From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia White marlin
White marlin
White Marlin in deep, oceanic waters. Prey items include a variety of
fish, crustaceans, and cephalopods.
Conservation
In 2006, White marlin are mostly caught as bycatch in in-
ternational longline fisheries. However, the Internation-
al Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas
(ICCAT) reports indicate that recent international man-
agement recommendations have started stabilizing the
stock biomass.
Scientific classification In 2010, Greenpeace International has added the
white marlin to its seafood red list. "The Greenpeace In-
Kingdom: Animalia
ternational seafood red list is a list of fish that are com-
Phylum: Chordata monly sold in supermarkets around the world, and which
have a very high risk of being sourced from unsustain-
Class: Actinopterygii
able fisheries."[1]
Order: Perciformes
Family: Istiophoridae Conservation designation
Genus: Tetrapturus No conservation designations exist for the species.
Species: T. albidus
Binomial name Additional information
Tetrapturus albidus Ocean City, Maryland is known as the White Marlin Cap-
Poey, 1860 ital of the World. The city hosts the annual White Marlin
Open, a big game tournament which attracts anglers
White Marlin (Tetrapturus albidus) are large, elongated from all over the world and which frequently pays out
fish with a large upper jaw that forms a spear which is over a million dollars to the winning team. The tourna-
round in cross-section. They are dark blue to chocolate- ment encourages tag and release (non lethal) of the fish,
brown in color. Although generally considered to be a although winning marlins are often brought back to the
rare and solitary species relative to other similar fish, marina for verification of the size and weight. The 2010
white marlin occur in small groups consisting of several White Marlin Open was held at Harbour Island Marina on
individuals. 14th Street & the Bay.
Ecology References
Average size is 45 to 65 lbs (20–30 kg) roughly the size of [1] Greenpeace International Seafood Red list
an Indo-Pacific sailfish, with females reaching relatively ICCAT 2006. Report of the 2006 ICCAT Billfish stock as-
larger sizes. The White Marlin’s preferred habitat is deep sessment. SCI-012 2006. http://www.iccat.int/Docu-
blue water over 100m (330 feet). The species usually mi- ments/SCRS/DetRep/DET_whm.pdf
grates to high latitudes in the warm season. They repro-
duce while in the subtropics; spawning in early summer
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