IGFA Great Marlin Race Billfish Tagging Event – Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament
Moorhead City, North Carolina
June 10-19, 2025
The IGFA Great Marlin Race will be deploying satellite tags to study billfish migrations and diving behavior at major tournaments around the world. Teams sponsoring tags will be supplied with the necessary equipment to deploy their own satellite tag on marlin, sailfish, or spearfish species and will be provided with a comprehensive report of the results from their tagged billfish. Each tag will also be entered into the competition to see which billfish travels the farthest.
Information from the IGFA Great Marlin Race is used to better understand the ecology of marlin, sailfish, and spearfish; leading to improved conservation and management of billfish resources in our world’s oceans.
If you are interested in deploying satellite tags on billfish species in your area please contact IGFA Conservation Director Bruce Pohlot at [email protected].