News & Events
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03/11/2010 |
Permit Regulation Change Proposal in Florida
BTT's efforts to improve the conservation outlook of permit populations in the state of Florida has received more press coverage. Currently, harvesting of permit is not regulated in federal waters and is a year round practice in local regions. BTT is an advocate of regulating further than state waters as well as deeming permit spawning season (April through June) as catch-and-release only. Precautions are necessary to sustain the fishery and actions we take now can directly impact the permit fishery's future. Read the full article. more >
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03/8/2010 |
Costa Del Mar Permit Tagging Kickoff
The official kickoff for the Costa Del Mar Permit Tagging Research Program will be during the March Merkin Permit Tournament in Key West on March 15. View tournament details. Permit tagging is a Florida statewide research program and relies on volunteer angling efforts to tag and recapture permit. more >
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03/3/2010 |
Help Research of Juvenile Tarpon
Dr. Jon Shenker, professor at Florida Institute of Technology and long-time BTT scientist, will give a presentation on his research of juvenile tarpon habitats on March 10, 2010, at Ocean Reef, in Key Largo, and will ask for guide and angler help to locate more juvenile tarpon habitats. more >
BTT Membership Sweepstakes
DONATE $100 AND WIN A HELL'S BAY SKIFF!
Win a monthly prize of a rod and reel, or the Grand Prize of a Hell's Bay Boatworks Waterman, Lodge Edition, with a 60 hp 4 stroke Yamaha outboard. Hell's Bay skiffs are widely praised as the “best of the best” and used by guides and anglers everywhere. This Sweepstakes is being made possible through the generosity of Yamaha and BTT board member Chris Peterson, owner of Hell’s Bay Boatworks.
Pirates of the Flats on ESPN2
Watch the groundbreaking new show “Pirates of the Flats” on ESPN2 beginning December 27, 2009 and running through March 2010!
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