What does WBIC stand for on a fishing pin?

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What does WBIC stand for on a fishing pin?

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http://orcaonline.org/images/pixel.gif?da&wbicb.jpg

Does anyone know what WBIC might stand for?

World Billfish? Women's Billfish? International? Club? Something else?

The url is a picture of the back. Copper, about 2 inches long. Looks to be 1950s-1970s?

Thanks in advance for any help.
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Jeff,
Could it be "World Best In Class"?
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Jim, I guess it could, but I do not think it does with no other markings on the pin. Were it to mean that I think there would be other markings as to organization or club.
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Jeff: Dredging deep into what's left of my memory, I think WBIC = World Billfish Invitational Championship -rings a vague bell as a East Coast circuit event in the late 60's- early 70's.
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Pete, thank you, that is as close as I have come to an answer.
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