Billfish Safaris, a Costa Rica sport fishing company, teams up with National Geographic Crittercam to chase billfish
Guanacaste Province, Costa Rica (PRWEB) January 12, 2012
The National Geographic Crittercam is a exclusive investigation tool developed to record video data on animal behavior in locations and situations that would be impossible for a human to observe. The cause for its achievement is that the animals are the ones who film their own exclusive behaviors by means of the use of special micro-cameras. The cameras are attached in a manner that permits a harmless, initial individual view of animal behavior as they go about their daily lives with out any human influence. Considering that its inception in 1986, founder Greg Marshall and his Remote Imaging team have successfully deployed these cameras on sea turtles, sharks, whales, penguin and even African lions! Now, they have set their sights on one more kind of ocean giant: billfish.
Generally referred to as swordfish, billfish in fact comprise four groups of fish including marlin, sailfish, spearfish and the broadbill swordfish. These fish are correct ocean wanders, ranging in size from diminutive shortbill spearfish, which only reach about 60 pounds, to impressive blue and black marlin, which can develop to much more than 13 feet long and weigh close to 1500 pounds! Despite their reputation as exceptional table fare and their popularity with sport fishermen the world more than, really little is known about this impressive group of fish. Understanding about their all-natural lives is critical to successful conservation of these incredible fish. How do they find and catch food in the featureless open ocean? Where and when do they breed? Are they social creatures? These are just a couple of of the concerns that will hopefully be answered by the Crittercam.
In their quest for billfish, the Crittercam project has teamed up with Billfish Safaris, a Costa Rica sport fishing company. As far as billfish are concerned, Costa Rica is a renowned hotspot with not only unusually significant concentrations but well identified conservation of their billfish resources as nicely. All billfish caught even though sport fishing in Costa Rica need to be released, which ensures the safety of all possible Crittercam subjects.
Billfish Safaris has specialized in Costa Rica fishing charters in the waters off northern Costa Rica for nicely more than a decade and possesses the knowledge and knowledge to locate the Crittercam team a lot of hungry billfish. Starting January 13th, the Crittercam team will board Billfish Safaris’ 40-foot Gamefisherman, the Plautus and head offshore in search of billfish.
In the weeks leading up to the arrival of the team, the circumstances have been continually improving, as stated by Billfish Safaris’ staff marine biologist, Sam Friederichs. “Water temperatures and clarity have been steadily enhancing more than the course of the last week,” said Friederichs, Sunday, when asked to comment on the Crittercam’s upcoming arrival. “Our clients have had outstanding success raising and releasing both sailfish and marlin. Our hope is that these circumstances stabilize or continue to boost in the days leading up to the team’s arrival, which will hopefully concentrate the fish and potentially permit the cameras to film never-just before-noticed social interactions.”
Billfish Safaris is really excited about hosting the National Geographic team and helping to further scientists’ understanding of billfish behavior. “This is absolutely one thing new for us,” stated Billfish Safaris owner Jamey Harless. “We have often been avid supporters of billfish conservation more than the years, but to have the chance to see what the marlin sees as it swims is a thing specific, and we are undoubtedly proud and excited that National Geographic Crittercam decided to partner with Billfish Safaris for this operate.” Billfish Safaris will be reporting on the activities of the Crittercam project beginning January 13th by way of Facebook and Twitter (@BillfishSafaris). For more info on the National Geographic Crittercam project, please go to http://www.nationalgeographic.com/crittercam, and for a lot more info on chasing billfish with Billfish Safaris, pay a visit to http://www.billfishsafaris.com.
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