TBF’s 2025 6-Month Competition Standings
We’re officially halfway through the 2024–2025 Tag & Release Competition! How are you stacking up? With just under six months to go…
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BFT Closure in GOM
Gulf of Mexico Bluefin Tuna Trophy Fishery Closed as of April 23, 2025 The Recreational Bluefin Tuna Trophy Category in the Gulf…
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New Tag & Release Category – TBF Legends
Starting with the 2025-2026 TBF Annual Tag & Release Competition (November 1st, 2025 – October 31st, 2026), The Billfish Foundation (TBF) will…
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Marlin Fly Week
The Marlin Fly Project continues through 2025, with the addition of The Marlin Fly Project Week! Hosted December 6-12, 2025 at Los…
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International Tagging Initiative
The Billfish Foundation’s (TBF) International Tagging Initiative provides vital tagging equipment to regions with little or no billfish data, aiding in the…
Read moreHow Treaty to Protect the ‘High Seas’ May Impact Highly Migratory Species
The faraway place of the ‘high seas’ is exactly what it sounds like: vast swaths of ocean that belong to no one…
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Anglers We Will Miss: Dr. C. Phillip Goodyear
Dr. C. Phillip Goodyear of Havana, FL passed away on April 25. TBF and all of fishery science lost a leader with…
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Recapture on Japanese Longliner!
On August 9th, 2022, Katsue Koyano caught a blue marlin aboard Motohiko Goto’s boat, Gotch, in the waters of Hyoutan, Japan. The…
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New Striped Marlin Study
Scientists have recently discovered that predatory fish, such as the striped marlin, use rapid color changes to coordinate their attacks on prey.…
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