We are launching a new bonefish study in 2008 in the Bahamas where we will be exploring several different island groups to characterize the bonefish populations. We expect to spend the next three years evaluating the number and size of bonefish observed, caught and tagged at different locations which we will reveal at the end of the study. There is significant fishing pressure on bonefish in the Bahamas as it is one of the few sources of real income for some of the remote islands in the country. Our existing base of knowledge spans from Grand Bahama Island down all the way to the Turks and Caicos. We hope we can use the Makara as a research base station, enlist additional anglers and develop a baseline study for bonefish populations in selected areas. We will be providing more information before we launch the project in January, 2008.
