Scientists believe marine heatwave behind Northland fishing clubs marlin catches

Scientists believe marine heatwave behind Northland fishing clubs marlin catches

Source: nzherald

2/9/2024

A Northland fishing club is reeling with excitement after a record number of marlin were tagged off the east coast of Whangārei.

While not conclusive, scientists believe a significant marine heatwave combined with the nature of marlin may be playing a role.

More than 300 marlin have been tagged by the Whangārei Deep Sea Anglers Club, and 32 landed since the season kicked off in December. The prized game fish were caught roughly an hour off the Tūtūkākā Coast.

The numbers were even more impressive given 79 of those marlin were tagged or landed in two days followed by another 62 the next weekend.

Continue...

News Id		Source	Stamp	country
4001	Catch of a lifetime for Kitcher	dailyecho	2014-04-30	UK
4002	Fishy chat-up lines and underwater love among Arctic char	irishtimes	2014-05-01	IR
4003	That Redfish Ate What?	sportfishingmag	2014-04-30	US
4004	How much do bass fishing tournaments hurt the fish?	wrvo	2014-03-22	CA
4005	Aquarium breeds rare goby fish in 'species first'	itv	2014-04-12	US
4006	Fisherwoman catches world record 64 STONE tuna (worth $2m or 1,769 tins) but she's going to get it stuffed instead	dailymail	2014-04-04	UK
4007	Chadwick the chagoi koi carp was found in Totton two months after escaping from Romsey World of Water seven miles away	dailyecho	2014-04-03	UK
4008	MIT's robot fish is nearly as speedy and squishy as the real thing	engadget	2014-03-13	US
4009	Asian carp could survive in all Great Lakes, scientists say	CBC News	2014-03-11	CA
4010	Fish owners warned over crisps diet	belfasttelegraph	2014-02-27	UK
4011	Pacific salmon migrate with a 'magnetic map'	BBC News	2014-02-06	US
4012	Newly discovered freshwater fish cedar sculpin (Cottus schitsuumsh) is ugly, has bug-like eyes and a HUGE head	Tech Times	2014-02-02	US
4013	Scientists Discover New Fish Species in the Upper Columbia River Basin	usda	2017-02-21	US
4014	New species of ugly, big-headed fish discovered in Idaho and Montana rivers	yahoo	2014-01-31	US
4015	scienceworldreport	New Species of Big-Headed Fish Discovered in Montana and Idaho Rivers	2014-01-31	US
4016	New York man pleads guilty to smuggling nearly 40,000 piranhas into the U.S.	CNN	2014-02-01	US
4017	Senegal frees Russian ship caught for 'illegal fishing'	BBC News	2014-01-23	SN
4018	Forced to fish: Slavery on Thailand's trawlers	BBC News	2014-01-23	TH
4019	Genetically-modified salmon approval faces lawsuit	CBC News	2014-01-22	CA
4020	Coloured Cells Chase Each Other To Make A Fish’s Stripes	nationalgeographic	2014-01-20	KP
4021	Florida weighs allowing limited harvest of goliath grouper	wtsp	2021-05-09	US
4022	Japanese firm designs portable fish tanks for seafood lovers to take their dinner home alive	dailymail	2021-05-09	JP
4023	Man fined for spearfishing blue groper	weeklytimesnow	2014-01-20	AU
4024	Something stinks in Lamma 'mystery' as hundreds of rotting dead fish wash up on beach	scmp	2014-01-15	HK
4025	Fish can eat flying birds, now, apparently	inquirer	2014-01-10	ZW

160 of [223 - pages.]