Bonefish & Tarpon Trust News

Even as scientists work to provide more definitive answers to climate change questions, scientists are calling for “adaptive management frameworks.” He said while the Everglades landscape and seascape will be shaped by oceanic energy, restoration and ecological responses to sea level rise will help to modify the impacts.

A purple gallinule walks across lily pads in Everglades National Park, Shutterstock photo No one knows national parks better than the park rangers who call them home. This is particularly the case in the Everglades—the third largest national park in the lower 48. A maze of mangroves, swamps, rivers, mud flats and tropical hardwood forests, this […]

The 3rd annual Naples Bonefish & Tarpon Trust Banquet was held on Saturday, March 16th at Foxfire Country Club and enjoyed a great crowd and very successful evening. A special thanks to the staff at Foxfire and to banquet chair Keith Goodman for their diligent work and assistance with the event. We would also like to thank the […]

Four Florida anglers were recently recognized for their tarpon DNA-collecting prowess during the annual Florida Guides Association meeting in Tampa. Recipients of The 2012 Florida Guides Association/FWC “Spirit of Tarpon DNA Sampling Challenge” awards were: Grand Champion – John Mallory, of Merritt Island (975 DNA samples) Gulf Coast Champion – Capt. Robert McCue, of Ellenton […]

Every spring, large tarpon migrate from unknown winter haunts to the Florida Keys to take part in an annual spawning ritual, residing in the Keys for spring and summer months. It is this migration that spawned the catch-and-release recreational fishery for tarpon – a challenge that anglers from around the world travel to the Keys […]

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is considering new regulations for tarpon and bonefish that will improve bonefish and tarpon conservation. We like the new draft rules, and would like your feedback. If you also like the new draft rules, contact the FWC Commissioners to express your support for the proposed new regulations. The […]

Upcoming workshops are planned by FWC to discuss making tarpon and bonefish catch-and-release only fisheries. The purpose of these workshops is to gather public input on potential changes in the tarpon and bonefish rules to make them catch-and-release only fisheries throughout Florida’s state and federal waters. Possible changes include: Eliminating the tarpon bag limit and allowing the […]

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is considering new regulations for tarpon and bonefish. The draft regulations would make bonefish and tarpon catch and release only. The Commission will discuss these draft regulations at their meeting on April 17-18, in Tallahassee. We are interested in your comments. At present, bonefish is catch and release […]

The 4th annual Boca Grande Bonefish & Tarpon Trust Banquet was held on Saturday, February 23rd, and was a great success. We send a special thanks to Boca Grande Outfitters (especially manager Jason Lynn) for their many auction item donations and help organizing the event, and to The Gasparilla Inn for once again being fantastic hosts. […]

We are sad to report that the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission decided to table the draft regulations to create categories for Sportfish and Gamefish in Florida. The strategy was to first get the concept of Sportfish (catch and release only) and Gamefish (recreational catch and harvest only) as part of Florida’s regulations, and […]