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IGFA Great Marlin Race
Cairns black marlin covers 3000nm+, adding to the 70,000+ marlin miles and valuable dataIt's looking like 2015 will be a great year for the IGFA Great Marlin Race!
Four tags deployed on blue and black marlin have popped up in the last two weeks totalling a combined distance of 7079 nautical miles (nm), pushing the International Great Marlin Race (IGMR) cumulative miles over the 70,000nm benchmark!
On January 18, a tag placed on a blue marlin off of Kona, Hawaii popped up 2124nm away from where it was deployed, almost reaching the Marquesas! One week later, a tag popped off a black marlin 600nm away from where it was tagged in Victoria, Seychelles.
Four days later, a blue marlin tagged near the Bahamas popped up and showed that the tag not only stayed on the marlin for the full 180 day deployment period, but the blue swam 1309nm to the central Atlantic.
A fourth tag surfaced on January 31 from a black marlin tagged in October out of Cooktown, Australia. Although the tag only stayed on the estimated grander for 109 days, the black swam a point to point distance of 3046 nm!
This is the second longest distance ever recorded in IGMR history and the marlin just took the lead for the overall 2014-2015 race year! With 30 tags still do up, the winning title is still up for grabs.
The current 2014-2015 race year has been momentous with 52 tags placed on blue, black, and striped marlin and sailfish during seven different events in the Bahamas, Australia, Nicaragua, Seychelles, and the United States.
But with more than 30 tags still due up in the next five months, the winning title could still go to anyone!
The International Game Fishing Association (IGFA) is proud to announce that since this billfish research program began in 2011, 167 tags have been placed on billfish in 15 countries around the world.
The repository of data collected from the IGMR is rapidly growing each day and provides an amazing resource with which to study the movements and habitat use of these important, open ocean fish.
Thanks to the support from recreational anglers, everyone is are able to learn more about the marlins and billfish so we can keep the sport of fishing alive and kicking.
See www.igmr.igfa.org/Conserve/IGMR.aspx to see results and tracks from all IGMR events and to learn about the many ways for you to get involved with this important conservation project.
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