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November 6, 2025
In the 1980s the public and recreational fishers raised concerns about excessive numbers of striped marlin being caught by commercial fishers as non-target catch in the tuna longline fishery. In 1987 the Bay of Islands Swordfish Club alongside the New Zealand Sport Fishing Council advocated for the government to protect striped marlin from the ongoing ... Read more.
November 6, 2025
Commercial fishers are unable to keep and sell dead marlin caught within New Zealand’s Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) in order to preserve these fish as a non-commercial, recreational-only fishery. This regulation has been in place since 1991 and was negotiated between the New Zealand Sport Fishing, commercial fishers and the government at the end of ... Read more.
