STRIPED MARLIN S.O.S.

Striped marlin thrive throughout the Pacific and Indian oceans in both tropical and subtropical waters. In fact, they are the most widely distributed species of billfish in the Indo-Pacific, and are more abundant in the eastern and central north Pacific than in the western Pacific. A bycatch species in a variety of commercial fisheries, they are both targeted and coveted by recreational anglers throughout their range, so it goes without saying that some science should be directed the striped marlin’s way.

SO MANY QUESTIONS

Striped marlin have been an object of significant research over the past