# The Billfish Foundation: Working worldwide to advance the conservation of billfish to improve the health of the oceans, associated economies, and fight for the rights of anglers\.

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## Pages
- [The Skillie Project](https://billfish.org/research/the-skillie-project/)
- [Tag Card Guide](https://billfish.org/research/tag-and-release/tag-card-guide/): Tag Cards are a crucial part of our Tag \& Release Program\. To ensure you're filling them out correctly, feel free to reference this guideline\. 
- [Tag \& Release Guide](https://billfish.org/research/tag-and-release/guide/): Ever wondered how to tag a fish, where the best placement for a tag is, or what to do if you’ve caught a billfish that already has a tag on it? We have the information to help answer all of your tagging related questions\.
- [Publications](https://billfish.org/publications/): A key component of TBF's mission is citizen science based research\. Our publications include dozens of published works that highlight what TBF has done since 1986\.
- [Project Gulf](https://billfish.org/research/project-gulf/)

## Posts
- [Closing a Loophole in the Billfish Conservation Act](https://billfish.org/advocacy/closing-a-loophole-in-the-billfish-conservation-act/): The amended Billfish Conservation Act \(BCA\) passed Congress and was signed into law this month, August 2018\.  The amended BCA prohibits Pacific billfish landed in Hawaii and in the U\.S\. Pacific Insular Areas \(Guam, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands\) from being imported into the continental U\.S\., a loophole in the 2012 BCA\. Neither the 2012 BCA nor the 2018 amended BCA prohibits the landing, possession or sale of Pacific billfish by U\.S\. commercial vessels as is prohibited for Atlantic billfish\. Without prohibiting landings of Pacific billfish landed by U\.S\. commercial vessels, meaningful conservation benefits can only be
- [Join The Billfish Foundation at ICAST 2026\!](https://billfish.org/advocacy/icast-2026-schedule/)
- [New Research Publication: A Faster Way to Identify Marlin Species](https://billfish.org/e-news/pub-marlin-species/)
- [A Summer of Tournaments, Tagging, and Conservation](https://billfish.org/e-news/2026-summer/)
- [TBF Celebrates 30 Years of Support from the Orange Beach Billfish Classic](https://billfish.org/e-news/obbc-2026/)

## Standings
- [2026](https://billfish.org/standings/2026/)
- [2025](https://billfish.org/standings/2025/)
- [2024](https://billfish.org/standings/2024/)
- [2021](https://billfish.org/standings/2021/)
- [2022](https://billfish.org/standings/2022/)

## Events
- [Big Game Battle](https://billfish.org/event/big-game-battle/)
- [Cape Cod Bluewater Classic](https://billfish.org/event/cape-cod-bluewater-classic/)
- [Mongo Challenge](https://billfish.org/event/mongo-challenge/)
- [MBGFC's Gulf Coast Masters](https://billfish.org/event/mobile-big-game-fishing-club-memorial-day-tournament/)
- [Pelagic Nights](https://billfish.org/event/pelagic-nights/)

## Magazines
- [Billfish V3 2025](https://billfish.org/magazines/billfish-v3-2025/)
- [Billfish V1 2026](https://billfish.org/magazines/billfish-v1-2026/)
- [Sailfish 29](https://billfish.org/magazines/sailfish-29/)
- [Sailfish 30](https://billfish.org/magazines/sailfish-30/)
- [Spearfish 38](https://billfish.org/magazines/spearfish-38/)

## Publications
- [Rapid elemental profiling for species identification of marlin](https://billfish.org/publications/rapid-elemental-profiling-for-species-identification-of-marlin/)
- [Lunar cycle effects on pelagic predators and fisheries: insights into tuna, billfish, sharks, and rays](https://billfish.org/publications/lunar-cycle-effects-on-pelagic-predators-and-fisheries-insights-into-tuna-billfish-sharks-and-rays/)
- [90 years of catch data reveal changes in catch composition in the Australian east coast recreational marlin fishery](https://billfish.org/publications/90-years-of-catch-data-reveal-changes-in-catch-composition-in-the-australian-east-coast-recreational-marlin-fishery/)
- [2022\-2023 Conservation Record](https://billfish.org/publications/2022-conservation-record/)
- [2021 Conservation Record](https://billfish.org/publications/2021-conservation-record/)

## Categories
- [News](https://billfish.org/category/news/)
- [Advocacy](https://billfish.org/category/advocacy/)
- [TBF Circle Back](https://billfish.org/category/news/tbf-circle-back/)
- [Featured](https://billfish.org/category/featured/)
- [Education](https://billfish.org/category/education/)

## Product Tags
- [T\-Shirts](https://billfish.org/product-tag/t-shirts/)
- [Performance Shirts](https://billfish.org/product-tag/performance-shirts/)
- [Pelagic](https://billfish.org/product-tag/pelagic/)
- [Hats](https://billfish.org/product-tag/hats/)
- [Tag Sticks](https://billfish.org/product-tag/tag-sticks/)

## Optional
- [Sitemap index](https://billfish.org/sitemap_index.xml)