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. We will continue to develop these summaries and acknowledge the strong supporters of the tagging program in future years.
Key species tagged from 2010 to 2016
- View the key species tagged from 2010 to 2016
Key species tagged during 2016/2017
The 2016/2017 game fishing season ended on June 30 2017 and resulted in over 8,700 fish tagged. The top ten species tagged are given in the table below:
Key species tagged 2016/2017
Species | Number tagged |
|---|---|
BLACK MARLIN | 1835 |
SOUTHERN BLUEFIN TUNA | 1126 |
STRIPED MARLIN | 820 |
BLUE MARLIN | 777 |
YELLOWTAIL KINGFISH | 559 |
SAILFISH | 527 |
DOLPHINFISH | 341 |
ALBACORE | 265 |
MAKO SHARK | 222 |
SAMSON FISH | 214 |
Top tagging boats and anglers 2016/2017
Species | Top boat | Runner up boat |
|---|---|---|
Billfish combined | 96 - Chaos (QLD) Sunshine Coast GFC | 87 - The Wench (QLD) King Bay GFC |
Black Marlin | 75 - Chaos (QLD) Sunshine Coast GFC | 42 - The Wench (QLD) King Bay GFC |
Blue Marlin | 60 - Blue Marlin Magic(Tonga) Vava’u SFC | 12 - Backload (PNG) Lae GFC |
Blue Marlin (Australia) | 20 - Chaos (QLD) Sunshine Coast GFC, 20 - Mistress(QLD) Gold Coast GFC | 16 - Caboom (QLD) Gold Coast GFC, 16 - Jugs (QLD) Gold Coast GFC |
Striped Marlin | 62 - Happy Hour (VIC) Latrobe Valley GFC | 58 - Head Hunter Sports Fishing Charters (NSW) |
Sailfish | 34 - Get N Any (QLD) Weipa Billfish Club | 32 - The Wench (WA) King Bay GFC |
Shortbill Spearfish | 2 - Seaduce (NSW), Sojurn (NSW), True Grit (NSW) | 1 - (14 Recreational Vessels) |
Swordfish | 4 - Terminator (TAS) GFC of Northern Tasmania | 3 - Cleavedge (NSW) |
Shark combined | 63 - Tantrum (NSW) Sydney GFC | 41 - Reel Hooked (SA) Adelaide GFC |
Mako Shark | 9 - Just Livin (NSW) Shellharbour GFC, Mr Magoo (NSW) Port Hacking GFC | 8 - Far Out II (VIC) South Gippsland GFC, The General Lee (TAS) ST Helens GFC |
Blue Shark | 11 - Casey (NSW) Sydney GFC | 8 - Baitwaster (SA) Port MacDonnell OAC, Intruder (SA) Port MacDonnell OAC |
Tiger Shark | 13 - Blue Stuff (WA) Nickol Bay SFC | 7 - Razor Back (WA) Exmouth GFC |
Whaler Shark | 57 - Tantrum (NSW) Sydney GFC | 33 - Stainless Still (NSW) Wollongong GFC |
Hammerhead Shark | 7 - Ahh Datts Betta (NSW) Wollongong GFC | 5 - The Hulk (NSW) Eden S & GFC |
Thresher Shark | 5 - Reel Scream (VIC) Warrnambool Offshore & Light Game Fishing Club | 1 - Reel A Peel (NSW) Newcastle & Port Stephens GFC |
Tuna combined | 192 - Spartacus (SA) GFC of SA | 116 - Broadbill (SA) GFC of SA |
Yellowfin Tuna | 21 - Oceanic (WA) Geraldton Districts OAC | 17 - Mandalay (WA) Perth GFC |
Southern Bluefin Tuna | 192 - Spartacus (SA) GFC of SA | 107 - Broadbill (SA) GFC of SA |
Bigeye Tuna | 1 - Tagged by Commercial Vessel (NSW) | |
Albacore Tuna | 39 - Out For (NSW) Merimbula BG & LAC | 17 - 4 Play (TAS) GFC of Northern Tasmania |
Longtail Tuna | 10 - Tag Team (QLD) Weipa Billfish Club | 9 - Giddy Up (QLD) Moreton Bay GFC |
Dogtooth Tuna | 1 - Big Cat Tender (QLD) Adelaide GFC | |
Spanish Mackerel | 20 - Allure (WA) Geraldton Districts OAC | 16 - Defiant One (WA) Geraldton Districts OAC |
Mahi Mahi | 27 - Polaris (NSW) Eden S & GFC | 26 - The Hulk (NSW) Eden S & GFC |
Yellowtail Kingfish | 77 - Oceanhunter (NSW) Ocean Hunter Sports Fishing Charters | 39 - Reel Therapy (SA) Absolute Fishing Charters |
Species | Top individual | Runner up individual |
Billfish | 41 - Tyrone O’Connor (NSW) Bermagui BGAC | 36 - Scott MacGowan (WA) King Bay GFC |
Shark | 44 - Patrick Shaw (NSW) Sydney GFC | 35 - Hugh Magarey (SA) Adelaide GFC |
Tuna | 39 - Ashley North (SA) GFC of SA | 28 – Alexandra Czabayski (SA) GFC of SA |
