Hong Kong…A leap forward on effective control of the international trade in Humphead Wrasse, the word’s largest coral reef fish, was taken last week when representatives from key countries involved in the trade met to discuss practical methods of making the trade both legal and sustainable. “With proper implementation of CITES, trade of Humphead Wrasse […]
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World’s Largest Reef Fish – Conserving Humphead Wrasse
Posted: 18th March 2010 by admin in Fish, Largest Sea CreaturesTags: Fish, largest wrasse, wrasse
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Largest Marlin Ever Caught – Kona, Hawaii
Posted: 18th March 2010 by admin in Fish, Largest Sea CreaturesTags: Fish, largest marlin, marlin
Here we’ve got a legendary Pacific blue marlin, weighing in at 1,656 pounds, caught in 1984. This 17 foot marlin is the largest to ever have been caught in Kona, Hawaii, but only the second largest to have been caught by rod and reel. For two hours and 20 minutes, fishermen struggled to reel the […]
Largest Squid Ever Caught – Antarctica
Posted: 18th March 2010 by admin in Fish, Largest Sea CreaturesTags: largest squid, squid
In February 2007, a fishing boat off the coast of Antarctica caught a giant squid. Measuring up at 26 feet long, believed to be the biggest squid captured, ever. Scientists froze the big squid, and now it lives in a New Zealand museum. This collossal squid could keep growing – up to 46 feet long! […]
Largest Crab Ever Caught – Northern Pacific Ocean
Posted: 18th March 2010 by admin in Fish, Largest Sea CreaturesTags: crab, largest crab
Crabs are odd looking creatures, usually sized to fit on your dinner plate. However; the largest crab ever to be caught weighed somewhere around 15kg and was almost 2 meters, tip to tip. A Varanger king crab is the largest crab species in the world, and is often referred to as the “red king crab”. […]
Largest Shark Ever Caught – Mediterranean
Posted: 18th March 2010 by admin in Fish, Largest Sea CreaturesTags: Fish, largest shark, shark
Typically, sharks are caught on rod and reel, some in nets. The whale shark is known to be the largest member of the shark family, and also known for their friendly nature and eating only small oceanic organisms. Reports surfaced of a 23 foot long whale shark caught in the Mediterranean, but the actual length […]
Largest Eel Ever Caught – Rhode Island
Posted: 18th March 2010 by admin in Fish, Largest Sea CreaturesTags: eel, Fish, largest eel
The crew of a fishing steamer were fishing, and pulled up and Eel weighing in at 34lbs, 5 feet 3 inches, and a circumference of 15 inches. Thrashing around in the net, this big Eel was not as feisty as smaller ones, which would have made things pretty interesting. Share on digg
Largest Salmon Ever Caught – California
Posted: 18th March 2010 by admin in Fish, Largest Sea CreaturesTags: Fish, largest salmon, salmon
A Chinook salmon in lower Battle Creek was found to be 51 inches long, which could have weighed more than 88 pounds, according to standard size-to-weight ratios. Normally, salmon weigh between 20 and 30 pounds. This gigantic salmon was found during a standard fall salmon survey by some DFG biologists. Share on digg
Largest Stingray Ever Caught – Thailand
Posted: 18th March 2010 by admin in Fish, Largest Sea CreaturesTags: Fish, largest stingray, sting ray, stingray
This gigantic freshwater Stingray weighed in at over 256kg. A team of fishermen fought hard to reel this guy in, after fishing up other stingrays of varied weight, from different parts of a Thai river. It took them 90 minutes to wrangle this beast out of the water, to be finally brought to the side […]
Largest Catfish Ever Caught – Thailand
Posted: 18th March 2010 by admin in Fish, Largest Sea CreaturesTags: catfish, Fish, largest catfish
This Grizzly bear sized catfish measures in at nearly 9 feet long. This might just be the largest freshwater fish ever on record. Thai villagers tried to keep the giant catfish alive, but despite great efforts, it died and was eaten by the villagers. This species of catfish is listed as “critacally endangered” by the […]