Tweet At its October meeting in Cape Canaveral, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) approved regulation changes to create a recreational limit for blackfin tuna of two fish per person or 10 fish per vessel, whichever is greater, and … Continue reading →
Tweet Port Antonio International Marlin Tournament Date: Sept. 27-Oct. 6, 2019 Location: Port Antonio, Jamaica Offshore World Championship Qualifying Event Presidential Aruba Caribbean Cup Date: October 17-20, 2019 Location: Oranjestad, Aruba Marlin Madness and Offshore World Championship Qualifying Event International Martinique Billfish Tournament … Continue reading →
Tweet Islamorada Sailfish Tournament Date: Dec. 5-8, 2019 Location: Islamorada, Florida Region: Florida East Coast Marlin Madness Qualifying Event Stuart Sailfish Club Light Tackle Tournament Date: Dec. 11-14, 2019 Location: Stuart, Florida Region: Florida East Coast Marlin Madness Qualifying Event … Continue reading →
Tweet No Sancocho Sailfish Shootout Date: Nov. 7-9, 2019 Location: Puerto San Jose, Guatemala Region: Central America Dust ‘Em Off Sailfish Warmup Date: Nov. 7-10, 2019 Location: Fort Lauderdale, Florida Region: Florida East Coast Marlin Madness Qualifying Event El Salvador International Billfish Tournament Date: Nov. 14-17, 2019 … Continue reading →
Tweet Los Cabos Billfish Tournament Date: October 13-17, 2019 Location: Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Marlin Madness and Offshore World Championship Qualifying Event Bisbee’s Los Cabos Offshore Tournament Date: October 17-20, 2019 Location: Cabo San Lucas, Mexico Bisbee’s Black and Blue Marlin Tournament … Continue reading →
Tweet International Cap Cana Billfish Shootout Date: October 2-5, 2019 Location: Cap Cana, Dominican Republic Region: Caribbean Sea Bluewater Babes Fish for a Cure Date: October 4-5, 2019 Location: Jupiter, Florida Region: Florida East Coast Marlin Madness Qualifying Event Los Cabos Billfish Tournament Date: October 13-17, 2019 … Continue reading →
Tweet Every Season, Every Species, Every Budget Marina Pez Vela in Costa Rica will host 8 major fishing tournaments 🎣 in the next 12 months, including the two-legged Marina Pez Vela Championship Series in March and April. This year’s offerings also feature Latin … Continue reading →
Tweet Amendment 13 – Atlantic Bluefin Tuna – HMS Fishery Management Plan Amendment 13 to the Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan proposes many options striving to maximize utilization of the U.S. bluefin quota. Half of the options propose changes to … Continue reading →
Tweet The Billfish Foundation (TBF) is looking for anglers and crews interested in tagging tuna in the Northern Atlantic. TBF is working with scientists from the Atlantic Ocean Tropical Tuna Tagging Program (AOTTP) to learn more about certain tuna species. … Continue reading →
Tweet With help from the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, NOAA Fisheries’ Greater Atlantic Region developed a guide to help captains and recreational anglers identify some of the mackerel and small tuna species caught within the region. The guide is available online and … Continue reading →
Tweet The Billfish Foundation (TBF) is looking for anglers and crews interested in tagging tuna in the Northern Atlantic. TBF is working with scientists from the Atlantic Ocean Tropical Tuna Tagging Program (AOTTP) to learn more about certain tuna species. … Continue reading →
Tweet School of yellowfin tuna. Credit: Jeff Muir May 2 is World Tuna Day—named by the United Nations to highlight the global importance of sustainably managed fish stocks. But at NOAA Fisheries, protecting tuna populations from overfishing while supporting these economically … Continue reading →
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Tweet The Atlantic Ocean Tropical Tuna Tagging Program (AOTTP) was established by the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) in 2015 to study key aspects of bigeye, skipjack, and yellowfin tuna life history and movements in the … Continue reading →
Tweet Photo courtesy of Trey Russo/Miles Charlesworth The Billfish Foundation (TBF) is looking for anglers and crews interested in tagging tuna in the Northern Atlantic. TBF is working with scientists from the Atlantic Ocean Tropical Tuna Tagging Program (AOTTP) to … Continue reading →
Tweet The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) announces the availability of E-tix, a new electronic reporting system for commercial fishery landings that came online July 1, 2018. With the cooperation of the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission (PSMFC), … Continue reading →
Tweet An Atlantic bluefin tuna. Credit: Gilbert Van Ryckevorsel/TAG A Giant. The United States and other countries from around the world tackled management challenges for tunas, swordfish and sharks at the 2017 annual meeting of International Commission for the Conservation … Continue reading →
Tweet The National Marine Fisheries Service announced Tuesday that they rejected a petition to list the Pacific bluefin tuna as an endangered species. A long list of environmental organizations combined efforts to submit a request in June 2016 for the species to be protected … Continue reading →
Tweet The daily retention limits increased for vessels permitted in the recreational HMS Angling category and the HMS Charter/Headboat category while fishing recreationally, except in the Gulf of Mexico. Read more here. Gulf of Mexico – Only one INCIDENTIALLY caught trophy large medium … Continue reading →
Tweet t’s not too early to be thinking about trout fishing – in fact, in several North Coast and Willamette Valley fisheries stocking is well underway. Check out the 2017 stocking schedules for west side lakes/ponds and start planning your … Continue reading →
