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INSIDE: BONEFISH CONNECTIONS • CUBA COLLABORATION • BAHAMAS OUTREACH A publication of BONEFISH & TARPON JournalSTEWARDSHIP THROUGH SCIENCE • FALL 2017 Tarpon Glory Days BTT Retrospective B O N E F I S H & T A R P O N J O U R N A L F A L L 2 0 1 7 W W W. B T T. O R G 1 Editorial Board A publication of BONEFISH & TARPON Dr. Aaron Adams, Harold Brewer, Bill Horn, Jim McDuffie Publication Team Publishers: Harold Brewer, Jim McDuffie JournalSTEWARDSHIP THROUGH SCIENCE • SPRING 2017 ManagingEditorial Editor: Board Nick Roberts A publication of BONEFISH & TARPON LayoutDr. Aaron and Adams, Design: Harold Scott Brewer,Morrison, Features: Updates/Reports: Bill Horn, Jim McDuffie Morrison Creative Company BTT at Twenty: A Retrospective ....................................12 Setting the Hook ...........................................4 Publication Team Bonefish Larval Transport .............................................16 Perspectives: Symposium ...........................6 Publishers:Photography Harold Brewer, Jim McDuffie Tarpon Acoustic Tagging ............................................. 22 Tippets ...........................................................8 Managing Editor:Cover: Alex Pat Lovett-WoodsumFord Bahamas Educational Outreach .................................STEWARDSHIP30 Featured THROUGH Artist: Stanley SCIENCE Meltzoff • SPRING ............. 201728 Consulting Editors:Aaron Adams, Bob Baal, Ph.D. Nick Roberts Journal The Evolution of Tarpon Fishing .................................. 32 Guide Profile: Dana Lowe ..........................48 Layout andRick Design: Bannerot Scott Morrison, Anglers Saving Mangrove Habitats ............................. 36 NYC Dinner and Awards Ceremony ........ 52 Morrison ToshCreative Brown Company Features: Updates/Reports: Advertising Coordinator: Mark Rehbein Sarah A. Cart TheCuba Florida Collaboration Keys Initiative ...................................................... .............................................1240 Setting the Hook ...........................................4 PhotographyJack Davidson FixBonefish Our Water Epigenetics .................................................................. .....................................................1454 Changing of the Guard .................................6 Cover:Dan Tosh Dow Brown Tarpon Genetics: Connectivity Across the Atlantic ....18 Perspectives ..................................................8 Danny Flynn Aaron Adams Bonefish Conservation & Restoration Program ......... 26 Tippets ......................................................... 10 JacobJustin Brownscombe Lewis Board of Directors Next Level Permit Tracking........................................... 28 Q & A with Florida Keys Guides.................22 LennyJames Leonard Buice Officers (*Executive Committee) Excerpt from A Passion for Permit ............................... 30 Keep ‘em Wet Contest Results ..................38 JacquelineDana ChapmanLowe Harold Brewer, Chairman of the Board, Key Largo, Florida* DanDonnie Decibel Lowe Of BonefishBill Horn, andVice ChairmanContaminants: of the Board, What Marathon, is the Risk? Florida* ..... 32 2017 Featured Artist: John Swan .............. 41 NickPat RobertsFord Cuba:Jim W McDuffie,riting the President, Next Chapter Coral Gables, ................................... Florida* 36 Trip of a Lifetime: Belize River Lodge .......42 JonDr Shenker,. Zack Jud Ph.D. Tom Davidson, Chairman Emeritus, Key Largo, Florida* Frankie Marion Juvenile Tarpon Habitat Mapping & Restoration ....... 52 Ghost Stories ...............................................48 Jorge Alberto Angulo Valdes, Ph.D. Russ Fisher, Vice Chairman Emeritus, Key Largo, Florida* Scott Morrison IRL TMattarpon Connolly, and Snook President Nurseries Emeritus, .................................. Hingham, Massachusetts*54 Marjorie Shropshire Bill Stroh, Managing Director, Florida Keys, Florida* ContributorsAriel Wile Luis Menocal, Managing Director Cuba, Palmetto Bay, Florida* AlexAaron Lovett-Woodsum Adams, Ph.D. BoardBill Klyn, Chairman of Directors of Marketing, Jackson, Wyoming* Jacob Brownscombe, Ph.D. OfficersJeff Harkavy, (*Executive Strategic Relationships, Committee) Secretary, Coral Springs, Florida* Contributors Aaron Adams, Director of Science and Conservation, Melbourne, Florida* Monte Burke Harold Brewer, Chairman of the Board, Key Largo, Florida* Aaron Adams, Ph.D. Bill Horn, Vice Chairman of the Board, Marathon, Florida* Sarah A. Cart Stu Apte Rob Hewett* John Newman Rob Sharpe Christine Beck Jim McDuffie, President, Coral Gables, Florida* Tavernier, Florida Aurora, Ontario Covington, Louisiana Key West, Florida Laura LopezBrooke Castaneda, Black Ph.D. Tom Davidson, Chairman Emeritus, Key Largo, Florida* JacobSteven W. Brownscombe, Cooke, Ph.D. Ph.D. RussRodney Fisher Barreto, Vice Chairman Emeritus,Gus Hillenbrand Key Largo, Florida*David Nichols* Nelson Sims* AndyJames Danylchuk, Buice Ph.D. MattCoral Connolly, Gables, Florida President Emeritus,Batesville, Hingham, Indiana Massachusetts*York Harbor, Maine Key Largo, Florida Tom Karrow Tom Frazer, Ph.D. BillDan S troh,Berger Managing Director, FloridaRick Hirsch Keys, Florida* Steve O’Brien Jr. Adelaide Skoglund Alex Lovett-Woodsum Pat Ford LAlexandria,uis Menocal, Virginia Managing DirectorNew Cuba, York, PalmettoNew York Bay, Florida*Boston, Massachusetts Key Largo, Florida Jonathan Olch Bill Klyn, Co-Chair of Membership, Jackson, Wyoming* JenniferLucas Rehage, Griffin Ph.D. Bob Branham Dave Horn John O’Hearn Steve Stanley JeffPlantation, Harkavy, Florida Strategic Relationships,Key West, Secretary, Florida Coral BigSprings, Pine Key, Florida* Florida St. Petersburg, Florida RouyengNick Roberts He, Ph.D. Aaron Adams, Director of Science and Conservation, Melbourne, Florida* ZenaidaRolando Navarro Santos, Martinez Ph.D. Mona Brewer Kevin Johnson David Perkins John Turner Jon Shenker, Ph.D. StuKey Apte Largo, Florida Allen Naples,Gant Jr. FL DavidManchester, Nichols* Vermont RobWinston Sharpe Salem, North Carolina Mike Rivkin Liz Wallace, Ph.D. T avernier,Christopher Florida Buckley Jr. Glen RBillaven, Legg* North Carolina YAlork Perkinson Harbor, Maine KeyPaul West, Vahldiek Florida JoEllenNick Roberts Wilson RIslamorada,odney Barreto Florida Rob Hewett*Key Largo, Florida SBozeman,teve O’Brien MT Jr. NelsonHouston, Sims* Texas Mitch Roffer, Ph.D. CoralSarah Gables, Cart Florida Aurora,Wayne Ontario Meland Boston,Chris Peterson Massachusetts KeyKen Largo, Wright Florida BonefishJorge Alberto & Angulo Tarpon Valdes, Journal Ph.D. DanKey Berger Largo, FL Gus HillenbrandNaples, FL JohnTitusville, O’Hearn Florida AdelaideWinter Park, Skoglund Florida 135 San Lorenzo Ave. • Suite 860 AlexMikeandria, Fitzgerald Virginia Batesville,Sandy Indiana Moret BigJay Pine Robertson Key, Florida Key Largo, Florida Coral Gables, FL 33146 Bonefish & Tarpon Journal BobWexford, Branham Pennsylvania Rick HirschIslamorada, Florida DavidIslamorada, Perkins Florida Steve Stanley 2017135 San Fundraising Lorenzo Ave. • SuiteEvents 860 Plantation,Allen Gant Florida Jr. New YCarlork, NavarreNew York ManchesterBert Scherb, Vermont St. Petersburg, Florida MonaGlen BrewerRaven, North CarolinaDave Islamorada,Horn FL ChrisChicago, Peterson Illinois John Turner Naples,Coral FL Gables, – January FL 33146 11, 2017 Key Largo, Florida Key West, Florida Titusville, Florida Winston Salem, North Carolina Boca Grande, FL – February 3, 2017 New York,2017 NY – Events March 14, 2017 AdvisoryChristopher Council Buckley Jr. Bill Legg* Jay Robertson Paul Vahldiek RandolphIslamorada, Bias, Austin, Florida Texas Key Largo, FloridaSteve Reynolds, Memphis,Islamorada, Tennessee Florida Huey Lewis,Houston, Stevensville, Texas Montana Islamorada,Houston, TX FL- September – March 30 14,, 2017 2017 Curtis Bostick, Marco Island, Florida th Joel Shepherd, Key Largo, Florida Davis Love III, Hilton Head, South Carolina 6 6thInternational International Symposium, Science Symposium, Weston, FL – AdolphusJack Curlett A. 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