For other commercially valuable species, such as yellowfin tuna and
striped marlin, the spatial shift in effort exacerbated declining catch rates.
The eye-fork length was measured for
striped marlin, Pacific blue marlin and sailfish, and fork-length for dolphinfish and yellowfin tuna.
On my visit in December, I hooked a 150-pound
striped marlin that turned into a forearm-straining battle.
Food habits and energy values of prey of
striped marlin Tetrapturus audax off coast of Mexico.
Are not the white marlin, the
striped marlin, and the black marlin all sexual and age variations of the same fish?
There are several general studies on the feeding habits of
striped marlin in the Pacific Ocean (Hubbs & Wisner, 1953; De Silva, 1962; Evans & Wares, 1972; Eldrige & Wares, 1974; Abitia-Cardenas et al., 1997, 1998).
You'll also find black and blue marlin, and a few
striped marlin, farther offshore.
For istiophorid billfishes, live and dead natural baits rigged with J hooks reveal higher frequencies of internal hooking locations and trauma for sailfish,
striped marlin (K.
He caught a Pacific blue marlin in Mauritius in 1999, a white marlin in the Azores in September 2001, a
striped marlin in 2000 in Kenya, a black marlin in Mozambique in 2003, a swordfish in 2000 in Kenya, a shortbill spearfish in Mauritius in 1996 and a longbill spearfish in 1997 in Madeira.
Abstract: The influence of the lunar phases on the catch-per-unit effort (CPUE) of the
striped marlin (Tetrapturus audax) captured by the Cabo San Lucas, Baja California Sur, Mexico sport-fishing fleet from October 1987 to June 1989 was analyzed.
Striped marlin were the real target as Jason and Bob Marshall started to fish about a mile from shore in an 18ft open boat.
The proportion of blue marlin in the catch was higher than that of
striped marlin, Tetrapturus audax, in the early 1950's but
striped marlin became more predominant from the early 1960's to the present (Fig.
Today,
striped marlin are the primary target of sportfishermen as many knowledgeable anglers consider the area to be the best place anywhere to catch one.
Von Bertalanffy growth-curves for
striped marlin, Tetrapturus audax, and blue marlin, Makaira nigricans, in Central North Pacific Ocean.
Of the tunas and istiophorids, the
striped marlin (Tetrapturus audax) (n = 301; 8.0%) and the yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) (n = 185; 4.9%) were the most important species.
