The Bonefish & Tarpon Trust – the global organisation that fights for clean water and healthy fisheries – is urging anglers and the industry to sign a petition calling for a halt to plans to begin offshore oil drilling in approximately four million acres of ocean around the Bahamas. It says that project – to be […]
Coinciding with its participation in ICAST 2020 Online, the fishing cooler supplier, YETI, has announced that it is renewing its support of the Bonefish & Tarpon Trust’s (BTT) conservation efforts as a Gold Corporate Sponsor. “At YETI, we firmly believe in protecting wild places and our access to them,” said Jake Drees, the company’s Fly […]
The Bonefish & Tarpon Trust has completed its multi-year Bonefish Genetics Study, the results of which provide scientific evidence that the bonefish population across the Caribbean is closely connected. The study, which launched in 2014, involved the collection of genetic samples from bonefish (Albula vulpes) in multiple locations spanning the region. With the assistance of […]
Dr. Aaron Adams, BTT’s Director of Science and Conservation, and Dr. Addiel Perez, BTT’s Belize-Mexico Program Coordinator, recently spent four days informing Belizean communities of the results of BTT’s assessment of the flats fishery and sharing examples of BTT’s work throughout the region. They gave presentations to a mix of people involved in the flats […]