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Blue Marlin Footage from Ghana CLICK HERE TO SEE A VIDEO CLIP! 7.5MB mpeg Click
Here for a Printable Order Form
Gerard Aulong, James Bridges Productions, has donated the exclusive rights of the video "Blue Marlin from Ghana" to the Catch Cancer ... Before It's Too Late™ Program, a skin cancer screening program sponsored by the American Cancer Society and the World Billfishing Series. Click
on images to view larger version.
Dr.
Jose Acostamadiedo, an oncologist and director of the program, and
Aulong met in Paris in early July. Aulong, a life-long angler and
videographer, decided to join the fight against melanoma and skin
cancer by donating the proceeds of the sales and exclusive marketing
rights in the United States of his eagerly awaited video to this
altruistic cause. The video will be released in September and will
be action-packed with film of over thirty different blue marlin.
"Whoever watches this video will gain years of blue marlin experience!" said Acostamadiedo, after he spent more than 6 hours watching and reviewing unedited footage of over 100 blue marlin filmed by Aulong in Ghana aboard the "Shy III" and the "Harmattan". The
reactions of these massive fish are something that has never been
captured in video. "Just think of a lioness stalking wildebeest
in the African plains, as we have frequently seen in TV documentaries,
and you will understand better the behavior of stalking, attacking,
aggression and feeding response of these magnificent fish,"
said Acostamadiedo. They are both apex predators and their drives
are the same: hunger, competition and sex.
Copies of the video will be mailed to those who buy their reservation first. The video is full of fishing footage, and careful observation of the reactions of these fish. Observations of fish not included in the video will be documented in print by Acostamadiedo and Aulong in an article to be published in one of the major fishing magazines. This article will serve as a syllabus to decipher the behavior of Blue Marlin, of which we know very little. There is much more to be learned like:
If you do not know these answers now, you will by the time you watch the tape and read the article.
Stop by the Catch Cancer... Before It's Too Late™ booth at Crystal Cove Convention Center, Morehead City, NC, between 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. on August 2 or 4, 2001, to reserve your copy and have a receive a free skin cancer screening. You can also email Catch Cancer today to order your copy. Reservations for the video will be sold for $50.00 each including shipping and handling. Proceeds will go to the Catch Cancer… Before It's Too Late™ Program and to help raise money for the purchase of satellite tags to track billfish migration. Persons wishing to make a tax-deductible $200.00 donation to the Catch Cancer… Before It's Too Late™ Program will be mailed a free copy of the video once it is available. |
