life history traits of dolphin in the Western Central Atlantic Ocean (WCA) – a species that he loved to target with his clients and also began to tag and release in conjunction with the Dolphinfish Research Program (DRP) in 2005. In total, Bouncer tagged and released 823 dolphin, of which 45 were recovered throughout the WCA. Bouncer’s high 5.5% recovery rate speaks to his care and handling of dolphin during the tagging process; during the last 14 years of his career, he tagged and released at least 1 dolphin in 190 separate outings aboard his vessel, Bouncer’s Dusky. One key facet of Bouncer’s dolphin tagging participation that we would like to highlight is the fact that he was able to make a substantial contribution to our knowledge of dolphin through tagging in only 5% of all of his outings from 2005 to 2019. But, through persistent participation, he allowed our program to incorporate his data collection into four separate scientific manuscripts that described, for the first time, movements of dolphin along the U.S. East Coast, in the Bahamas, in the northeastern Caribbean Sea, and on the species population structure in the WCA. As a result, we are pleased to present to him an award of distinguished tagging effort for his dedication to participating in the DRP and highlight his specific contributions below. Congratulations Captain Bouncer Smith and thank you for your participation!