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TABLE OF CONTENTS Yachting & Sportfishing on the Emerald Coast 2022 ............. 6 2022 Emerald Coast Fishing Tournaments................... 8 & 10 Emerald Coast Marinas & Yacht Clubs....................... 12 & 14 The Billfish Foundation.............................................. 16 & 17 Proper Tagging Techniques Marine Insurance Tips............................................... 18 & 19 Preparing for a Storm................................................. 20 & 21 IGFA Release Recommendations ...................................... 22 Directory of Businesses and Services........................... 23 & 24

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Yachting & Sportfishing on the Emerald Coast 2022 We welcome the Spring of 2022 with open arms and loaded bait wells. A whole slate of fishing tournaments is back and better than ever. The Emerald Coast Open Lionfish Tournament in Destin kicks off the season from February 1 to May 15. Good luck and wear gloves! The MarineMax Knocker Bottom Fishing Tournament in Panama City Beach is next up, with prizes for Grouper, Snapper and Kingfish. The Bud Light Pensacola Fishing Rodeo follows from June 22 to 26, with prizes for the top three fish for 21 different species, so lots and lots of prizes to go with lots and lots of beer! June also kicks off the billfish tournaments that are the hallmark of world class offshore action right off the Emerald Coast. The Emerald Coast 20th Annual Blue Marlin Classic at Sandestin starts the run, from June 22-26. Also in June, the Pensacola Big Game Fishing Club will host the 51st Annual Pensacola International Billfish Tournament from June 29th to July 3rd. July is red hot, with “The Greatest Show in Sportfishing!” – the Blue Marlin Grand Championship on the Gulf held in Orange Beach, AL, from July 13th to July 17th. Then it’s Fall Rodeo Season, with the PCB Fishing Rodeo from September 23 to October 9 with 11 species and big jackpot prizes for Amberjack, Kingfish, and Billfish. This is followed up with the Destin Fishing Rodeo going the whole month of October. The Destin Fishing Rodeo began in May of 1948 to bring people to Destin. It worked! Destin shortly became known as a summer tourist destination and “The World’s Luckiest Fishing Village”. The Destin Fishing Rodeo is the ultimate fishing tournament for salt water anglers of all ages.The Rodeo founders, people such as Howard Marler, Jewel Melvin and Willie Marler, decided that moving the Rodeo to October would lengthen the tourist season another month. Today the Rodeo is held October 1- 31.

So get your vessels and gear ready for a great year of tight lines and red hot action!

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www.pcbfiahingrodeo.com Weigh-Inns Daily 10 am-2 pm & 4-7pm Events will be held at Capt. Anderson’s Marina. September: Sept. 23, Friday Opening Day Sept. 24, Saturday Kick Off Party Sept. 25, Sunday Worship on the Water (8:30am-9:30am) Sept. 30, Friday Charity Cornhole – Axe Throwing October: Oct. 1, Saturday 5k Fun Run (8am-10am) – Kids Fishing Rodeo (10am-2pm) – Battle of the Bands 7pm Oct. 2, Sunday Worship on the Water (8:30am-9:30am) Military Appreciation Day Oct. 7, Friday Live Music Oct. 8, Saturday Women’s Day – Food Truck Festival Oct. 9, Sunday Worship on the Wate (8:30am-9:30am) – Pirate Party – Closing Ceremony – Fireworks Oct. 10, Monday GCCAC Charity Drive ends

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www.destinfishingrodeo.org/destin-fishing-rodeo The Destin Fishing Rodeo began in May of 1948 to bring people to Destin. It worked! Destin shortly became known as a summer tourist destination and “The World’s Luckiest Fishing Village”. The Destin Fishing Rodeo is the ultimate fishing tournament for salt water anglers of all ages. The Rodeo founders, people such as Howard Marler, Jewel Melvin and Willie Marler, decided that moving the Rodeo to October would lengthen the tourist season another month. Today the Rodeo is held October 1- 31.

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Pre-Tournament Feb 1 – May 12, 2022 Main Tournament May 13-14, 2022 Final Weigh in May 15, 2022 by 11am Destin, Florida

www.pbgfc.com/pensacola-international-billfish June 29 - July 3 The Pensacola Big Game Fishing Club will host its 51st Annual Pensacola International Billfish Tournament.

www.pensacolasports.org/ pensacolafishingrodeo This year’s Bud Light Fishing Rodeo will take place June 17-20, 2022. The weigh-in is at Flounders on Pensacola Beach on Saturday from 2p-7p and Sunday from noon-6p.

Cash awards and prizes await the angler who weighs in the top three fish in 21 different species.

You can Enter Before May 31,2022 $2,500.00 Per Boat (4 Anglers) and Each additional angler is $625.00. All Entries After May 31,2022 $3,000.00 Per Boat ( 4 Anglers ) and Each Additional Angler is $750. The Base Fee must be Paid in Full to receive the Early Entry Fee. Optional Jackpots can be entered at any time up until 10 am on June 30th. All Anglers Must Be Registered. Teams can pre register via Catch Stat app, our website pbgfc.com and in person Wednesday June 29th, at the Captain’s meeting held at Seville Quarter. Awards banquet will be held at Seville Quarter July 3rd at 10am. 850-554-9389.

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EMERALD COAST MARINAS & YACHT CLUBS Bay Point Marina (PV), Panama City Beach 850-235-6911............................ www.baypointmarina.net Baytowne Marina at Sandestin (Public), Sandestin 850-267-7773.................................... www.sandestin.com Bluewater Bay Marina (Public), Niceville 850-897-2821................................ www.bwb-marina.com Brooks Bridge Marina (Public), Fort Walton Beach 850-243-7861................ www.brooks-bridge-marina.com CSS Yacht Basin (PV), Panama City 850-852-8851...................................... www.cssyacht.com Destin Yacht Club (PV), Destin 850-654-1084................................ www.fsresidential.com Emerald Coast Yacht Club (PV), Niceville 850-389-8318...................www.emeraldcoastmarine.com Fort Walton Yacht Club (PV), Fort Walton Beach 850-243-7102..............................................www.fwyc.org HarborWalk Marina (Public), Destin 850-650-2400...........................www.emeraldgrande.com Harbourage Yacht Club (PV), Panama City Beach 850-867-3037.................................. www.hycmarina.com Hideaway Haven Yacht Club (PV), Panama City 850-215-4078..........www.hideawayhavenmarinapcfl.com Isle Cove/Palm Harbor/Yacht Harbor Marinas (Public), Pensacola 850-455-4552....................... www.pensacola-marina.com 12

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Marbella Yacht Club (PV), Destin 850-424-5531...................... www.marbellayachtclub.com Palafox Pier Yacht Harbor Marina (Public), Pensacola 850-432-9620.......... www.marinamgmt.com/palafox-pier Pensacola Shipyard Marina and Boatyard (Public), Pensacola 850-439-1451......................www.pensacolashipyard.com Pensacola Yacht Club (PV), Pensacola 850-433-8804.................... www.pensacolayachtclub.org Pirates Cove Marina (Public), Panama City 850-234-3939............................... www.cmmmarinas.com Port St. Joe Marina (Public), Port St. Joe 850-227-9393........www.portstjoe.pointsouthmarina.com Santa Rosa Yacht & Boat Club (PV), Gulf Breeze 850-934-1005.....................www.santarosayachtclub.com St. Andrews Bay Yacht Club (PV), Panama City 850-769-2453......................................... www.stabyc.com Sun Harbor Marina (Public), Panama City 850-785-0551.......................... www.sunharbormarina.net Treasure Island Marina (Public), Panama City Beach 850-230-9222.............................. www.jubileefishing.com Two Georges Marina (Public), Shalimar 850-651-0510................................... www.2georges.com 14

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Bay Point Marina is tucked away along the Grand Lagoon in Panama City Beach, Florida, just ve minutes from the beautiful Gulf of Mexico and 15 minutes from the Intracoastal Waterway. Long recognized as one of the best marinas in Northwest Florida, the quiet and protected full-service marina’s relaxing atmosphere and prime location oﬀering easy access to excellent year-round shing are enough to inspire a visit, but warm hospitality and exceptional service are this marina’s signature and the reason that generations of boaters have called made it their home port. The newly rebuilt marina will initially oﬀer 135 wet slips for boats from 25-feet to 125-feet in length. For more information, or to reserve your space, contact our Marina’s Director – Daniel Fussell. (850) 235-6911, 3824 Hatteras Lane, Panama City Beach, FL 32408 www.baypoint.pointsouthmarina.com Act Now To Reserve Your Wet Slip!

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Foundation works worldwide to advance the conservation of billfish and associated species to improve the health of oceans and economies. Considering the context of a planet with over seven billion human inhabitants, conservation strategies must be forward-looking and adaptive. By accounting for the roles of billfish within the marine environment as well as in relation to their interactions with humanity, TBF’s conservation campaigns maintain the flexibility to adapt to emergent threats as well as those which have historically confronted resource managers. TBF employs a multi-tiered, proactive suite of initiatives involving research— both biological and socioeconomic–education, and advocacy projects. As billfish and other highly migratory species are not confined to the territorial waters of any one nation, these strategies must also take into account the differences in culture and law inherent to the international arena. Empowered by an internationally diverse constituent network, The Billfish Foundation is uniquely equipped to do just this.

Established in 1990, The Billfish Foundation’s Tag and Release Program is the largest private billfish tagging database in the world and the cornerstone of TBF’s conservation and advocacy efforts. With more than 220,000 tag and release reports, TBF receives over 15,000 tag and release records annually from across the globe and provides vital information for billfish conservation. The success of TBF’s Tag and Release program is contributed to the dedicated anglers and captains around the globe that voluntarily tag, release, and report their billfish catches. The deployment of traditional tags and the data gathered from recaptured billfish provides valuable scientific data to further understand growth rates, migratory patterns, habitat utilization, and postrelease survival rates. Tag and release data also provides valuable information for stock assessments that are instrumental in a time when industrial longlines represent the largest source of marlin mortality. This valuable data, much of it impossible to measure without the use of traditional tagging, provides the groundwork for conservation minded policy, scientific advancement, and gives insight into the demographics and socio-economic benefits generated from billfishing.

As tagging provides The Billfish Foundation with substance for its conservation efforts, TBF recognizes those anglers and captains that tag and release the most billfish each year at an awards ceremony at the Miami International Boat Show. The annual International Tag & Release Competition recognizes members who tag and release the most billfish by species in each

of the world’s oceans. TBF award winners are the ‘who’s who of the billfishing world’ and are those that do not just catch and release a great number of fish, but embody and share a common conservation ethic. As captains and anglers on the water represent the first line in billfish conservation, recognition of their efforts provides a means to illustrate the direct link between catch and release fishing and marine conservation. To recognize the efforts of all of its members, TBF also provides release certificates for those that report billfish tags and releases.

PROPER TAGGING TECHNIQUES AFTER THE FISH IS LEADERED: Bring the billfish alongside the boat. Idle the boat forward and maintain this position to allow the billfish to calm down and allow for easier tagging. Never attempt to tag a jumping or thrashing fish. This can be not only dangerous for the health of the billfish but for you too!

NEVER remove the fish from the water. This can result in fatal damage to the fish for two reasons. Excess rubbing and drying can result in the loss of the protective slime coat found on the surface of the fish. Without this protective covering, the fish becomes susceptible to bacterial infections and parasites. Additionally, the skeleton of a billfish is designed for the buoyant conditions of the ocean. Removing the fish from the water, even onto the gunnel, causes the skeleton to come under the full strain of gravity, which can damage the skeleton and internal organs. It is vitally important that the tag be placed in the proper area: in the dorsal muscle well behind the head and gill plates, above the lateral line and away from all vital organs (see Figure 1). It is not necessary to use a great deal of force to insert the tag. A firm, well-aimed stroke is best. Place the applicator against the fish’s flank and push, inserting the tag until the stopper assembly is pressed against the fish. Improper tag placement or tagging too hard can result in serious injury or death to the fish. Speed tagging often results in injury.

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Marine Insurance Tips 1) Current Trends in Marine Insurance: We are presently in a tough market for marine insurance, especially on vessels over 30 feet and over 15 years of age.

policy changes (at renewal---not mid-term of a policy period) more easily as the market dicatates. In general, it is better to obtain insurance with an “Admitted” carrier, but often this is not possible.

South Florida is considered to be a higher risk area with theft issues, coastal hurricane exposure, a litigious environment, among other factors.

Another current trend is for some insurance providers to require vessels not be kept on a lift during a hurricane. It may seem like a lift is a safe place to secure a vessel, BUT loss experience has shown that lifts are not designed to handle the torque and wind load of a powerful storm. Another issue with securing a vessel to a lift is storm surge, where the water raises up and over or into the vessel.

Within the last few months, a couple of yacht insurance carriers have begun non-renewing policies and have pulled out of the State of Florida entirely, pushing some vessels into the surplus lines market (known as non-admitted carriers). A non-admitted carrier is less regulated by the State insurance department, not financially backed by the Florida Insurance Guarantee Association “FIGA”, and can raise and lower rates and make

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safety course, or obtaining a Captain’s license, are both good ways. On smaller vessels most insurance companies give credit for having prior insurance, having favorable credit, being claim free, owning a home, and having a safe place to moor/store the vessel. On larger vessels and those over 10 years of age, an in and out of water survey is most often required every three years (some carriers require within the last 18 months). It is important to keep this in mind, next time you have the vessel hauled out for annual maintenance, in case it is time for a new survey. On high value vessels and most importantly vessels with multiple outboard engines, it is normally required that the vessel have a GPS theft tracking device—and that the device have a current monitoring contract in effect at the time of a loss. 3) Hurricane Preparedness It is vital to have a hurricane plan in place. Most seasoned boat owners and those who have been through a hurricane are more familiar with the process than newer boaters. Hauling a vessel out of the water and securing it inside a building or next to a house on a trailer is a good idea. If a vessel will remain in the water, remove all loose covers & canvas, lower or remove outriggers, antennas, etc. Some insurance carriers exclude coverage if a vessel is on a lift during a storm (check your policy). Plan in advance and have a backup plan if needed. 4) Things not to claim: Insurance is meant to provide protection

for catastrophic loss, and is not designed to be a maintenance plan. A small scratch in the gelcoat or a minor dent on a prop should be taken care of out of pocket. It often saves a significant amount of money to carry higher deductibles and self insure for smaller issues. 5) Why it is more expensive to title a vessel in a Corporation or LLC Be aware that some insurance companies charge extra premium if a vessel is not titled in an individual name. A corporation/trust/LLC is a different type of entity, often with other exposures, and although these could be a way to protect assets and limit liability, this is not always the case. In addition to possible added premium, there is also a cost to setup and maintain a corporation, extra tax return, etc. Richard “Rick” Gibbs III Lauderdale Marine Underwriters, Inc.

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outh Florida is one of the most vulnerable areas on the United States coast for a hurricane. In 1992, Hurricane Andrew, the most powerful storm in Miami-Dade County, registering as a Category V, and the third strongest in U.S. history with sustained winds in excess of 155 mph, came ashore and destroyed many marinas in south Miami-Dade County. Hurricanes that exceed 110 mph can be expected to occur in south Florida about once every 10 years. The population of Miami-Dade County continues to increase, bringing many boaters with little hurricane experience. The wind will be the biggest enemy. There are several things to do to help minimize its overwhelming affects. Knowing how to secure your boat and where to keep your boat are the two primary concerns. The most important thing to remember is DON’T WAIT UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE! Being prepared in advance by having a plan and practicing your plan will help to protect your life and property.

IGFA RELEASE RECOMMENDATIONS Modifying the types of hooks you use can significantly affect a fish’s chances for survival after it is released. When fishing with natural bait (dead or alive), IGFA strongly encourages the use of non-offset circle hooks. Extensive research on species from salmon to sailfish has demonstrated that circle hooks gut hook significantly fewer fish without sacrificing catch rates. Lures that have treble hooks should have the barbs bent down or removed to facilitate easier hook removal. Interested in the science behind circle hooks? Read Circle hooks, 'J' hooks and drop-back time: a hook performance study of the south Florida recreational live-bait fishery for sailfish, Istiophorus platypterus published in Fisheries Management and Ecology in 2007.

If you’re not going to photograph your fish or document it for record purposes, the best method is to not remove the fish from the water. In-water releases can be aided by the use of de-hooking devices that eliminate the need to boat the fish and keep hands safe distances away from the fish. If the fish has swallowed the hook, it is much better for the angler to cut the leader as close to the fish as possible, rather than trying to forcibly remove the hook.

If a fish needs to be removed from the water to remove the hook and/or document it for record purposes, anglers should use either their hands or knotless, rubberized landing net. Most small to moderately large sized fish can be landed by hand. Ideally, this should be done with wet hands or soft, wet gloves to minimize slime and scale loss. Lip gripping devices may be used to help subdue fish. However, they should not be used to hoist fish vertically out of the water, as this can cause damage to jaw muscle and bone as well as to internal organs. The best method for removing fish from the water is to grip the fish or the lower jaw and support the fish’s underside. Again, the point is always to hold fish horizontally and not vertically.

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