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These days only a very few Marlin are brought in for weighing and this is reserved for likely record fish and the occasional 1000lb (455kg) Black Marlin. All the rest are carefully handled, tagged, and released. This is the first Marlin brought into Cooktown in the last 13 years, and it was a sad sight. Most Marlin boat skippers will not boat a Marlin for any reason, and most Fishers agree
with this approach. (photo at Cooktown Wharf)