Sportfishing Opportunities in the Caribbean Sea Region

Blue Marlin Permit Wahoo 5! .! .!

Where: Northern and Where: Bahama Islands, Trinidad and Western Bahamas Where: Bahama Islands .! Tobago, Virgin Islands, When: December-February When: March-July When: Year-round Size Range: 30-115 lbs Size Range: 5-45 lbs Size Range: 100-2,000 lbs Tackle: Heavy, Trolling Grand Bahama .! Tackle: Light, Casting or Trolling Tackle: Heavy, Trolling .! Bluefin Tuna Abaco Berry .!.! Sailfish Islands .! Map Location Islands 5! Eleuthera .! .! Cat Island Where: Jamaica, Haiti, and Great .! Where: U.S. and British Virgin Islands Straits of Florida Guana ! Dominican Republic Andros . San Salvador When: Peaks February-March Cay When: September-January Size Range: 40-200 lbs 5! Size Range: 100-1,000 lbs Great Tackle: Heavy, Trolling 5! Long Island Samana Cay Tackle: Heavy, Trolling Crooked Tarpon Cuba Turks and Caicos Little .! Great Inagua Atlantic Ocean Where: Trinidad and Tobago Gulf of When: September-December Guacanayabo Size Range: 40-250 lbs Cayman Islands Tackle: Light and Heavy, Trolling Haiti Dominican .! .! Windward Passage British Virgin Islands Republic Mona Jamaica Passage Anguilla US Virgin Islands St. Martin The Caribbean Sea boasts an incredible amount of sportfishing .! .! Antigua and Barbuda opportunities year-round. Many world record-sized fish have .! St. Kitts and Nevis come from this region of the world, and tournaments are held Montserrat monthly to find the largest fish in the ocean. .!.! Caribbean Sea Guadeloupe The diversity of the underwater landscape of this area coupled Dominica with an immense amount of feeding opportunities contribute to Hondsuormase of the most successful fisheries in the world. Martinique

Although many of the fishing stocks are incredible, some are St. Lucia dwindling. More restricitons are being placed on the fisheries in St. Vincent and the area and measures are being taken to ensure sportfishing can Barbados continue successfully. / Aruba Nicaragua the Grenadines Netherlands Antilles This map illustrates the most saught afetr fish in the area, when 0 100 200 400 Grenada and where the fish can be caught, and the size ranges of each. .! .! Miles Venezuela Trinidad and Tobago

Data Source: WWU, 2007; USGS Caribbean Shapefile, 2005; Sportfishing Magazine, 2005-2007 Mercator Projection Adam Norbjerg