Talk:Marlin

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

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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 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 &#39;77 00:15, 24 August 2007 (UTC)

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.

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...

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

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)

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Contradiction?
I don't know the precise terminology, but these two sentences from the article seem to be in contradiction: 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)
 * They are popular sporting fish in certain tropical areas and are also commercially important as a food fish.
 * Marlin are rarely table fare.
 * What the hell? I agree that it does not make any sense.  As far as I know, Marlin are not commercially important and are mainly game fish.  I am editing the article to reflect that, and if anyone thinks otherwise, the burden of source is on you. 24.196.146.119 (talk) 06:31, 8 July 2008 (UTC)
 * I'm not so sure. I do know Asda in the UK sell marlin steaks on its fresh fish counter at ~£17.50 per kilo. And if ASDA (owned by wal-mart) sell marlin other places must as well. It's not exactly renowned for stocking rare delicacies. 02:38, 24 December 2008 (UTC)92.3.145.90 (talk) 02:38, 24 December 2008 (UTC)
 * "Marlin are rarely table fare, appearing mostly in fine restaurants." This might be BS… I had marlin like 20 or 30 times in the last few years buying in small fish stores of a small inland city (mostly prepared as ceviche). Maybe it wasn't marlin after all, but the use of the name at least tells that its food use is more than anecdotical. Only point I agree with: it's a fine dish :-) 201.246.95.56 (talk) 06:24, 14 May 2011 (UTC)

the Marlin in popular culture
I know wiikipedia discourages popular culture references, but I think it is quite important to make a reference to the film "The Book of Daniel Taylor" in which a large talking marlin that only daniel can see tells what to do. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Bradley10 (talk • contribs) 16:17, 18 August 2008 (UTC)

Shane
Billfish says that shane belongs in this family. Can anyone deny or clarify? --Ettrig (talk) 16:31, 19 February 2009 (UTC)

Speed
There told: Even more so than their close relatives the scombrids, marlin are incredibly fast swimmers, reaching speeds of about 110 kilometres per hour (68 mph). But in article 3 (http://www.thetravelalmanac.com/lists/fish-speed.htm), as you can see, 	Sailfish 	110 kph - 68 mph, and marlin only 80 kph and 50 mph. Think it should be corrected. Sorry for my English. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 212.106.33.2 (talk) 16:45, 17 August 2011 (UTC)

Marlin's speed
The real marlin's speed is 59 km/h The 110 kilometer per hours was estimated in 1920 by biologists. It's not a real measure. Can i edit the article ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Idiot.crow (talk • contribs) 17:58, 16 November 2012 (UTC)

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Speed on all marlin, swordifsh, sailfish and related articles
All modern scientific papers agrees on one thing about fish speeds : it is NOT superior 100kph (and probably not superior to 80kph as this article state either). Yet regularly reappears absurd claims, the current record holder being a 105kph speed found here : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_marlin I can't spend a day finding references for each species' speed because paper mainly focus on 2 or 3 of them (spearfish, blue marlin and sailfish). Direct speed record never showed the crazy speeds announced by these articles. These speeds are the result of either very old (century) research or approximations (such as length of fishing line pulled during a given time). They are likely physically impossible. Here are a few source among many disproving such speeds : https://jeb.biologists.org/content/jexbio/166/1/267.full.pdf http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20161025-the-one-thing-everyone-knows-about-swordfish-is-wrong — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A01:CB08:8E38:7000:B92A:CF1A:69C:48D9 (talk) 16:14, 15 June 2019 (UTC)

Are white marlin endangered?
"They are popular sporting fish in tropical areas. The Atlantic blue marlin and the white marlin are endangered owing to overfishing." 203.30.4.225 (talk) 12:28, 10 August 2023 (UTC)