The TBF Experience
The TBF Experience is giving away trips to top bill fishing destinations with some of the best captains in the world. Join The Billfish Foundation, and you could win the trip of a lifetime. Already a member? You are already in the
Tagging Sailfish with Captain Bouncer Smith
Join TBF and Legendary South Florida Captain Bouncer Smith for a great day of catch, tag, and release Sailfishing off of Miami. Captain Bouncer Smith describes the importance of our tagging and recapture program with regard to the sailfish fishery in the South West North Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea. Learn first hand from a legend about the importance of the research that you can help fund as a member of
TBF and King Sailfish: Tag and Release
This short film provides information on the proper handling and release of fish, as well as a brief introduction to The Billfish
AGREEMENT YIELDS LONGLINE CLOSURE FOR UPCOMING COSTA RICA FISHING TOURNAMENT
Puntarenas, Costa Rica: In a groundbreaking move and through a joint effort between The Billfish Foundation and the Presidential Challenge Charitable Foundation, commercial longlining will be closed in a 40-mile area during the upcoming Presidential Challenge of Costa Rica tournament, March 1-4, 2012. Herbert Nanne, the TBF Conservation Director for Central America successfully proposed through the National Sportfishing Commission, where he is a member, an agreement to close the waters off Carrillo, Costa Rica during the Presidential Challenge tournament to INCOPESCA, the Costa Rican Fisheries and Aquaculture Institute whose duties include management of the nation’s fisheries, both commercial
TBF’S RESPONSE TO THE JUVENILE SWORDFISH VIDEO ON THE INTERNET
KLHS0OjJ8 I am sure many of you have seen this video already and TBF wanted to respond to what we saw in the view. The excessive killing of the juvenile swordfish filmed in the video reflects a complete disregard for conservation, the future jobs dependent upon healthy swordfish stocks and the sacrifices made by U.S. interests to help recover the stocks of North Atlantic swordfish. This area needs to be identified and closed to protect juvenile swordfish, protect US interests and the future livelihood of the fishery. TBF forwarded the video with our expressed dire concern to the
THE BILLFISH FOUNDATION AT BRAZIL’S SPORTFISHING TRADE SHOW PROMOTING CONSERVATION AND SPORTFISHING TOURISM
The Billfish Foundations’ global conservation and sportfishing tourism efforts will be highlighted in an opening day presentation August 10, at Brazil’s Pesca Sportfishing Trade Show in Sao Paulo. The trade show runs through August 12. The seminar “The Science of Fisheries Conservation and the Economic Development of Sportfishing Tourism” will be presented by TBF’s Elliott Stark at 10:30 a.m. Stark, a science and policy specialist at the 25 year old non-profit organization which is committed to solely conserving and enhancing billfish populations globally, will highlight TBF’s ongoing fisheries programs to empower continued strives in billfish conservation by several countries
THE BILLFISH FOUNDATION IN CANARY ISLANDS TO PROMOTE CONSERVATION AND SPORTFISHING TOURISM
The 26th Annual Offshore Fishing Championships (XXVI Edicion Campeonato de Pesca de Altura) from July 28-30 in the extremely prolific billfishing arena of the Canary Islands will also be the back drop for the promotion of The Billfish Foundations’ global conservation efforts. “As a world class blue marlin destination the Canary Islands’ are dedicated to sportfishing tourism as a means to promote fisheries conservation as well as economic well being of communities,” said TBF Science and Policy Specialist Elliott Stark who will be attending. “This is an increasingly important means of empowering fisheries conservation policy on national and international
I RECAPTURED A TBF TAGGED BILLFISH: WHAT NOW?
Have you recaptured a TBF tagged billfish? Congratulations, it is a rare feat for anglers to catch a tagged fish, so thank for reporting it! By reporting your recapture, you are helping provide TBF and its partners with valuable data about billfish and, therefore, helping out the entire sportfishing community. Please fill out this recapture form with as much information as you can and then please contact us. When a fish is recaptured, the scientific loop of data collection is completed, giving scientists insight into billfish biology and movement patterns. TBF utilizes the data provided to help steer fisheries
TBF’s Ecology Workshop: Education in Action
On December 7th, 2009, The Billfish Foundation visited the Sea, Sand and Stars Science and Nature Center at Orange Beach Elementary School in Orange Beach, Alabama. TBF’s Science and Policy Specialist, Elliott Stark, lead a group of 54 sixth graders in TBF’s first ever Ecology Workshop. Under Stark’s guidance, the students learned about marine physiology, […]
TBF EXTENDS OUTREACH IN THE NORTHEAST
In an effort to reach out to the sportfishing community of the Northeast, TBF sent Capt. Tony DiGiulian to attend the opening weekend of the 8thAnnual Hamptons Offshore Invitational. The tournament was held August 15ththrough August 24th out of Shinnecock Inlet, Long Island NY. With 72 boats entered in this year’s tournament, the Hamptons Invitational has become one of the most prestigious tournaments on the East Coast. The event culminated with an awards dinner at Oakland’s restaurant in Hampton Bays, with over 650 tournament entrants, supporters and guests in attendance. This year’s tournament was the most successful yet
