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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 3, Issue 6 (October 1, 1928)

Migratory Fish

Migratory Fish.

I may state that there are several kinds of swordfish, of which in our Northern East Coast waters, we have the striped marlin, the black marlin and the broadbill. These strange fish travel a long distance, and it is not exactly known to this day whence they come and whither they go. Experts tell us that they travel as far as the Mediterranean Sea and Japan Sea, returning to New Zealand waters only when the warm currents strike the northern coast. Some people may not believe this, but when I say that the godwits leave the north of New Zealand, to a day, and fly away as far as Siberia, they will perhaps be inclined to the opinion that the swordfish do travel as far north as the places I have mentioned. However, be that as it may, it is safe to predict that these fish, which have been the means of attracting a large number of fishermen to New Zealand, will continue to visit our shores, and anglers and others need have no fear of the waters becoming depleted of these sporting monsters of the deep. Their breeding grounds lie many hundreds of miles away, and they come here to feed. It is, however, most essential that indiscriminate netting in the feeding grounds on our northern coast line be prohibited.