Our Research - New Updates!
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.
Read more about our research in our latest report Bonefish & Tarpon Conservation Research Center
Annual Report for 2009.
» For complete articles and reports visit our Publications section on FEMAR
In the News:
June 1st at 7:30pm on channel 2/WPBT2 the series Changing Seas presents: "No Fish Left Uncounted". An extraordinary look at the coral reef visual census conducted in the Dry Tortugas by Dr. Jerry Ault's team in association with NOAA, FWC and NPS scientists.
On Sunday March 28, Dr. Jerry Ault received the 2010 Capt. Bob Lewis Memorial Award at Miami Billfish Tournament for his body of work in fisheries conservation and sport fishing. Congratulations!
Dr. Ault in the New York Times:
In Florida, the seafood becomes less local anglers face a double whammy: stricter federal limits and greater restaurant reliance on imported fish.
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Dr. Ault in the Miami Herald:
Barracuda tourney nears, by SUE COCKING
The announcement of a barracuda fishing tournament in July comes at the same time some are worrying about the fish's declining population.
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Tarpon Videos!
Tarpon Migration
A school of large mature tarpon cruising under a Florida Keys bridge, May 2009, as they move northward along their seasonal migration route. The Bonefish & Tarpon Conservation and Research Center of the University of Miami is conducting satellite PAT tagging research on the tarpon to study its migration patterns.
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 have a research program in South Florida using anchor tags to evaluate and quantify tarpon movements and aspects of population dynamics. (more)
Buy our Book here!
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)
