FORT LAUDERDALE, FL—JANUARY 9, 2012— Internationally known wildlife artist and conservationist Dr. Guy Harvey, who took audiences across the planet in the award-winning Portraits from the Deep documentary …
Official Letter of Congratulations to Dive Bimini’s "Name That Boat" Contest Winner
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Letter of congratulations to Karen Bond, winner of the Dive Bimini “Name That Boat” contest, from Guy Harvey and Neal Watson:
Karen’s submission, Bimini Blue, won out over several hundred entries. Congrats, Karen and enjoy your trip to the Bimini Big Game Club!
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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL—JANUARY 9, 2012— Internationally known wildlife artist and conservationist <a title="Guy Harvey Inc. web site" href="http://www.guyharvey.com" target="_blank">Dr. Guy Harvey</a>, who took audiences across the planet in the award-winning Portraits from the Deep documentary series, is launching several new film projects in 2012, starting with <a title="Watch the trailer for "Panama Paradise: Edge of Conservation" " href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQRksWAxdoI&list=UUK-ol6-5sVk_NcRHN1LtmOQ&index=1&feature=plcp" target="_blank">Panama Paradise: Edge of Conservation</a> due for release this spring.
“A critical part of the mission of the <a title="GHOF web site" href="http://www.guyharveyoceanfoundation.org" target="_blank">Guy Harvey Ocean Foundation</a> is education and film is a superb way to deliver the messages of science and conservation,” said Dr. Harvey. “Only through understanding the issues can we hope to save our seas for future generations.”
In <a title="Watch the trailer for "Panama Paradise: Edge of Conservation" " href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQRksWAxdoI&list=UUK-ol6-5sVk_NcRHN1LtmOQ&index=1&feature=plcp" target="_blank">Panama Paradise: Edge of Conservation</a>, Dr. Harvey and two-time Emmy Award winning producer <a title="About George Schellenger" href="http://www.statusproductions.com/aboutus.html" target="_blank">George C. Schellenger</a> takes the audience on an expedition where the jungle meets the sea in an explosion of life, an unforgettable vision of Panama and its surrounding waters. The film will show how scientists are working against the clock to protect a land and sea paradise that attracts visitors from around the world.
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“The film will feature massive storms, majestic marlins and even protective dolphins—all part of an adventure that takes place above and below the water,” said Dr. Harvey, whose latest documentary <a title="About "Mystery of the Grouper Moon"" href="http://guyharvey.wordpress.com/2011/12/18/fishing-ban-extended-at-one-of-the-last-spawning-areas-for-the-nassau-grouper/" target="_blank">“The Mystery of the Grouper Moon”</a> played a pivotal role in protecting one of the last know spawning areas of the Nassau grouper. An updated version of the documentary is in production. Also, a film revealing scientific breakthroughs in the study of migration patterns of satellite-tagged Tiger Sharks is underway for a 2012 release.
Dr. Harvey and Schellenger have collaborated on several projects recently, including <a title="Trailer for "This is Your Ocean: Sharks"" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUMViXUJQM0&feature=related" target="_blank">“This is Your Ocean: Sharks”</a>, a 44-minute documentary depicting sharks in their natural environment. This film captures the adventure and passion of shark diving and evokes a call for conservation and protection for the species that today is threatened by over fishing for a growing demand for shark fin soup.
Trailer for "Panama Paradise: Edge of Conservation":
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![](mailto:?subject=Urgently Needed: Bone Reports from South Florida&body=<img class=" size-medium wp-image-3050 alignleft" src="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/bone.jpg?w=300" alt="bone" width="300" height="280" />By Sue Cocking, Guy Harvey Outpost staff writer
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One year into PROJECT BAY BONES--a three-year-study aimed at determining why bonefishing has declined in South Florida waters-- scientists from Florida International University say they urgently need help from flats guides and anglers.
Dr. Jennifer Rehage, a professor of environmental studies who is leading the project, says the research team is seeking detailed information about bonefishing experiences from Biscayne Bay through the Lower Keys. Researchers have crafted an online survey at <a href="https://fiu.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_1GplxUPVHqt5xtz" target="_blank">https://fiu.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_1GplxUPVHqt5xtz</a> and urge everyone who has fished for bonefish-- from decades ago up to the present-- to complete it before the end of December. It was first posted online last summer.
Rehage said the survey has garnered about 250 responses so far, but she needs a larger sample size -- especially guides --to ensure its scientific validity.
"If I could get 400, I'd be ecstatic," Rehage said.
Veteran anglers and guides throughout southeast Florida and the Keys say they have seen a decline in bonefish numbers-- particularly in Florida Bay over the past 10 years. The FIU scientists -- with funding from the non-profit Bonefish Tarpon Trust-- are examining research data accumulated from as far back as the 1970s and 80s on water quality and delivery, prey abundance, habitat, and pollutants. Without scientific data on the health of bonefish populations, angler/guide knowledge is "an invaluable source of information," according to Rehage.
She hopes to have some answers by the middle of next year.
Meanwhile, Bonefish Tarpon Trust is conducting a separate, three-year bonefish genetics study that also depends on the help of anglers and guides.
Working in collaboration with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, University of Massachusetts, Cape Eleuthera Institute in the Bahamas, and the Fisheries Conservation Foundation, BTT is trying to learn whether bonefish populations throughout the Caribbean and Western Atlantic are related. The researchers want to know where bonefish larvae go following spawning; do they grow into juveniles on flats near spawning sites, or drift far away? The answers will have major implications for conservation programs.
Anglers and guides can help by catching bonefish in South Florida, the Caribbean, Central and South America, the Bahamas and Turks & Caicos, and clipping off a small piece of the fin for DNA analysis. BTT will provide the sample kits. Email info@bonefishtarpontrust.org or call 321-674-7758.
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Sue Cocking chronicles the Guy Harvey Outpost travel and adventure experience in regular blog posts on GuyHarveyOutpostNews.com/. For 21 years, Cocking covered the full spectrum of outdoors adventure opportunities in South Florida and beyond for the Miami Herald, including fishing, diving, hunting, paddling camping, sailing and powerboat racing. She is a certified scuba diver and holder of an IGFA women's world fly fishing record for a 29-pound permit.
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![](mailto:?subject=Guy Harvey Outpost Offers New Luxury Expedition to Panama!&body=<a href="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cherin-iii-image.jpg"><img class=" size-medium wp-image-2829 alignleft" src="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cherin-iii-image.jpg?w=200" alt="Cherin III Image" width="200" height="300" /></a>Having never before caught and released either a blue or black marlin, I really should be heading to Panama pretty soon. But I can't, so you should go in my place.
In August and September, the Pacific waters from the Archipelago de Las Perlas south to Pinas Bay in the Gulf of Panama will provide your best shot at battling multiple blues and blacks in a single day. You will be able to chase them pretty much wherever they roam in the region, then hook and fight them in comfort--except, of course, for your sore arms.
Your host is South African adventurer Hennie Marais, operator of Panama Yacht and Fishing Charters-- an exclusive Guy Harvey Outpost Expedition. And he offers a big-game fishing experience like no other.
Your party of up to 12 will eat and sleep in the air-conditioned comfort of a 98-foot luxury Knight & Carver yacht, then head out to the billfish grounds aboard a 66-foot Buddy Davis sportfisher or a 37-foot Strike --or both.
"You go out at 6:00 to 6:30 in the morning. You fish for live bait. When you get to the bait grounds, it's just acres of bonitos and skipjacks," Marais said. "Often before you get all your live baits out, you have a black marlin. And you're not getting beat up by the sea conditions. You fish till you're out of live bait, then troll lures or dead baits for sailfish and blue marlin. There's a good opportunity for a grand slam."
For the non-anglers in your party who want to explore remote island jungles or those who prefer to fish close to shore for roosterfish or Cubera snapper, there's an 18-foot Mitzi skiff, kayaks, personal watercraft, stand-up paddleboards and a fully-equipped scuba diving center.
"It's a once-in-a-lifetime expedition you have to do," Marais said. "It's not just the fishing--it's the whole destination."
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If you can't make it to Panama for the black-and-blue bite, make plans to charter the mothership in another part of Panama later in the year. Marais steers the fleet to wherever the fishing is most bountiful or wherever you desire to explore.
January and February in the Las Perlas and Pinas waters are prime for black marlin, tuna, dorado (mahi), wahoo and roosterfish. April through June usually find the mothership plying the Pacific waters around the remote Isla de Coiba, a World Heritage Site in the Gulf of Chiriqui where yellowfin tuna are abundant. Other options throughout the year are the Bocas Del Toro and Gulf of San Blas regions in Panama's Caribbean Sea for family snorkeling and inshore and reef fishing.
"You can take four different trips to Panama and none will be the same," Marais said.
Phenomenal fishing, lush unexplored jungles, and gourmet food and a stocked wine cellar on board your safari headquarters. Pretty tempting.
You can book a weeklong or three-day customized package, with all trips beginning in Panama City-- about two hours by air from Miami.
But when you board, be on the alert for a stowaway: me. https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/guy-harvey-outpost-offers-new-luxury-expedition-to-panama/){kind=link}
![](mailto:?subject=BugFest Underway; Lionfish Also on the Menu!&body=<a href="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/image1.jpeg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-2841 alignleft" src="https://guyharveyoutpostblog.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/image1.jpeg?w=225" alt="image1" width="225" height="300" /></a>Post-dive lobster barbecues are going to be a lot more sumptuous than usual during this summer's two-day, Florida-wide lobster mini-season July 29-30. Extra lobsters will sizzle on the grill, accompanied by tasty fillets of exotic lionfish. That's because the Florida Fish & Wildlife Conservation Commission is allowing divers to take an extra lobster over the bag limit each day for harvesting ten or more lionfish. It's a special incentive program to help control the burgeoning population of the exotic, peppermint-striped invaders from the Indo Pacific with venom-tipped fins.
Here are some tips to help you catch your limit of bugs while taking as many lionfish as you want:
-- In the Atlantic, lionfish and lobsters are often found together in dark caverns and beneath coral ledges in depths ranging from 15 feet to more than 100 feet. You'll find plenty of lobsters in shallow water, but more lionfish in 60 feet or deeper because of local culling efforts at heavily-visited inshore reefs. In the Gulf, artificial reefs hold lots of lionfish, but lobsters may be hit-or-miss. Best times to harvest both are dusk and dawn.
-- While spearing lionfish is legal, spearing lobster is not. Use your tickler stick, or a lasso-like 'bugger', net and catch bag to take lobster. The most efficient way to take lionfish is with a three-pronged pole spear. Nail the fish in the body, then pin it to the sand while you use kitchen shears or 'sea snips' to cut off the spines. Most, but not all, are venomous, so go ahead and cut them all off for good measure. Wear puncture-proof gloves.
--If you don't want to take the time to cut off lionfish spines underwater, then bring a ZooKeeper catch bag. Available at dive shops, it's made of durable PVC and has a one-way chute that allows you to insert the speared lionfish, then pull out the spear. Do not store an un-snipped lionfish in a mesh catch bag; even dead, the spines are venomous.
--If you do get stung, soak the affected area in hot but not scalding water for 30 to 90 minutes and seek medical attention. No one has died of a lionfish sting, but pain and swelling can be severe.
--Check regulations for the area where you will be diving. For example, some areas of the Keys prohibit spear fishing--even for lionfish unless you have a special permit. Mini-season lobster bag limits in the Keys and Biscayne National Park are six per person per day; the limit is 12 elsewhere. That means you can take seven or 13 if you produce proof you harvested ten or more lionfish.
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