Watch the video to learn more about bonefish and tarpon connectivity and the importance of conservation at local and regional levels.
Watch the video to learn more about bonefish and tarpon connectivity and the importance of conservation at local and regional levels.
Watch “Journey of the Silver King” to learn about Bonefish &Tarpon Trust’s efforts to conserve tarpon and their habitat.
5 Generations of Travelin’ Ghosts is a bonefish connectivity story set in the Florida Keys, The Bahamas, and Cuba.
In this Conservation Minute, BTT Bahamas Initiative Manager Justin Lewis reviews the bonefish lifecycle.
In this Conservation Minute, BTT Director of Science and Conservation Dr. Aaron Adams explains the permit lifecycle from cradle to grave and its implications for the fishery’s management.
In this Conservation Minute, BTT tells the story of bonefish connectivity and how it affects local and regional scale fisheries management decisions.
BTT Research Fellow Dr. Andy Danylchuk discusses BTT’s Tarpon Acoustic Tagging Project.
BTT’s Bahamas Initiative Manager Justin Lewis gives an overview of the culturally and economically important saltwater flats habitat. Science-based conservation approaches benefit more than the species they target!
Learn the best bonefish catch and release practices from the BTT Bahamas Initiative Manager Justin Lewis. Proper fish handling is essential to the survival of your catch, and to the overall health of the fishery.
Justin Lewis, Bonefish & Tarpon Trust’s Bahamas Initiative Manager, shows us how to not be “that guy” when handling a bonefish. Proper catch & release practices are essential to maintaining a healthy fishery, so please share with your fellow anglers.
In this Conservation Minute, BTT reviews best tarpon handling practices.
BTT’s Florida Keys Initiative Manager Dr. Ross Boucek discusses the importance of responsible boating and how propeller scars negatively impact the flats fishery
Follow these best handling practices to ensure a healthy release for the bonefish you catch.
BTT explains how acoustic telemetry has helped gather key information for the protection and conservation of tarpon habitats and species.
BTT Research Associate Dr. Jennifer Rehage discusses the Florida International University study funded by BTT that examines the effects of pharmaceutical contaminants on South Florida bonefish.
JoEllen Wilson, BTT’s Juvenile Tarpon Habitat Program Manager speaks about coastal habitat conservation.
Dr. Ross Boucek speaks about BTT’s new shark depredation study in the Florida Keys. The study will focus on shark interactions by location, season and fishing method. The results will help inform future management decisions, including ways to reduce shark and angler interactions and limit impacts to our valuable fishery.
BTT’s Director of Science and Conservation Dr. Aaron Adams discusses BTT’s research on bonefish spawning in the Florida Keys.
BTT’s Florida Keys Initiative Manager Dr. Ross Boucek discusses Project Permit.
Costa’s Project Permit is joint effort between Bonefish and Tarpon Trust and Costa Sunglasses to address data shortcomings specific to the permit species. The catch and recapture data will finally inform us on permit movements in Florida waters and provide managers with new data that might be applied to management zones.
Host Capt. Rick Murphy interviews Dr. Ross Boucek, BTT Florida Keys Initiative Manager, about BTT’s permit acoustic tagging program.
BTT’s Dr. Ross Boucek overviews BTT’s Spawning Permit Monitoring Program.
Dr. Addiel Perez, BTT’s Belize-Mexico Initiative Manager, discusses BTT’s three-pronged approach to conservation in Belize.
BTT Vice President Kellie Ralston discusses BTT’s goals and priorities in Belize.
BTT Bahamas Initiative Manager Justin Lewis discusses ongoing bonefish spawning research in The Bahamas and how it informs conservation measures.
“From the Roots Up,” a new production by Silverline Films, tells the story of BTT’s Bahamas Mangrove Restoration Project, a community-wide effort to plant 100,000 mangroves in areas of Grand Bahama and Abaco hardest hit by Hurricane Dorian in 2019. BTT and partners have planted more 50,000 trees to date, thanks to the help of local students, fishing guides, and volunteers. Learn more and support the project at: BTT.org/bahamasmangroves
Silver Kings host Captain Jared Raskob joins BTT’s Bahamas Initiative Manager Justin Lewis in Andros.
Silver Kings host Captain Jared Raskob joins BTT’s Bahamas Initiative Manager Justin Lewis in Andros.
BTT’s Florida Keys Initiative Manager Dr. Ross Boucek discusses the importance of healthy juvenile fish habitat and why we must conserve it.
BTT Director of Science and Conservation Dr. Aaron Adams explains why healthy habitats equal healthy fisheries.
BTT’s Dr. Ross Boucek discusses BTT’s collaboration with Florida Keys guide associations on science-based recommendations for the FKNMS Blueprint.
BTT Vice President Kellie Ralston overviews progress in Everglades Restoration.
The Everglades are threatened by over development of South Florida and the consequent reduction of natural water flow from Lake Okeechobee, south. In this segment of Conserving the Flats with BTT, Dr. Aaron Adams shares the science behind this critical issue and what we can all do to help make a difference.
Florida Keys fishing guide Captain Will Benson discusses the harmful effects of marine trash and what we can do to reduce our plastic use.
BTT Vice President Kellie Ralston discusses BTT’s efforts to conserve and restore Biscayne Bay.
BTT Vice President Kellie Ralston discusses BTT’s partnership with Florida FWC.
A look back at Bonefish & Tarpon Trust’s accomplishments over the last 25 years.
Clint Kemp, General Manager of Blackly Lodge and President of the Bahamas Fly Fishing Lodge Association, shared his unique perspective on fishing regulations in the Bahamas at a recent Flats Ecology Symposium. The event was sponsored by BTT as part of the 2018 Bahamas Natural History Conference.
Winner of the 2017 Nautilus Micro Film Festival during Bonefish & Tarpon Trust’s 6th International Symposium, Stevie Kim-Rubell lands her first permit at only ten years old. BTT recently welcomed Stevie as the inaugural Youth Ambassador; we are excited to support her as a young leader in the conservation and protection of flats species and their habitats.
A bonefish pre-spawning aggregation filmed by BTT scientists in the Abaco Islands.
Check out this BTT conservation minute to learn about juvenile tarpon and snook habitat and why its protection is vital to the health of our fisheries.
As we look back on the last 20 years of science-based conservation of bonefish, tarpon and permit, in addition to their habitats and the larger fisheries they support, Bonefish & Tarpon Trust is proud to be called, in the words of Forbes’ Monte Burke, ‘the little conservation engine that could.’
Youth Ambassador Stevie Kim-Rubell congratulates BTT on 20 years of research-based conservation after a brief message on the future success of saltwater flats fisheries.
Stevie Kim-Rubell, Bonefish & Tarpon Trust’s Youth Ambassador, releases her first permit on fly at ten years old. Check out our other videos to learn more about how to properly handle saltwater flats species.
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