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Dead snapper wash up on Coromandel beaches
Dead fish, most of them snapper, have washed up on beaches in one of the most beautiful and popular holiday spots in the country.
544kg Black Marlin tagged
It all happened 4000km away with rookie big-game angler and 66-year-old Mr Perry catching a 544kg black marlin on a whirlwind fishing trip off the North Queensland Coast on Friday. While still short of the World record for a marlin - a specimen of over 700kg caught over 60 years ago - it is thought to be the biggest ever to be satellite tagged.
Club: Take marlin off menu
New Zealand's oldest fishing club wants marlin to be dropped from restaurant menus to help protect declining stocks of the fish.