Mid-Atlantic White Marlin Race

08/23/2016

View from the weigh station of the Tournament....lots of fish coming in so far!

08/09/2016

The second fishing day of the White Marlin Open is already underway, but here's a recap from day one!

The largest billfish tournament in the world takes place right here in the Mid-Atlantic US, and is estimated to generate over $16 million in local expenditures, which is great for the local community. Good luck anglers!

Daily Catch Reports for The White Marlin Open Billfish Tournament in Ocean City Maryland in late summer.

07/28/2016

If you're in the area, tonight there will be a talk on billfish (including white marlin!) by Dr. John Graves at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. Begins at 7 pm, check out the link for more details!

W&M Events

07/13/2016

Can you tell the difference between a white marlin and roundscale spearfish??

07/12/2016

This seems appropriate with the 2016 mid-Atlantic US white marlin season upon us...

05/27/2016

Great summary of the billfish tagging work organized by the IGFA. The IGFA has also been very supportive of my own billfish genetics research, with several representatives all over the globe helping to collect samples. Whatever it takes to get done!

04/15/2016

Great article in Sport Fishing Magazine on the saltwater fishery off VA Beach by Ken Neill of Healthy Grin Sport Fishing....Ken has helped with our marlin research numerous times. Virginia has got it goin' on!

04/12/2016

Awesome day for marlin samples yesterday....hot off the press from Kenya and Reunion Island (couldn't resist throwing in our lab marlin mascot). Big shout out to the African Billfish Foundation including Roy and every angler that's helped collect at any point over the past two seasons, and to the IFREMER scientists working on Reunion, thanks a ton Jerome and Evgeny!

03/08/2016

Striped marlin samples just in from Ecuador....big thanks to the IGFA for taking the time to collect these! Previous research has shown that striped marlin off Ecuador belong to a different population compared to striped marlin found elsewhere in the eastern Pacific, including Baja CA and CA, USA. These samples will help me look more closely at how this works!

02/29/2016

Nice to see Captain Tim Richardson in Marlin Magazine this month! Capt. Richardson has been helping collect white marlin genetics samples from the Dominican Republic, a known spawning ground for white marlin during the months of April - June. Sampling during this time is really critical to the project, thanks for the help Capt. Richardson!

02/26/2016

Check out the most recent issue of Marlin mag for the latest white marlin tagging research to come out of our lab. This project was led by Dr. John Graves and wouldn't have been possible without the help from Dr. Ken Neill of the Healthy Grin!

02/18/2016

A nice haul of sailfish fin clips just in from the Maldives. Huge thank you to Riyaz Jauhary and his team at the Marine Research Centre on Male! Too bad I didn't get to this beautiful island myself to help with collections!! These samples will be used to improve our understanding of the number, location, and interaction of sailfish populations in the Indo-Pacific.