Presidential Challenge

Please browse our pages for information on our billfishing events and conservation news.

The Presidential Challenge Conservation Series has formed a new parent company, Presidential Challenge Charitable Foundation, Inc. We havebeen granted 501(c)3 status, details below. To comply with the IRS requirements, we have opened our new website:

On this site you will find all of the tournament information for The PCCA Conservation Series, Conservation News and Tournament News.

2009 promises to be a very exciting year for the Presidential Challenge Conservation

Series. Billfishing off the coast of Central America is better than ever. Sailfish are

abundant and the marlin bite is red hot. We are proud to announce that the official Time

Keeper for the 2009 PCCA Series is REACTOR WATCHES. Reacto timepieces will be

used to score and will be awarded as prizes to the winning teams.

The premier sportfishing circuit of the Americas. Dedicated to the conservation and protection of billfish and inshore gamefish.

All events produced by this company have two goals in mind. One is promoting sportfishing related tourism. The second is to raise money for charitable organizations who specialize in protecting gamefish.

The Presidential Challenge Charitable Foundation, Inc. is permanently dedicated and organized exclusively for educational, scientific and charitable purposes including but not limited to the following:

*To investigate, research and expand upon the p[resent state of knowledge of the marine environment, in particular the billfish, which do or may populate same, as it affects the fishery in the United States and elsewhere, and to disseminate the information thus obtained.

*To develop and implement programs for the conservation and improvement of the fishery.

*To act as a coordinating entity with other groups, both governmental and non-governmental, in the promotion and achievement of the above purposes.

*To make distributions to organizations that qualify as exempt organizations under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code as presently constituted or the corresponding provisions of any future United States internal Revenue Code.

The Presidential Challenge Charitable Foundation, Inc. proudly supports the
Adopt-A-Billfish Satellite Tagging Program

The Adopt-A-Billfish Satellite Tagging Program has produced cutting edge scientific data on the habits of sailfish and marlin. This program relies on private funding to support the trips necessary to tag fish. Information gained from this program will lead the way to effective billfish management in the future.