From Sue Cocking of the Miami Herald
Since Deep Water Cay’s opening back in 1958, catch-and-release has
been strongly encouraged. Bonefish & Tarpon Trust, a Vero
Beach-based conservation organization dedicated to protecting and
enhancing flats species, has worked with the resort’s owners, guides and
anglers to tag some 1,600 bonefish over the past few years.
BTT
director of operations Aaron Adams said the tagging program is aimed at
understanding bonefish movement patterns and habitat use so that the
fishery can be better conserved. So far, he said, the recapture data
shows the silver streakers tend to hang within a mile of where they were
originally caught, but that they may travel long distances— up to 70
miles — to reach spawning locations. These findings mirror tagging
studies performed in South Florida by University of Miami researchers.
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