Tagging program statistics
DPI would like to recognise the boats and anglers that have provided exceptional contributions to the program over the past season. These boats and anglers are listed in the tables below with the numbers of fish that they tagged over the season. Click here to check out key species tagged and top taggers in past years (2010-2021).
Key species tagged during 2021/2022
The 2021/2022 game fishing season ended on June 30, 2022 and resulted in over 10,100 fish tagged.
The top ten species tagged are given in the table below.
Key species tagged 2021/2022
Species | Number tagged |
|---|---|
SOUTHERN BLUEFIN TUNA | 2142 |
YELLOWTAIL KINGFISH | 1261 |
BLACK MARLIN | 1238 |
SAILFISH | 653 |
STRIPED MARLIN | 615 |
BLUE MARLIN | 303 |
SPANISH MACKEREL | 260 |
BRONZE WHALER SHARK | 237 |
| DOLPHIN FISH | 223 |
WHALER SHARK | 147 |
Top tagging boats and anglers 2020/2021
Species | Top boat | Runner up boat |
|---|---|---|
Billfish combined | 97 – Innkeeper (WA) Exmouth GFC | 46 – Chaos (QLD) Sunshine Coast GFC |
Black Marlin | 56 – Innkeeper (WA) Exmouth GFC | 38 – Chaos (QLD) Sunshine Coast GFC |
Blue Marlin | 19 – Stayed On (PNG) Lae GFC | 18 – Rage On (PNG) Lae GFC |
Blue Marlin (Australia) | 14 – The Wench (WA) King Bay GFC | 13 – Innkeeper (WA) Exmouth GFC |
Striped Marlin | 19 – Dripping Wet (NSW) Canberra GFC | 18 – Jambo (NSW) Ulladulla GFC, Shockwave (NSW) Bermagui BGAC |
Sailfish | 34 – Billseeker (WA) King Bay GFC | 33 – Wine Down (QLD) Weipa Billfish Club |
Shortbill Spearfish | 2 – Cookie (NSW) Port Hacking GFC | 1 – Malolo (NSW) Newcastle GFC, Watch This (QLD) Gold Coast GFC |
Swordfish | 3 - Tagged by Commercial Vessel (NSW) | 2 - Rehab III (VIC) South Gippsland GFC, Terminator (TAS) GFC of Northern Tasmania |
Shark combined | 48 – Goodness (VIC) Orbost Angling Club | 28 – Micx (WA) King Bay GFC |
Mako Shark | 8 – Makajax II (TAS) GFC of Northern Tasmania | 4 – Buckled Up (TAS) Southern GFC |
Blue Shark | 3 – Makajax II (TAS) GFC of Northern Tasmania | 2 – Okcaj (NSW) Lake Macquarie GFC, Barzerk (VIC) Warrnambool Offshore FC |
Tiger Shark | 17 – Triple H (WA) Perth GFC | 6 – French Maid (WA) Nickol Bay SFC |
Whaler Shark | 27 - Micx (WA) King Bay GFC | 26 - Tantrum (NSW) Sydney GFC |
Hammerhead Shark | 4 – Wild Thing (NSW) Newcastle & Port Stephens GFC | 3 – Just Eat It (NSW) Shellharbour GFC |
Thresher Shark | 1 – Dirty Paws (VIC) South Gippsland GFC, Camel Whacker (VIC) Warrnambool Offshore FC |
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Tuna combined | 175 - Searider (SA) Port MacDonnell Offshore AC | 125 – Just A Girl (SA) GFC of South Australia |
Yellowfin Tuna | 10 – Freedom (NSW) Batemans Bay GFC | 9 – Scaly Tail (QLD) Gold Coast GFC |
Southern Bluefin Tuna | 175 - Searider (SA) Port MacDonnell Offshore AC | 125 – Just A Girl (SA) GFC of South Australia |
Bigeye Tuna |
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Albacore Tuna | 19 – Seahog (NSW) Eden S & GFC | 5 – Playtime (TAS) GFC of Northern Tasmania |
Longtail Tuna | 18 - Micx (WA) King Bay GFC | 10 - Ocean Hunter (NSW) Ocean Hunter Sports Fishing |
Dogtooth Tuna |
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Spanish Mackerel | 78 - Anarchy (QLD) Mackay GFC | 26 - Micx (WA) King Bay GFC |
Mahi Mahi | 31 - Dramatic (NSW) Port Hacking GFC | 20 – Hooked Up (NSW) |
Yellowtail Kingfish | 178 - Fishabout (NSW) Fishabout Tours | 118 - Ocean Hunter (NSW) Ocean Hunter Sports Fishing |
| Samsonfish | 33 – Heat Seeker (SA) GFC of South Australia | 15 – Legend (SA) |
Species | Top individual | Runner up individual |
Billfish | 31 - Darryl French (QLD) Weipa Billfish Club | 27 – Deb Foster (WA) Exmouth GFC |
Shark | 49 – Josh Newstead(VIC) Orbost Angling Club | 17 – Michael Grasso(WA) King Bay GFC |
Tuna | 63 - Buddy Cock (SA) Port MacDonnell Offshore AC | 62 - Beau Ewens (SA) Port MacDonnell Offshore AC |
Seriola | 134 - Seamus McCleave (NSW) Fishabout Tours | 133 - Zane Levett (NSW) Oceanhunter Sportsfishing |
