Conservation
Descender Devices and the Gulf Reef Fish Rule: ...
The rule that put a descending device on every Gulf reef boat has now run long enough to judge. Two-plus years of release data — and a federal sunset that...
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The rule that put a descending device on every Gulf reef boat has now run long enough to judge. Two-plus years of release data — and a federal sunset that...
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The Amberjack Rebuilding Plan: Where the South ...
Ask three offshore anglers whether amberjack are "rebuilding" and you will get three answers — because there are two different stocks, two different councils, and one very expensive new fish...
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Ask three offshore anglers whether amberjack are "rebuilding" and you will get three answers — because there are two different stocks, two different councils, and one very expensive new fish...
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The 2026 Bluefin Quota Bump: What Private-Boat ...
The U.S. bluefin quota just took the largest single-year jump in the fishery's modern history — a 17% baseline lift out of the 2025 ICCAT meeting in Seville. Here is...
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The U.S. bluefin quota just took the largest single-year jump in the fishery's modern history — a 17% baseline lift out of the 2025 ICCAT meeting in Seville. Here is...
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Circle Hooks and Billfish Release — Why the Swi...
Circle hooks have quietly transformed billfish conservation. Here's what the science says about survival rates, gut-hooking, and how to rig them right for live and dead bait.
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Circle hooks have quietly transformed billfish conservation. Here's what the science says about survival rates, gut-hooking, and how to rig them right for live and dead bait.
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Best Practices for Billfish Catch-and-Release: ...
Fight time, in-water revival, proper dehooking, and IGFA tagging — the science-backed practices that turn a billfish release into a real chance at survival.
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Fight time, in-water revival, proper dehooking, and IGFA tagging — the science-backed practices that turn a billfish release into a real chance at survival.
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The 2026 Red Snapper Season: What the Numbers A...
A 39-day Atlantic season, 7.9 million pounds in the Gulf, and a fish that's both recovering and regulated. The 2026 red snapper numbers, read closely.
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A 39-day Atlantic season, 7.9 million pounds in the Gulf, and a fish that's both recovering and regulated. The 2026 red snapper numbers, read closely.
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The 9% Question: What Science Says About Releas...
How temperature, hook choice, and a few seconds at the surface decide whether a released striped bass actually swims away.
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How temperature, hook choice, and a few seconds at the surface decide whether a released striped bass actually swims away.
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What PENN's Captains for Clean Water Partnershi...
A tackle brand cutting a check to a Florida nonprofit isn't news on its own. The number that matters is what gets done with it — the water-quality math behind...
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A tackle brand cutting a check to a Florida nonprofit isn't news on its own. The number that matters is what gets done with it — the water-quality math behind...
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