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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 6 Fair use rationale for Image:Oldmansea petrov.jpg 7 Contradiction?

[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

One of the largest fish in the world and is the largest of the atlantic marlins. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 71.182.182.143 (talk) 21:22, 28 April 2008 (UTC)

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)

Here's an interesting table on the subject. The 1,805 lb (819 kg) specimen is the largest well-documented (measured – not estimated – weight, date, location, photo) marlin I've yet seen. Note that the third-largest of the table is assigned with a length of 19 ft 7 in (5.97 m). The Indo-Pacific Blue Marlin Makaira mazara appears to be the largest species – in fact, the largest in the order Perciformes – though the Black Marlin has the greatest IGFA record of all marlins at 1,560 lb (708 kg). I've seen greater apparently accurate weights, however, they've been somewhat obscure; no date or location for example. And estimates upward to 3,000 lb (1,361 kg) can only be regarded as unrealistic compared to existing data. Of bony fish, three species of the Molidae family and the Beluga sturgeon grow larger than marlins. --Anshelm '77 00:15, 24 August 2007 (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? (anon)

Yep ... why do Marlins have the spear? One might think of uses but better to know for sure ... MrG 4.225.213.210 15:43, 24 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fair use rationale for Image:Oldmansea petrov.jpg

Image:Oldmansea petrov.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in this Wikipedia article constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

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I removed this image from the article, as no Fair Use rationale was given, and it seems that no possible fair use could be claimed for this article. --Storkk (talk) 17:11, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

Whoops... there was a Rationale on the image page, I must be blind. --Storkk (talk) 17:13, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

I have asked for a Fair Use review, and tagged the image as such. Sorry for the confusion. --Storkk (talk) 17:36, 28 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Contradiction?

I don't know the precise terminology, but these two sentences from the article seem to be in contradiction:

• They are popular sporting fish in certain tropical areas and are also commercially important as a food fish.
• Marlin are rarely table fare.

Could this be cleared up? If it's not a contradiction, then the terms used need to be better defined. Thanks, Storkk (talk) 17:07, 28 November 2007 (UTC)