A Summer of Tournaments, Tagging, and Conservation
The next two months promise to be some of the busiest of the year for The Billfish Foundation as our team travels…
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New Research Publication: A Faster Way to Identify Marlin Species
The Billfish Foundation is pleased to highlight a new scientific publication now featured in our Research Library: "Rapid Elemental Profiling for Species…
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TBF Celebrates 30 Years of Support from the Orange Beach Billfish Classic
The 30th annual Orange Beach Bilfish Classic took place with boats from across the Gulf competing for nearly $1.6 million in…
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Ladies Fish-Off Donates $30,000 to The Billfish Foundation
For four decades, the Ladies Fish-Off has proven that fishing tournaments can be about much more than competition on the water.…
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Honoring Ellen Peel at TBF’s 40th Annual Gala
After more than 30 years of dedicated leadership, Ellen Peel is retiring as President of The Billfish Foundation. Throughout her remarkable tenure,…
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Lifetime Achievement Award Winners
Captain Bubba Carter The John Rybovich Lifetime Achievement Award honors a former TBF board member who distinguished himself as a member of…
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2026 Artist of the Year – Steve Goione
Sport fishermen—especially pelagic warriors who favor billfish, tuna and wahoo—have a distinct preference in things artistic. It tends to center on their…
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Adopt a Billfish & TBF
Since 2002, the Adopt-A-Billfish program has played a critical role in advancing the science and conservation of billfishes and other large pelagic…
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TBF’s 2026 Tag & Release Award Ceremony: Celebrating Community and Conservation
TBF’s 2026 Tag & Release Awards Ceremony brought the global billfishing community together once again in West Palm Beach, Florida, for an…
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