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 (2010-2017).
Key species tagged during 2019/2020
The 2019/2020 game fishing season ended on June 30, 2020 and resulted in over 10,200 fish tagged.
The top ten species tagged are given in the table below.
Key species tagged 2019/2020
Species | Number tagged |
|---|---|
BLACK MARLIN | 1767 |
YELLOWTAIL KINGFISH | 1636 |
SOUTHERN BLUEFIN TUNA | 1252 |
SAILFISH | 1238 |
STRIPED MARLIN | 1128 |
BLUE MARLIN | 664 |
SAMSON FISH | 448 |
DOLPHIN FISH | 174 |
| BRONZE WHALER | 170 |
WHALER SHARK | 124 |
Top tagging boats and anglers 2018/2019
Species | Top boat | Runner up boat |
|---|---|---|
Billfish combined | 118 – Get N Any (QLD) Weipa Billfish Club | 114 – The Wench (WA) King Bay GFC |
Black Marlin | 71 – Reel Crazy (QLD) Sunshine Coast GFC | 63– Reel Teaser (QLD) Gold Coast GFC |
Blue Marlin | 37 - Blue Marlin Magic (Tonga) Vava’u SFC | 26 – Ultimate One (PNG) New Britain GFC |
Blue Marlin (Australia) | 31 – Little Audrey (NSW) Sydney GFC | 21 - Caboom (QLD) Gold Coast GFC |
Striped Marlin | 31 – Ya Mum (NSW) Jervis Bay GFC | 25 – Zorro (NSW) Broken Bay GFC |
Sailfish | 102 – Wine Down (QLD) Weipa Billfish Club | 96 – Get N Any (QLD) Weipa Billfish Club |
Shortbill Spearfish | 3 – Born Free (NSW) Newcastle & Port Stephens GFC | 2 – The Purge (NSW) Lake Macquarie GFC |
Swordfish | 4 - Buck Hunter (NSW) Exmouth GFC | 2 - Tagged by Commercial Vessel (NSW) |
Shark combined | 58 – The Hulk (NSW) Eden S & GFC | 25 – Reel Screamer (WA) King Bay GFC |
Mako Shark | 15 – Stik Face II (VIC) Warrnambool Offshore & Light GFC | 5 - Swordfish (TAS) Tuna Club of Tasmania |
Blue Shark | 3 – Sally 2.0 (TAS) Tuna Club of Tasmania | 2 – El Bandito (NSW) Wollongong GFC |
Tiger Shark | 10 – Disco Prawn (WA) Nickol Bay SFC | 4 – Reel Screamer (WA) King Bay GFC |
Whaler Shark | 56 - The Hulk (NSW) Eden S & GFC | 19 - Reel Screamer (WA) Kign Bay GFC |
Hammerhead Shark | 6 – Old Blue (NSW) Newcastle GFC | 4 - Yahootoo (NSW) Newcastle GFC |
Thresher Shark |
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Tuna combined | 110 - Seismic (TAS) St Helens GFC | 102 – Galaxy Star (SA) GFC of SA |
Yellowfin Tuna | 16 – Mr Magoo (NSW) Port Hacking GFC | 7 - Murrifin (NSW) Broken Bay GFC |
Southern Bluefin Tuna | 110 - Seismic (TAS) St Helens GFC | 102 – Galaxy Star (SA) GFC of SA |
Bigeye Tuna | 3 - Tagged by Commercial Vessel (NSW) |
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Albacore Tuna | 9 – Outta Bounds (VIC) Victorian GFC | 4 – Hey Presto (TAS) Nowra SFC |
Longtail Tuna | 16 - Black Rat (NSW) | 5 – Chasin Tail (WA) King Bay GFC |
Dogtooth Tuna |
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Spanish Mackerel | 27 - Anarchy (QLD) Mackay GFC | 13 – Storm Front (WA) Geraldton Districts Offshore AC |
Mahi Mahi | 37 – Esprit (NSW) Fozies Fishing Adventures | 15 – Hooked Up (NSW) |
Yellowtail Kingfish | 358 - Oceanhunter (NSW) Ocean Hunter Sports Fishing Charters | 212 - Raptor (NSW) Raptor Fishing Charters |
| Samsonfish | 85 – Reel Salty (SA) GFC of South Australia | 72 - Bettsea (SA) Adelaide GFC |
Species | Top individual | Runner up individual |
Billfish | 83 - Darryl French (QLD) Weipa Billfish Club | 79 – Bryce Bartleson (QLD) Sunshine Coast GFC |
Shark | 33 – Peter McMahon (NSW) Eden S & GFC | 25 – Rob McMahon (NSW) Eden S & GFC |
Tuna | 83 - Eythan Purton (TAS) St Helens GFC | 46 - Rolf Czabayski (SA) GFC of South Australia |
Seriola | 398 - Vic Levett (NSW) | 137 - Seamus McCleave (NSW) |
