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INSIDE: HABITAT RESTORATION • BONEFISH GENETICS RESULTS • SAVING THE SILVER KING • PROJECT PERMIT A publication of BONEFISH & TARPON JournalCONSERVATION THROUGH SCIENCE • SPRING 2019 B O N E F I S H & T A R P O N J O U R N A L S P R I N G 2 0 1 9 W W W. B T T. O R G 1 BPConservationBONEFISHAd.indd 1 1/24/19 10:16 AM Editorial Board A publication of BONEFISH & TARPON Dr. Aaron Adams, Harold Brewer, Sarah Cart, Bill Horn, Jim McDuffie Publication Team Publishers:Editorial Harold Brewer, Board Jim McDuffie CONSERVATION THROUGH SCIENCE • SPRING 2019 A publication of JournalBONEFISH & TARPON Dr. AaronEditor: Adams, Nick Harold Roberts Brewer, EditorialBill Horn, Assistant: Jim McDuffie Alora Myers Advertising Coordinator: Henry Buck Features: Updates/Reports: LayoutPublication and Design: ScottTeam Morrison, Bonefish as a Shared Resource ....................................16 Setting the Hook ...........................................6 Publishers:Morrison Harold Creative Brewer, Company Jim McDuffie Perspectives ..................................................8 Managing Editor: Alex Lovett-Woodsum Tarpon Nursery Habitat Restoration ........................... 24 STEWARDSHIPWelcome AboardTHROUGH ........................................ SCIENCE • SPRING10 2017 Consulting Editors: Bob Baal, Nick Roberts Journal Contributors Angler Profile: Betsy Bullard ....................................... 30 Tippets ......................................................... 12 Layout and Design: Scott Morrison, Aaron Adams, Ph.D. Trip of a Lifetime: Deep Water Cay ...........38 Morrison Creative Company To Save the King ............................................................ 34 Updates/Reports: Jacob Brownscombe, Ph.D. Features: Conservation Captain Q & A ......................44 Advertising Coordinator: Mark Rehbein Bahamas Creek Restoration Success .......................... 40 Steven Cooke, Ph.D. The Florida Keys Initiative .............................................12ArtistSetting of the the Year: Hook Ewoud ........................................... de Groot ...........50 4 Andy Danylchuk, Ph.D. ProjectFix Our Permit Water ................................................................ ..................................................................4614 Changing of the Guard .................................6 PhotographyLucas Griffin 2018 Donor Roll ..........................................62 Cover:Kris Tosh Millgate Brown Belize/MexicoTarpon Genetics: Challenges Connectivity and Opportunities Across the Atlantic ........... 52 .... 18BonefishPerspectives & Tarpon .................................................. Trust Events ................64 8 AaronChris SantellaAdams Bonefish Conservation & Restoration Program ......... 26 Tippets ......................................................... 10 Jacob Brownscombe JoEllen Wilson Next Level Permit Tracking........................................... 28 Q & A with Florida Keys Guides.................22 James Buice Board of Directors Excerpt from A Passion for Permit ............................... 30 Keep ‘em Wet Contest Results ..................38 JacquelinePhotography Chapman Officers Dan Decibel OfHarold Bonefish Brewer, and Chairman Contaminants: of the Board, What Key Largo,is the FloridaRisk? ..... 32 2017 Featured Artist: John Swan .............. 41 Cover: Adrian Gray Pat Ford Cuba:Bill Horn, W ritingVice Chairman the Next of Chapter the Board, ................................... Marathon, Florida 36 Trip of a Lifetime: Belize River Lodge .......42 Aaron Adams, Ph.D. Dr. Zack Jud Jim McDuffie, President & CEO, Coral Gables, Florida Jordan Carter Juvenile Tarpon Habitat Mapping & Restoration ....... 52 Ghost Stories ...............................................48 Frankie Marion Tom Davidson, Chairman Emeritus, Key Largo, Florida Dan Decibel Scott Morrison IRLRuss T arponFisher, Viceand Chairman Snook Nurseries Emeritus, ..................................Key Largo, Florida 54 Wyler Gins Marjorie Shropshire Bill Stroh, Managing Director, Miami, Florida Adrian Gray Ariel Wile Bill Klyn, Chairman of Marketing, Jackson, Wyoming Rafeed Hussain Alex Lovett-Woodsum JeffBoard Harkavy, Strategic of Directors Relationships, Secretary, Coral Springs, Florida IGFA Aaron Adams, Director of Science and Conservation, Melbourne, Florida ContributorsJustin Lewis Officers (*Executive Committee) Cameron Luck JohnHarold Abplanalp Brewer, ChairmanGreg of Fay the Board, Key Largo,Wayne Florida* Meland Bert Scherb Aaron Adams, Ph.D. Bill Horn, Vice Chairman of the Board, Marathon, Florida* ChristineMark Rehbein Beck Stamford, Connecticut Bozeman, Montana Naples, Florida Chicago, Illinois Nick Roberts Jim McDuffie, President, Coral Gables, Florida* Brooke Black RichT omAndrews Davidson, ChairmanMike Emeritus, Fitzgerald Key Largo, Florida*Sandy Moret Casey Sheahan Jon Shenker, Ph.D. Denver, Colorado Wexford, Pennsylvania Islamorada, Florida Bozeman, Montana Jacob W. Brownscombe, Ph.D. Russ Fisher, Vice Chairman Emeritus, Key Largo, Florida* MarjorieJames Shropshire Buice Stu Apte Allen Gant Jr. Carl Navarre Nelson Sims SW Florida Water Management District Matt Connolly, President Emeritus, Hingham, Massachusetts* Tom Karrow Tavernier,Bill Stroh, Florida Managing Director,Glen Raven, Florida North Keys, Carolina Florida*Islamorada, Florida Key Largo, Florida AlexBill andLovett-Woodsum Dell Scheider Thrive Creative Labs RodneyLuis BarretoMenocal, ManagingGus Director Hillenbrand Cuba, Palmetto JohnBay, NewmanFlorida* Adelaide Skoglund Jonathan Olch CoralBill Gables, Klyn, Co-ChairFlorida of Membership,Batesville, Indiana Jackson, Wyoming*Covington, Louisiana Key Largo, Florida JenniferRandy R ehage,Whitehead Ph.D. Patrick Williams DanJeff Berger Harkavy, StrategicRick Relationships, Hirsch Secretary, CoralDavid Springs,Nichols Florida* Steve Stanley Nick Roberts Alexandria,Aaron Adams, Virginia DirectorNew of Science York, New and York Conservation,York Melbourne, Harbor, Maine Florida* St. Petersburg, Florida RolandoJoEllen Santos, Wilson Ph.D. Jon Shenker, Ph.D. BobStu Branham Apte DaveAllen Horn Gant Jr. SteveDavid O’Brien Nichols* Jr. John RTurnerob Sharpe BonefishLiz W allace,& Tarpon Ph.D. Journal Plantation,T avernier, Florida Florida KeyGlen West, R aven,Florida North CarolinaBoston,York Massachusetts Harbor, Maine WinstonKey Salem, West, FloridaNorth Carolina 135 SanJoEllen Lorenzo Wilson Ave., Suite 860 MonaRodney Brewer Barreto KevinRob Johnson Hewett* DavidS Perkinsteve O’Brien Jr. Paul VahldiekNelson Sims* Key Largo, Florida Naples, Florida Manchester, Vermont Houston, Texas Coral Gables, FL 33146 Coral Gables, Florida Aurora, Ontario Boston, Massachusetts Key Largo, Florida Bonefish & Tarpon Journal ChristopherDan Berger Buckley Jr. DougGus Kilpatrick Hillenbrand Al PerkinsonJohn O’Hearn Adelaide Skoglund 135 San Lorenzo2019 EventsAve. • Suite 860 Islamorada,Alexandria, Florida Virginia Summerland,Batesville, FL Indiana Charleston,Big Pine South Key, Carolina Florida Key Largo, Florida Coral Gables, FL 33146 AdolphusBob Branham A. 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Pierce, Pennsylvania Florida Covington,Marshall Louisiana Field, Hobe Sound, Florida Mark Sosin, Boca Raton, Florida To conservetarpon and and permit restore fisheries bonefish, and tarpon habitats and Paul Dixon, East Hampton, NY Guy Harvey, Fort Lauderdale, Florida Paul Tudor Jones, Greenwich, Connecticut permit fisheries and habitats through research, Chris Dorsey, Littleton, Colorado Steve Huff, Chokoloskee, Florida Bill Tyne, London, United Kingdom through research, stewardship, education Joan Wulff, Lew Beach, New York stewardship, education and advocacy. ChicoAdvisory Fernandez, Miami,Council Florida James Jameson, Del Mar, California and advocacy. Pat Ford,Randolph Miami, Bias, Florida Austin, Texas MichaelJack Keaton, Payne, LosGainesville, Angeles, FloridaCA / MT Matt“Lefty” Connolly, Kreh, Cockeysville,Hingham, Massachusetts Maryland ChristopherCurtis
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