Take our anonymous 15-minute survey!
Building on the success of last year’s Florida Keys Bonefish Assessment, we are conducting this survey for Florida Keys Tarpon!
The survey will ask you to share information about your best tarpon fishing ever AND your best tarpon fishing in 2025 in the South Florida regions where you fished for them. By combining these two pieces of information from you and others, we can assess the current state of the tarpon fishery, how it’s changed over time, and explore factors that might have influenced changes in the fishery.
Recalling your best tarpon fishing ever may take a little while–we appreciate your efforts and encourage you to look back at photos if that helps you remember.
The survey is anonymous and we do not collect any identifiable information. Survey results will be shared later this spring. Thank you so much for your input!
Watch this webinar with Dr. Aaron Adams, BTT Director of Science and Conservation.
Did you know that 75% of the world’s fisheries don’t have a stock assessment? This is true for valuable sportfish like bonefish, tarpon, and permit. In order for conservation measures to be effective, we need high-quality information on how our fisheries are doing. Our greatest source of this information is you, the guides and anglers who know the fisheries best!
Last year, BTT conducted an alternative fishery assessment using the ‘best days’ approach for the Florida Keys’ bonefish fishery. We are using these survey results in our efforts to improve management of the resource, and to examine causes of the historical decline and recent recovery of the fishery. We will repeat these surveys every five years or so as a way to keep track of fisheries trends over time and inform resource managers on the need for management revisions. In the coming years, we will expand this approach to other areas where we work.
Numerous factors, including habitat loss and degradation, water quality declines, and marine use have affected our tarpon population in the Florida Keys. Quantifying changes in the fishery and fish population provides powerful information that we can use to push for effective management. This survey is an essential component to BTT’s overall conservation approach. Please consider this survey as an opportunity for you to contribute to the future of the fishery as an investment in the conservation process.
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