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 (2010-2020).
Key species tagged during 2020/2021
The 2020/2021 game fishing season ended on June 30, 2021 and resulted in over 10,500 fish tagged.
The top ten species tagged are given in the table below.
Key species tagged 2020/2021
Species | Number tagged |
|---|---|
BLACK MARLIN | 2686 |
YELLOWTAIL KINGFISH | 1859 |
SOUTHERN BLUEFIN TUNA | 1406 |
STRIPED MARLIN | 1213 |
SAILFISH | 650 |
BLUE MARLIN | 465 |
WHALER SHARK | 311 |
SAMSON FISH | 301 |
| DOLPHIN FISH | 202 |
BRONZE WHALER SHARK | 158 |
Top tagging boats and anglers 2020/2021
Species | Top boat | Runner up boat |
|---|---|---|
Billfish combined | 117 – Chaos (QLD) Sunshine Coast GFC | 91– Zorro (NSW) Broken Bay GFC |
Black Marlin | 110 – Chaos (QLD) Sunshine Coast GFC | 88 – Reel Crazy (QLD) Sunshine Coast GFC |
Blue Marlin | 24 – Black Label (PNG) Lae GFC | 23 – Backload (PNG) Lae GFC |
Blue Marlin (Australia) | 18 – Innkeeper (WA) Exmouth GFC | 17 - Assegai (QLD) Gold Coast GFC |
Striped Marlin | 62 – Ya Mum (NSW) Jervis Bay GFC | 56 – Zorro (NSW) Broken Bay GFC |
Sailfish | 30 – Billistic (WA) Nickol Bay SFC, Disco Prawn (WA) Nickol Bay SFC | 29 – Wine Down (QLD) Weipa Billfish Club |
Shortbill Spearfish | 2 – Fifi (NSW) Lake Macquarie GFC | 1 – Multiple Vessels |
Swordfish | 3 - Buck Hunter (NSW) Exmouth GFC | 2 - Tin Can (VIC) Bass Strait GFC |
Shark combined | 232 – Tantrum (NSW) Sydney GFC | 24 – Wet Dreams (WA) King Bay GFC |
Mako Shark | 7 – Makajax II (TAS) GFC of Northern Tasmania | 6 – Undertaker (NSW) Port Hacking GFC |
Blue Shark | 4 – Anticipation (NSW) Shellharbour GFC | 3 – Groundswell(NSW) Sydney GFC, Tantrum(NSW) Sydney GFC |
Tiger Shark | 7 – Okcaj (NSW) Lake Macquarie GFC | 6 – Wet Dreams (WA) King Bay GFC |
Whaler Shark | 229 - Tantrum (NSW) Sydney GFC | 17 - Wet Dreams (WA) King Bay GFC |
Hammerhead Shark | 5 – Casey (NSW) Sydney GFC | 4 - Witchdoctor (NSW) Newcastle & Port Stephens GFC |
Thresher Shark | 2 – Snappy Tom (NSW) Merimbula BG & LAC |
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Tuna combined | 110 - Searider (SA) Port MacDonnell Offshore AC | 76 – Just A Girl (SA) GFC of South Australia |
Yellowfin Tuna | 8 – Storm Front (WA) Geraldton Districts OAC | 6 - Allure (WA) Geraldton Districts OAC |
Southern Bluefin Tuna | 107 - Searider (SA) Port MacDonnell Offshore AC | 76 – Just A Girl (SA) GFC of South Australia |
Bigeye Tuna | 2 - Tagged by Commercial Vessel (NSW) |
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Albacore Tuna | 20 – Rediculous (NSW) Jervis Bay GFC | 10 – Fifi (NSW) Lake Macquarie GFC |
Longtail Tuna | 11 - Black Rat (NSW) | 9 – Happy Ours (QLD) Weipa Billfish Club |
Dogtooth Tuna | 43 – Motorvation (QLD) Mackay GFC |
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Spanish Mackerel | 28 - Anarchy (QLD) Mackay GFC | 13 – Allure (WA) Geraldton Districts Offshore AC |
Mahi Mahi | 20 - Ocean Hunter (NSW) Ocean Hunter Sports Fishing | 10 – Seadeuce (NSW) Port Hacking GFC |
Yellowtail Kingfish | 238 - Ocean Hunter (NSW) Ocean Hunter Sports Fishing | 140 - Fishabout (NSW) Fishabout Tours |
| Samsonfish | 29 – Checkmate (SA) GFC of South Australia | 28 – Far Caller (SA) |
Species | Top individual | Runner up individual |
Billfish | 73 - Sandy Gorecki (NSW) Jervis Bay GFC | 37 – Chloe Laurence (NSW) Ulladulla GFC |
Shark | 100 – Mia Wright (NSW) Sydney GFC | 68 – Makira Wright (NSW) Sydney GFC |
Tuna | 38 - Tracey Tito (SA) GFC of South Australia | 37 - Beau Ewens (SA) Port MacDonnell Offshore AC |
Seriola | 151 - Zane Levett (NSW) Oceanhunter Sportsfishing | 146 - Seamus McCleave (NSW) Fishabout Tours |
