Analysis of Minimum Length for Blue Marlin Tournaments
The Billfish Foundation's newest Winthrop P. Rockefeller Ocean Program intern, Nick Becker, a recent graduate from Duke University’s Nicholas School of the…
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Florida East Coast Closed Zone Will Remain Closed!
The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is not issuing an Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) that would open the east coast Florida closed…
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Sargassum Invasion
Weed, Weed – too much of a good thing? Offshore anglers know seeing and fishing a floating Sargassum weed line is a…
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Billfish Policy Update – July 2018
To keep you up to date and for your convenience, we have summarized some of the latest policies that effect billfish and our…
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Bill introduced to phase out large-mesh drift gillnets off California
The practice of allowing the U.S. west coast fishery to still use large mesh drift gillnets is insane. The fact that this method of fishing is still allowed shows…
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Why Are Billfish Threatened?
The Billfish Foundation was the result of a movement led by anglers who began noticing there were fewer big fish to catch.…
Read moreLongline Research In Closed Zone: Do the Math
Last year’s halting of the federally permitted longline research inside a zone closed to the gear for 16 years off Florida’s east…
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Assessing Florida’s Sailfish Population
Management of sailfish in the Atlantic Ocean falls under the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT), which is responsible…
Read moreScientist Seeks to Advance Longline Research
NOVA Southeastern University Scientist and assistant professor, David W. Kerstetter, who received a federal Exempted Fishing Permit (EFP) in 2017 to conduct…
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