of Alabama, and has the chance to win our Thirteenth Collegiate Billfish National Championship (CBNC) Costa Sunglasses drawing.  He just needs to become an ... More »
TBF Friends,  Thank you for making our successes possible.  Happy Holidays! More »

 

Travis Moore, a alum of University of Alabama, won our Ninth Collegiate Billfish National Championship (CBNC) Costa Sunglasses drawing. This makes the University of Alabama a multiple drawing winners now! He won by becoming an active member of The Billfish Foundation and signing up for the CBNC. Will you be the next winner of ... More »

 

 

Jimmy Fisackerly, an alum of Louisiana State University, won our Eighth Collegiate Billfish National Championship (CBNC) Costa Sunglasses drawing. He won by becoming an active member of The Billfish Foundation and signing up for the CBNC. Will you be the next winner of TBF's CBNC drawing? Just make sure your membership is active ... More »
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Want to assist The Billfish Foundation (TBF) in collecting data (without tagging equipment) and get recognition for your catch? All you need to do is submit a release card (seen here).

Have you been out fishing and do not have tagging equipment or realize that it might be too dangerous for you and the fish if you tried to tag it? TBF created the release card for this ... More »
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Proposed Bluefin Tuna Regulation Not Enough

The National Marine Fishery Service’s (NMFS) current proposed Atlantic Bluefin tuna regulation (0648-BA65) to reduce bluefin tuna dead discards is requiring landing reductions across-the-board in all fishing sectors. The agency also just implemented a regulation to require the use of the new “weak hook” in the pelagic longline fishery in the Gulf of Mexico to reduce ... More »

Remembering Amy Granville-Smith

On Tuesday, April 5th, with her husband and best friend, Mark, at her side, Amy Granville-Smith passed away following a courageous battle with breast cancer. Fishing was Amy's true passion and she was happy catching anything from bass to bonefish to big marlin! She and Mark enjoyed many memorable days aboard their beloved Paul Mann, Phat Mann, where Amy relished playing ... More »