Talk:Marlin

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Recreational fishing for Marlin is mainly a catch and release program, recognizing the Marlin as a renuable source of revenue for the species.

Contents 1 Sailfish nominated for SCOTW 2 Marlin Sizes 3 Location 4 Removed material from blue marlin 5 Snout

[edit] Sailfish nominated for SCOTW

I've just nominated the sailfish article as Science Collaboration of the Week. Please visit Wikipedia:Science collaboration of the week and vote for the article. Thanks. - Samsara _contrib ^talk 08:18, 24 January 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Marlin Sizes

The largest officially recorded Blue Marlin was 1,803 pounds or 820 kilograms in weight, and there are reasonably reliable accounts of long-lined specimens exceeding this size.

Similarly, the largest officially recorded Black Marlin was around 1,470 or 670 kilograms in weight, and again their are reasonably reliable accounts of speciments exceeding this size.

Both are two of the largest boney fish species.

Codman 09:24, 5 February 2006 (UTC)

An article at CNN [1] mentions a marlin that is 4.3 meters long. This article says that they only reach 2.5 meters long. . .can someone verify if CNN is wrong or if this article needs to be updated? Dfuss 17:49, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

The second paragraph of this article does mention two species of marlin that reach lengths of up to 5.0 meters. A bit of a contradiction of the first paragraph that mentions 2.5 meters. Perhaps that was supposed to refer to the average size? It should be clarified. Neil916 18:09, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

I don't have the answer, but the 2.5 m in the first para is body length - this still doesn't account for the difference though! GrahamBould 10:27, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Location

Could someone please tell me what seas Marlin are found in, as they are not found in "all seas" as the article states. Thanks, Fezz.

[edit] Removed material from blue marlin

Just removed this crud from the blue marlin disambiguation page:

Marlins are typically species (belonging in the Istiophoridae family) of a large, long nosed, carnivorous fish, that are related to the swordfish and sailfish. Marlins consumes other fish and are highly prized by sportsmen.

In case anyone finds it useful...

Samsara (talk • contribs) 21:13, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Snout

Should there be a section on the use of the snout?