The wait is finally over! Listed below are final standings for The Billfish Foundation’s 2023-2024 Tag & Release Competition. From November 1st of 2023 until October 31st, 2024, captains, anglers, and mates from around the globe competed against one another in support of billfish conservation. Listed below are the winners of each category, to be highlighted in person during our upcoming awards ceremony on March 21st, 2025.

The anglers and captains mentioned below have contributed crucial information to billfish conservation and our Tag & Release Program. Since its inception in 1990, the program has grown to accrue more than 290,000 tag and release records to become the largest, open-sourced billfish tagging database in the world. In the last year alone, TBF has collected over 7,000 records! This is only possible because of the efforts of all the conservation-minded captains, anglers, and mates across the globe whose data helps to preserve the sport we love and provides us with an increased understanding of the needs for billfish management.

Please note, all individual award winners were contacted via email with specific instructions. If you did not receive an email and are listed as a winner below (1st place only), please contact us directly at [email protected] so we can update our contact information and provide you with event details.