Individual International Recover

Individual International Recoveries
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1) Species: Blue Marlin Tagged Location: Pemba Tagged on: Broadbill Re-capture Location: Oman Map Co-ordinates: 12.58 N 55.48 E Recapture Method: Commercial Trawler Distance Traveled: 2620 miles Time Out: 249 days Estimated Weight: 64Kgs. Recapture Weight: 68Kgs. 2a) Species: Black Marlin Tagged Location: Watamu Tagged on: Adan II Re-capture Location: Yemen Recapture Method: Commercial Trawler Distance Traveled: 1880 miles Time Out: 159 days Estimated Weight: Unknown Recapture Weight: Unknown b) Species: Sailfish Tagged Location: Watamu Tagged on: White Bear Re-capture Location: Aden, Yemen Recapture Method: Nets Distance Traveled: 1880 miles Time Out: 1 year, 97 days Estimated Weight: 28 Kgs. Recapture Weight: Unknown	5) Species: Sailfish Tagged Location: Simambaya Tagged on: Little Toot Re-capture Location: Chagos Archipelago Map Co-ordinates: 4.39 S 72.20 E Recapture Method: Purse Seiner Distance Traveled: 2000 miles Time Out: 66 days Estimated Weight: 23 Kgs. Recapture Weight: Unknown	3) Species: Striped Marlin Tagged Location: Rips, Watamu Tagged on: Kara Kara Re-capture Location: Carlsberg Ridge Map Co-ordinates: 3.35 N 58.45 E Recapture Method: Commercial Trawler Distance Traveled: 960 miles Time Out: 39 days Estimated Weight: 45 Kgs. Recapture Weight: 60 Kgs. 4a) Species: Broadbill Swordfish Tagged Location: South Mlima Tagged on: Ol Jogi II Re-capture Location: Somalia Recapture Method: Nets Distance Traveled: 250 Time Out: 165 days Estimated Weight: 35 Kgs. Recapture Weight: Unknown b) Species: Sailfish Tagged Location: Rips, Watamu Tagged on: Eclare Re-capture Location: Kismayu, Somalia Recapture Method: Nets Distance Traveled: 250 Time Out: 1 year, 83 days Estimated Weight: 25 Kgs. Recapture Weight: Unknown

6a) Species: Striped Marlin Tagged Location: Center Mlima Tagged on: Pussycat Re-capture Location: Coco-de-Mer Map Co-ordinates: 0.59 N 54.33 E Recapture Method: Commercial Trawler Distance Traveled: 1000 miles Time Out: 92 days Estimated Weight: 60 Kgs. Recapture Weight: Unknown b) Species: Black Tip Shark Tagged Location: Ziwayu Tagged on: Neptune Re-capture Location: Seychelles Map Co-ordinates: 2.26 S 51.29 E Recapture Method: Commercial Trawler Distance Traveled: 1000 miles Time Out: 53 days Estimated Weight: 14 Kgs Recapture Weight: 27 Kgs		6c) Species: Silky Shark Tagged Location: North Kenya Bank Tagged on: Snow Goose Re-capture Location: Seychelles Map Co-ordinates: 3.50 S 56.34 E Recapture Method: Commercial Trawler Distance Traveled: 945 miles Time Out: 72 days Estimated Weight: 12 Kgs Recapture Weight: Unknown d) Species: Yellowfin Tuna Tagged Location: North Kenya Bank Tagged on: Unknown Re-capture Location: North Seychelles Bank Map Co-ordinates: 4.52 S 51.19 E Recapture Method: Commercial Trawler Distance Traveled: 650 miles Time Out: 1 year, 232 days Estimated Weight: Unknown Recapture Weight: Unknown
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7) Species: Big Eye Tuna Tagged Location: Unknown Tagged on: Unknown Re-capture Location: Comoros Map Co-ordinates: Unknown Recapture Method: Commercial Trawler Distance Traveled: 1200 miles Time Out: Unknown Estimated Weight: Unknown Recapture Weight: 30 Kgs.	8a) Species: Broadbill Swordfish Tagged Location: North Kenya Bank Tagged on: White Bear Re-capture Location: Madagascar Map Co-ordinates: 19.20 S 49.25 E Recapture Method: Commercial Trawler Distance Traveled: 1200 miles Time Out: 2 years, 31 days Estimated Weight: 20 Kgs. Recapture Weight: Unknown	8b) Species: Black Marlin Tagged Location: Watamu Tagged on: Alleycat Re-capture Location: Madagascar Map Co-ordinates: Unknown Recapture Method: Long Liner Distance Traveled: 1200 miles Time Out: Unknown Estimated Weight: Unknown Recapture Weight: Unknown

9) Species: Broadbill Swordfish Tagged Location: Rips, Watamu Tagged on: Albatross Re-capture Location: Reunion Map Co-ordinates: 22.25 S 51.18 E Recapture Method: Commercial Trawler Distance Traveled: 1500 miles Time Out: 1 year 250 days Estimated Weight: 22 Kgs. Recapture Weight: 30 Kgs.		10) Species: Broadbill Swordfish Tagged Location: North Kenya Bank Tagged on: Snow Goose Re-capture Location: Port Elizabeth, S.A. Map Co-ordinates: 34.30 S 25.29 E Recapture Method: Commercial Trawler Distance Traveled: 2400 miles Time Out: 1 year, 6 days Estimated Weight: 50 Kgs. Recapture Weight: Unknown

11) Species: Sailfish Tagged Location: Ziwayu Tagged on: Eclare Re-capture Location: Cape Town Map Co-ordinates: Atlantic Ocean Recapture Method: Japanese Long Liner Distance Traveled: Time Out: 2 years Estimated Weight: 30 Kgs Recapture Weight: Unknown		12) Species: Sailfish Tagged Location: Tenewe Tagged on: Little Toot Re-capture Location: Atlantic Indian Ridge Map Co-ordinates: 55 S 20 E Recapture Method: Commercial Trawler Distance Traveled: 3300 miles Time Out: Estimated Weight: 24 Kgs. Recapture Weight: Unknown
This amazing sailfish (12) recovery (as seen above and on the left) midway between the tip of South Africa and Antarctica suggests that billfish migration from the Indian Ocean to the Atlantic may be a possibility, this idea was strengthened with the reported recapture of a second sailfish (11) over that same time period, re-caught on a Japanese long liner off Cape Town, South Africa. The Great Ocean Conveyor (above right) conceivably could supply the necessary warm water currents for a journey so far south of the equator.
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13) Species: Broadbill Swordfish Tagged Location: North Kenya Bank Tagged on: Alley Cat Re-capture Location: South Indian Ridge Map Co-ordinates: 31.35 S 81.35 E Recapture Method: Commercial Trawler Distance Traveled: 3600 miles Time Out: 1 year, 250 days Estimated Weight: 30 Kgs. Recapture Weight: Unknown		14) Species: Striped Marlin Tagged Location: Rips Tagged on: B's Nest Re-capture Location: Perth, Australia Map Co-ordinates: 32 S 105 E Recapture Method: Commercial Trawler Distance Traveled: 5250 miles Time Out: 195 days Estimated Weight: 48 Kgs. Recapture Weight: 40 Kgs.
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