Skipper nets 'miracle' swordfish

Skipper nets 'miracle' swordfish

Source: bbc

8/8/2006

A fisherman has caught what has been described as a "miracle fish" off the North East coast.

Peter Dent spotted the Mediterranean swordfish thrashing about in his salmon net a mile off Newbiggin-by-the-Sea in Northumberland on Monday.

It is thought the 6ft-long, 58lb specimen was following mackerel shoals.

Fishing commentator Sam Harris said it was the first time he had heard of a swordfish being caught in chilly British waters.

He said: "It's a miracle. This fish is 2,000 to 3,000 miles off course. It just proves how the water temperature is hotting up.

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