Fish rely on wetlands like mangroves and marshes as nursery habitat in order to grow into healthy adults. If nursery habitat isn’t thriving, the next generation can’t! #WorldWetlandsDay Help BTT restore habitat for fish and wildlife Rookery Bay on Florida’s Gulf Coast. Donate today and your gift will be matched 1:1 by the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation! Visit btt.org/rookerybay Video: “Juvenile Tarpon Conservation” - @SilverKingsTV #BringingSciencetotheFight #BonefishTarponTrust #Wetlands

Through its Juvenile Tarpon Habitat Initiative, BTT is identifying and restoring essential nursery habitat in Florida to ensure healthy tarpon populations for the future. Earlier this year, BTT completed the assessment of six sites along the Gulf Coast, selecting four for restoration planning, all of which support Boca Grande’s world-renowned tarpon fishery. These new projects build on BTT’s earlier work at Coral Creek and on the organization’s ongoing efforts at Rookery Bay, where BTT is leadin

This video shows commercial menhaden vessels netting within a half-mile of the Chandeleur Islands off the coast of Louisiana. New regulations adopted in 2024 mandated that pogy boats in the Gulf cannot operate within a half mile of the coast, but anglers are seeing a very different story on the water. Roughly 1 billion pounds of menhaden are harvested each year from the Gulf by foreign-owned companies. The menhaden industry negatively impacts coastal ecosystems in myriad ways, including: the dep