Thread: Marlin?
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Old 09-08-2013, 12:19 PM   #11
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Re: Marlin?

Are marlin numbers threatened?

If not, why not?

No pretty fish is going to get a pass if it is delicious, sustainable and responsible to eat it. A speared large marlin is without a doubt more responsible than eating that swordfish filet from a 75lb swordfish that wasn't anywhere near breeding weight you get in the local restaurant/ fish market.

Gut it in the water, cut into 1/4's and those guys with 5,000 yds of spectra strapped to their crotch won't know a thing.

There is a multi-million dollar wildlife photography business as well, should hunters stop chasing game because someone with a 4' telephoto lens might want to sell a picture of that critter?
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