Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (BFT) Angling Category – Northern Area Trophy Fishery Closing

NOAA Fisheries will close the Atlantic bluefin tuna (BFT) Angling…

Billfish Policy Update – July 2018

To keep you up to date and for your convenience, we have…

Protect the Option to Incidentally catch & land a Bluefin Tuna in the Gulf of Mexico

Follow the federal rules on Bluefin to ensure future fishing…

Bill introduced to phase out large-mesh drift gillnets off California

  A bipartisan bill to ban controversial driftnet…

TBF submitted comments in opposition to EFP off the Gulf of Maine

The Billfish Foundation recently submitted comments against NOAA's…

Stricter Measures Not Included In NMFS Options For Longlines

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) recently issued…

NMFS Strives to Revitalize the Pelagic Longline Fishery – Why Not the Billfish Fishery?

The Billfish Foundation objects to the goal of the National…

Longline Research In Closed Zone: Do the Math

Last year’s halting of the federally permitted longline research…

SAFMC Takes Action On Longline Research

The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) considered…

Tell Policymakers to Keep Longlines Out of Conservation Zone

Note: the SAFMC public comment period ended on the day of the…