Saving Billfish

Women's Offshore Alliance Fishing Team at the White Marlin Open. Jaime Buffington, Lisa Foxwell, Nikki George,Cris Dupris and Shannon Eihninger

Want to keep this sport of billftshing alive. The International Game Fish Association (IGFA) has announced the launch of the Boat Builders for Billfish Coalition, an industry-led alliance to generate support for the world’s most extensive satellite tagging program for billfish.

Manufacturers of sport fishing vessels and related accessories provide anglers around the world with the necessary tools to target the most iconic game fish in the ocean – billfish. Unfortunately, most billfish populations are poorly studied and are in a depleted state. As billfish sportsmen, we must learn more about the migration patterns of these imperiled species and the oceanographic conditions that drive them.