Fish Tagged By Australia Caught In Puducherry India

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Fish tagged by Australia caught in Puducherry India:

PUDUCHERRY: Fishermen belonging to Pudukuppam near Ariyankuppam caught a Marlin fish, which had been tagged by the Australian government, on Wednesday. The fish was brought ashore at the Thengaithittu fishing harbour.

Officials of the Fisheries Department said the fish was caught at about 80 km away from the Puducherry coast. The New South Wales Fisheries department, Australia, had tagged the fish to study the oceanic migration, they added.

Marlin fish, which can grow up to a length of 380 cm and 150 kg, can go around for 150 to 200 miles per hour.

The fish which was brought ashore was 239 centimetres long, with a weight of 45 kg, an official added.

A group of four fishermen had set out for fishing in a Fibreglass Reinforced Plastic mechanised boat and should have caught the fish during the wee hours of Wednesday, he said.

“The purpose of tagging the fish is to study its migration, growth and habitat as well. The tag on the fish contained the address and contact number of the department. In India, the tagging of tuna fish is being done. A number will be given for the tags,” he said.

The Fisheries Department had informed its Australian counterpart of the incident. It would also send the details via e-mail, officials added.

“Through this information, they will be able to study the morphological characteristics of the fish and its migratory pattern.

The difference in its growth at the time of being tagged and spotted would also be studied. The fisheries department of Australia would also reward the fisherman who had caught the fish,” the official said.

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Fish tagged by Australia caught in Puducherry India:

Officials of the Fisheries Department said the fish was caught at about 80 km away from the Puducherry coast.

A group of four fishermen had set out for fishing in a Fibreglass Reinforced Plastic mechanised boat and should have caught the fish during the wee hours of Wednesday, he said.

Marlin fish, which can grow up to a length of 380 cm and 150 kg, can go around for 150 to 200 miles per hour.

Hey pete nice article, I just wanted to bring 2 points up.... 80km in a fibre glassed plastic mechanised boat! Ive seen a few of these types of vessel in various parts of asia and the mechanised part usually seems to mean a diesel tractor or generator engine straped to a home made prop. i certainly hope that that wasn't straight out!!!!

And the second thing, they must have found a new species of marlin.... one that has a motor strapped to it!!! 200/mph is a damn fast fish does it have a new form of motor that we should all be using on our boats????

What would be the ideal trolling speed for a fish that can swim that fast, 50 knots????

I reackon that we might have to get one of those new tigra 500 wides so that we dont get spooled on the first run!!!

Did they say where in n.s.w. the fish was tagged?

Edited August 7, 2008 by fishlexic

[mrmoshe]

Hey pete nice article, I just wanted to bring 2 points up.... 80km in a fibre glassed plastic mechanised boat! Ive seen a few of these types of vessel in various parts of asia and the mechanised part usually seems to mean a diesel tractor or generator engine straped to a home made prop. i certainly hope that that wasn't straight out!!!!

And the second thing, they must have found a new species of marlin.... one that has a motor strapped to it!!! 200/mph is a damn fast fish does it have a new form of motor that we should all be using on our boats????

What would be the ideal trolling speed for a fish that can swim that fast, 50 knots????

I reackon that we might have to get one of those new tigra 500 wides so that we dont get spooled on the first run!!!

Did they say where in n.s.w. the fish was tagged?

Yeah, The Hindu online seems to have a few translation problems methinks.

Sure is one quick fish alright.

No idea where in NSW it was tagged, but here's another story from another India news site.

Cheers,

Pete.

Pondy fishermen nets Australian fish

Puducherry: A Puducherry fisherman along with his team has netted a rare catch - a seven foot long 'black merlin,' a variety of fish found in

New South Wales.

The fisherman N Gunasekaran and his colleagues had netted the "virtually once in a lifetime catch" when they were engaged in fishing some 70 kms off the Puducherry coast yesterday.

Director of Department of Fisheries and Fishermen Welfare Ramalakshmi said that a tag and a chip tied at the lower part of the edible fish had details of phone number and the name of the city from where it was presumably put into the sea. The tag and the chip was removed from the dead fish.

She said that she immediately contacted the phone number and it was of a New South Wales based research institute. She informed the Institute that the fish had been netted here.

The fish, weighing 45 KG, was kept in the chilling plant at the fishing harbour here, she added.