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Month: October 2017

An important partner in BTT’s work in the Florida Keys is the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. The Sanctuary is charged with, among other things, making sure the habitats that support our flats fishery remain healthy. To do this, they need to conduct their own science, collaborate with others conducting science, and figure out how […]

To learn more about the BTT Tarpon Acoustic Tagging Program, sponsored by Maverick Boat Group, please join us at the 6th International Science Symposium, November 10-11, at the Bonaventure Resort in Weston, FL. $25.00 Day Passes are available for purchase here.  (PC #1 and #2: Tosh Brown)   Filling the Gap: Using Acoustic Telemetry Networks to Track the […]

Fall Membership Drive The Fall Membership Drive is live! Join or Renew today and receive a Limited Edition BTT 20th Anniversary Simms Fishing Products cap or a Polar Bear Coolers Bag embroidered with BTT logo…or get both!                                             […]

Beginning in 2011, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission enacted new regulations for permit, creating a Special Permit Zone, or SPZ, in the Florida Keys. One of the new regulations in the SPZ was to close harvest during permit spawning season, which was identified as May through July. Recent data from BTT’s ongoing Permit […]

Larval Tarpon: A Survivor Story JoEllen K. Wilson, BTT Juvenile Tarpon Habitat Manager  What do tarpon and honest politicians have in common?  They both start out small and most never make it to be big fish.  Some would say that at least one of these is a mythical creature, or those chasing tarpon with a […]

Two More Tarpon Tagged in South Carolina  On the heels of Hurricanes Irma and Maria, UMass Amherst graduate student Lucas Griffin and BTT scientist JoEllen Wilson were able to continue the two tarpon per year acoustic tagging streak that started in 2016.  The first tarpon, estimated 40 lbs., was the smallest tagged by BTT in […]

Flatsbag in collaboration with Bonefish & Tarpon Trust have set up this week at Crooked & Acklins Trophy Lodge June 8 – June 16, 2018 to fish and conduct bonefish research on the flats of Crooked Island, with the purpose of tagging bonefish and identifying vital bonefish habitat. Your host for the trip will be BTT’s Bahamas […]

HOMESTEAD, Fla. — Biscayne National Park is pleased to announce the reopening today of Adams Key, a popular day use area in the park. The key has been closed since Hurricane Irma swept through the area on September 10, 2017. Saw crews have been working on clearing downed trees, removing stumps, and cleaning up storm […]

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