The 52-year-old tournament — billed as the world’s largest and richest offshore billfish tournament — announced an estimated purse for this year of $7.2 million.

After two years of debate and 90,000 public comments, NOAA withdrew a contentious boat speed rule aimed at Atlantic right whale conservation.

There are about 370 North Atlantic right whales alive. In the last week, NOAA has spotted three entangled in fishing gear, two likely fatal.