“We want to see where tarpon are coming from, where their nursery habitat is, where their coastal habitats are at various stages in life, where they might need to be protected,” Guindon said. “We’re getting an idea of the distribution of the fish. When people think of tarpon, they think, oh, the Keys and Boca Grande Pass. But it’s really a statewide fishery.” Continue Reading…
To receive a Tarpon DNA Collection kit, contact JoEllen King at Bonefish & Tarpon Trust, jking@bonefishtarpontrust.org.