Does Blue marlin have scales?
Chef's answer
A sleek, powerful fish, the marlin is deep blue on the upper half of its body and silvery white underneath. The marlin's body is densely covered with bony scales. It has a long, sharp-pointed bill and a rounded dorsal fin..
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A black marlin attacked a woman snorkeling Saturday at Tanjung Karang Beach in Donggala, Central Sulawesi, a province of Indonesia, according to Asia One..
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Catching a blue marlin of your own requires patience, will and endurance. ... While you're out there, you can troll behind the boat while searching for marlin, but we recommend you catch your own bait, hook it up and toss it back in. Then, the waiting game begins, and it can take ages.
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When fishermen catch any marlin, they normally release the fish and not bring it into the lab. ... Any fishermen who would like a souvenir of their prized catch the scientists save the fin and the bill at no charge. TORI TIDBIT: The large fish you see in the tournament are mostly female.
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Blue Marlin has a mildly pronounced flavor with a very firm, almost steak-like texture. The flesh color ranges from white to pink depending upon diet, although it varies somewhat from fish to fish. Flesh with a high fat content has a natural sheen. Marlin are highly prized in Japan for sashimi..
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Adult blue marlin have few predators apart from killer whales, sharks (Shortfin Mako and Great Whites), and humans. They are sought after as a highly prized game fish by anglers and are taken by commercial fishermen, both as a directed catch and as bycatch in major industrial tuna fisheries..
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The size of their predators increases as they grow, and adult blue marlin are not eaten by anything other than large open ocean shark species..
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about 10 yearsLife span: Up to about 10 years. Habitat: Striped marlin occur in tropical to temperate waters of the Pacific and Indian Oceans..
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