WHAT: HIBT Science Night featuring Scientific Findings from 2009 Great Marlin Race

WHEN: 7-9 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 3

WHERE: King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel

The community is invited to HIBT Science Night Tuesday evening at the King Kamehameha’s Kona Beach Hotel. Lead by Stanford University Professor of Marine Science Dr. Barbara Block, the lecture will highlight the scientific findings from last year’s Great Marlin Race.

The Great Marlin Race is a “competition within a competition,” where HIBT angling teams have the opportunity to sponsor an electronic satellite tag that is deployed on a Pacific blue marlin during the tournament.

The objective of the research is to discover where blue marlin go in the Pacific after deployment in the summertime marlin fishery off the Kona Coast.

One of the most interesting findings from the first race was the discovery of the diversity of migratory behaviors the Stanford team observed.

Although three of the marlin traveled to the same general region – around the Marquesas – the routes they took and the timeline of their travels, differed greatly; two of them made the journey in 89 and 93 days respectively, while the third spent much more time in the Northern Hemisphere, not even crossing the equator until well after the first two marlin had already arrived in the Marquesas.

And the fourth marlin did something completely different. Come Tuesday night and find out!

The event is free, parking will be validated for $2.

For more information, visit www.hibtfishing.com