We completed the first week of our 2008 tagging season with some great results. We tagged 24 dolphin this week plus one small wahoo and finally placed 4th in the Chub Cay Billfish Tournament. It was a busy week. A big thanks goes out to the entire tournament crew - Anglers Joe Mac, Capt Ed, Billy G plus Captain Steve at the helm and awesome mate Joe "FUBAR" Kelly. We have major tagging trips every month in 2008. With a goal of 500 tagged dolphin in 2008, we will rely on volunteer crew to help. We look forward to expanding our tagging team to include additional boats and crews.We collected 3 full days of tournament fishing via the Maxsea software that will be added to our total fishing effort and catch database. In 2007 the Makara and Little Mak flats boat traveled 4779 miles according to our GPS logs. Our goal is to continue to collect and analyze cutting edge fishing and catch data from recreational fishing. Coupled with our various tagging programs, we believe we can contribute to the scientific database to help drive solid conservation decision making.
Tomorrow we have a new crew arriving to Chub Cay - Steve Trafton- ED of the Henry's Fork Foundation, Ryan Davey who is leading our Patagonia effort plus Brandon White from the Lateral Line Foundation. Our principle goal this week is planning two major 2008 projects plus evaluate the bonefish tag program for the Berry Islands. Should be an interesting week for MVF.
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