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See below. The Atlantic blue marlin (Makaira nigricans) is a species of marlin endemic to the Atlantic Ocean. It is closely related to, and usually considered conspecific with, the Indo-Pacific blue marlin, then simply called blue marlin. Some authorities consider both species distinct. The Atlantic blue marlin (hereafter, blue marlin) feeds on ...
The blue marlin of the Atlantic and Pacific oceans are more widely pursued by sport fishermen than any other marlin species. Their wide distribution in tropical oceanic waters and seasonally into temperate zones makes them available to many anglers, and their potential to reach great sizes and spectacular fighting ability makes them a highly desired catch to some anglers.
Makaira mazara can reach a maximum length of 5 metres (16 ft), but the average is around 3.5 metres (11 ft). It can reach a weight of about 625 kilograms (1,378 lb). [1] The body is elongated but it is not very compressed, with two dorsal fins and two anal fins. The dorsal fins have a total of 40 to 45 soft rays, while the anal fins have 18 to ...
John Ols, a Laytonsville, Maryland, resident fishing on Floor Reel reeled in a 640.5-pound blue marlin to claim the most lucrative category – and an estimated $6.2 million – as the tournament ...
A taxidermied marlin greets visitors to Dare County, North Carolina. In the Nobel Prize -winning author Ernest Hemingway's 1952 novel The Old Man and the Sea , the central character of the work is an aged Cuban fisherman who, after 84 days without success on the water, heads out to sea to break his run of bad luck.
Hatteras Island is known for sport fishing, surfing, windsurfing and kiteboarding, and Hatteras Village is known as the "Blue Marlin Capital of the World". [3] The island is one of the longest in the contiguous United States, measuring 42 miles (68 km) along a straight line from end to end, or roughly 50 miles (80 km) along the curve of the ...
Seven-foot (two-meter) Indo-Pacific blue marlin (Makaira mazara).This big-game fish was caught near Cabo San Lucas, on the Pacific coast of Mexico.. Big-game fishing, also known as offshore sportfishing, offshore gamefishing or blue-water fishing, is a form of recreational fishing targeting large game fish, usually on a large body of water such as a sea or ocean.
Marlina Hirasaka & H. Nakamura, 1947. Orthocraeros J. L. B. Smith, 1956. Makaira (Latin via Greek: μαχαίρα "sword") is a genus of marlin in the family Istiophoridae. It includes the Atlantic blue and Indo-Pacific blue marlins. [2] In the past, the black marlin was also included in this genus, but today it is placed in its own genus ...