Our Research - New Updates! (July 11th, 2008)
Through our program's strategic combination of scientific research, conservation management and public outreach we have established a new paradigm of cooperative fishery management.
This effort integrates the best efforts of a suite of concerned user groups (anglers and non-anglers alike), researchers, and fishery and habitat managers and the knowledge gained through this research will continue to increase the capacity to provide critical solutions to the growing dilemma of conservation and management of healthy and sustainable bonefish and tarpon fisheries.
BONEFISH GALLERY - TARPON GALLERY - ALL MEDIA
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Biology and Management of the World Tarpon and Bonefish Fisheries
This book is a comprehensive reference guide to the economically and ecologically important tarpon and bonefish species. It combines an overview of the world tarpon and bonefish fisheries including their dynamics and status, a classical systematics approach to explore relationships between Elopomorpha genera, and modern molecular approaches to investigate intra- and inter-coastal differences in genetic structure throughout the oceans. Chapters cover aspects of tarpon and bonefish life history, age and growth, behavior, physiology, genetics, reproduction and recruitment, movements and migrations, fishing and fishery exploitation, habitat-animal relationships, mariculture and stock enhancement, ecosystem management, and fishery management experiences from various areas of the world. (more)
The more things change...
Fifth Annual Bonefish Census Shows Research Methods Reliable; Population Fairly Stable
Results are in from the fifth annual Bonefish Population Census in the Florida Keys, and the bonefish population has remained fairly steady from 2006 to 2007, however, the number of volunteers participating in the annual event continues to grow. According to Jerry Ault, Ph.D., University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science Professor of Marine Biology and Fisheries, that's exactly the type of fish stock numbers and community involvement he'd like to see. (more)
New Tarpon Tagging Program
Want to tag Tarpon?
There is little known about tarpon population and fishery dynamics, stock spatial distribution, spawning migrations or movements between fishing areas, despite the importance of this species as a premier game fish. In addition, information on the spatial ecology of tarpon is particularly sparse, and could help to fill important knowledge gaps for management. A lack of this kind of vital information hinders development of management practices to ensure sustainability of their fisheries.
In addition to our PAT tagging program we are starting a new research program in South Florida using anchor tags to evaluate and quantify tarpon movements and aspects of population dynamics. (more)
