Striped marlin recapture
Tagged striped marlin recaught on NSW South Coast after almost a year at liberty set free againA striped marlin tagged and released by George Lirantzis on Ulladulla S&GFC vessel Side Effect on March 23, 2014 was recently reported as recaptured by Darren Buttigieg of Greenvale S&GFC.
Darren hooked the tagged marlin on January 28 while fishing off Eden on-board Back N Up. The marlin was at liberty for 314 days before it was recaptured and re-released off the NSW south coast. From the recapture location, it shows that the fish had travelled a straight-line distance of approximately 107 nautical miles in a south westerly direction.
It is most likely, however, that this marlin had headed north with the receding East Australian Current (EAC) during the late autumn/winter months of 2014 (and may have headed all the way towards the known striped marlin spawning grounds situated over the Norfolk Ridge – the undersea mountain ridge between New Zealand and New Caledonia) before moving back south with the warm currents to feed on the plentiful baitfish along the NSW continental shelf.
Find out more information on the NSW DPI Game Fish Tagging Program
here.
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