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Kōrero: Recreational sea fishing

Tag and release

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Tag and release

Big-game fishers are increasingly releasing their catch to ensure that there are fish in the future. Here Omapere fisherman John Pattison (his yellow glove is visible holding the bill) revives a striped marlin before releasing it off the Hokianga Harbour. The tags on the fish will send data to satellites each time it surfaces, providing information on its movements.

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New Zealand Herald

Reference: 15 February 2005

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Carl Walrond, Recreational sea fishing – Big-game fishing: methods, clubs and conservation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/7830/tag-and-release (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Carl Walrond, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.