TBF WELCOMES MARINA CASA DE CAMPO AS A NEW TAG & RELEASE INDUSTRY SPONSOR!
The Billfish Foundation (TBF) is extremely excited to announce and welcome aboard the Marina Casa de Campo as a new Tag & Release Industry sponsor.…
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When the US was in the midst of a recession (2007 – 2009), TBF saw a significant reduction in tag and release…
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PRIVATE BOATS CAN TRAVEL DIRECT TO CUBA – BUT SOME RESTRICTIONS APPLY
The Obama administration recently issued new rules that allow U.S. visitors going to Cuba to travel in their own boat, whether for…
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CREDIBLE SCIENTISTS TAKE ON SENSATIONALISTS
It comes as good news to learn of CFOOD, a group of well respected scientists that came together “out of frustration with erroneous…
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Robust Debate & Marine Closures
This past June, Biscayne National Park released its new General Management Plan (GMP) to guide actions over the next 20 years in…
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PANAMA’S SPORTFISHING ECO-TOURISM TRADE COULD BE HURT
Regrettably, the recent La Presna article dated August 16, 2015 that quotes Ivan Flores, Manager of the Aquatic Resources and Fisheries Authority…
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Predicting Atlantic Blue Marlin Distribution
TBF’s Dr. Phil Goodyear, is currently advancing research to use oceanographic data and information recovered from earlier satellite tagging research to predict…
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UNDERSTANDING MAXIMUM SIZE IN THE CATCH: ATLANTIC BLUE MARLIN AS AN EXAMPLE
The most recent Atlantic blue marlin research completed by TBF’s Dr. Phillip Goodyear was published by the American Fisheries Society, the oldest,…
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BILLFISH BILL MORPHOLOGY
Rostrum: a funny word used by scientists to describe the “upper jaw prolonged into a long stout spear with round cross-section.” To…
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