Bonefish & Tarpon Trust News

Below is the letter from Dr. Aaron Adams, BTT’s Director of Science and Conservation to Hon. V Alfred Gray, Bahamas Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources detailing BTT’s position on the proposed Bahamas Flats Regulations. _____________________________________________________________________________ May 13, 2016 Hon. V Alfred Gray, Minister of Agriculture and Marine Resources Dear Mr. Gray: I write to […]

Biscayne Bay desperately needs fresh water flow but restoration plans for the Biscayne Bay Coastal Wetlands (BBCW) have been underfunded and delayed year after year. If Governor Scott and the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Governing Board Members don’t act NOW, we will lose federal funds for Biscayne Bay restoration. Write a short email […]

BTT is pleased to announce that our new tarpon acoustic tagging project is beginning shortly. The purpose of this study is to obtain scientific data necessary for tarpon conservation that will be used exclusively to protect tarpon and enhance their habitat through improvements in fishery management. BTT will not distribute specific data to the public and will only describe […]

Ft. Pierce, FL Postdoctoral Researcher – Aquaculture A Post-Doctoral Researcher position located at FAU’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute in Ft. Pierce, FL is available immediately. This position will work closely with the team of researchers conducting a project to determine the requirements for production of juvenile Bonefish Albula vulpes to assist in the recovery of […]

We are asking our members and followers for help in taking the next step in flats fishery conservation. We need assistance from anyone with contacts at GPS companies. We would like them to participate in a mapping project that will help protect flats habitats while ensuring fishing access to the flats. Read on for more […]

Mats of seagrass after a dieoff in the Indian River Lagoon. Photo: Dr. Aaron Adams The Washington Post recently released an article about the massive seagrass die-off in Florida Bay. Over 40,000 acres of seagrass have died since last summer, a result of years of water-mismanagement not allowing enough water to reach Florida Bay, which led to hypersalinity […]

Much of BTT’s research requires our team to be out on the water. Of course there are countless hours spent in labs analyzing data, but our work requires us to put in the time on boats to collect samples and conduct research. We aren’t just out there to fish—though lucky for us that is sometimes […]

BTT’s Alex Lovett-Woodsum was recently on the Flood Tide Co.‘s Barely Live Podcast. Click below to listen to Alex and the guys chat about water quality issues, tarpon and permit acoustic tracking, the Bahamas, and permit recaptures. The interview with Alex begins at 1:01:00.

In early April, the BTT staff received a report of a tagged permit that was recaptured in the lower Keys. Captain Don Gable was fishing with his angler and well-known photographer, Tosh Brown, when they hooked and landed a beautiful Keys permit that had previously been tagged with a BTT dart tag. Tracing the tag […]

(From L – R) Craig “Bubba” Janssen, BRL Guide Dirk Burgard, Chuck “Bingo” Hemingway, and BTT’s JoEllen Wilson In early April, Belize River Lodge hosted its 5th and final Tagging Challenge Week where anglers compete in a week-long competition to tag permit, fin clip bonefish and collect scales from tarpon. Individuals receive awards for sampling […]