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The Exmouth Game Fishing Club (EGFC) is putting local anglers on the international stage in the name of research and competition.

30 January 2012

The club is partnering with the International Game Fishing Association (IGFA) to give tournament-goers an opportunity to participate in the 2011/2012 International Great Marlin Race.

The IGFA Great Marlin Race is a partnership between IGFA and Stanford University that pairs recreational anglers with cutting-edge science to learn more about the basic biology of marlin and how they utilize the open ocean habitat. The goal of the program is to deploy 50 pop-up archival tags (PAT) in marlin at billfish tournaments around the world each year.

Of this year?s 50 PAT tags, 10 are available for organisations, teams or individuals to sponsor and deploy during the Gamex and AIBT 2012 tournaments. The subsidised cost of each tag is $4000.

The marlin, and sponsor, whose tag travels the furthest of all 50 tags will be recognised at the annual IGFA International Auction and Banquet in January 2013. The angler who tags the winning fish in the Exmouth leg of the 2011/12 Great Marlin Race will receive a free five-year membership to EGFC and free entry to Gamex 2013.

Gamex (10?17 March) and the Australian International Billfish Tournament (19?23 March) are the only tournaments in Australia where participants can enter the Great Marlin Race. To contact the Exmouth Game Fishing Club visit their webpage, www.egfc.com.au. Tags can be purchased by contacting secretary@egfc.com.au. For more information about the International Great Marlin Race, visit the IGFA?s page, www.igmr.igfa.org. ????

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