2015 Trip of a Lifetime Winner! Congratulations to Brent Nash for being the winner of the 2015 BTT Trip of a Lifetime contest! Since Brent was a paying member of BTT in 2015, he has won an awesome trip for himself and another angler to fish out of Belize River Lodge with BTT’s Dr. Aaron […]
2016 BTT Membership Shirt – Art by Derek DeYoung Bonefish and Tarpon Trust is proud to announce that our 2016 membership shirt will feature artwork by the iconic fish artist, Derek DeYoung. “To be called upon to provide artwork for the 2016 BTT t-shirt is a sincere honor for me,” said DeYoung. “Watching a tarpon […]
The Conservation Captain for January 2016 is Capt. Will Vallely out of Providenciales, Turks and Caicos. Recently, Capt. Will has been very busy capturing bonefish fin clip samples from the waters of Turks and Caicos in support of BTT’s Bonefish Genetics Program. Click here for more info on about Capt. Will Vallely. Where do […]
We have been hearing reports of bonefish being caught near the Ft. Lauderdale / Pompano Beach, FL area. The genetics of these fish are very interesting to us and we need your help collecting samples. If you or anyone you know has been catching bonefish near there or anywhere along in Florida, please contact us […]
Bonefish & Tarpon Trust will be a Gold Sponsor of the upcoming Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission Snook Symposium, to be held in Orlando, FL on Wednesday, January 13, 2016. Why, you might ask, is BTT sponsoring the Snook Symposium? It’s simple – juvenile and sub-adult tarpon and snook use many of the same […]
BTT Board member Bill Horn, former Assistant Secretary of the Interior for Fish, Wildlife, and Parks, provides a summary of the poor state of affairs in Florida Bay, and shares his ideas on ways to fix the problem in a special edition of “The Angling Report”. Click here to read the article.
Bonefish and Tarpon Trust is pleased to announce Montauk Tackle Company as their newest Corporate Sponsor at the Bronze Partner Level. Montauk Tackle is a Made in the USA Company whose performance sportswear is built from the ground up with technology designed for an active coastal lifestyle. As part of their sponsorship, Montauk Tackle has […]
Originally posted on www.asf.ca St. Andrews, NB – The Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF) is pleased to announce that Christopher H. Buckley Jr., a resident of Islamorada, Florida, has been chosen as the 2015 recipient of the Lee Wulff Atlantic Salmon Conservation Award. Former ASF (U.S.) Chairman Richard J. Warren presented the award today at […]
For those of you who have been curious, here is a video of BTT’s Justin Lewis showing you how to take a fin clip sample from a bonefish for Bonefish and Tarpon Trust’s Bonefish Genetics Program. The process limits air exposure and is harmless to the fish. In fact, the section of clipped fin grows […]
BTT Contributing scientist, Christopher Haak, presents on behalf of Bonefish & Tarpon Trust on “The Pivotal Role of Technology in Advancing Bonefish Science” at the American Museum of Fly Fishing’s 2015 Deborah Pratt Dawson Conservation Symposium. Chek out the short video of his presentation below.
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