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| Interesting "Fishy Facts" from The International Game Fish Association |
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Fish appeared on earth 495 million years before the first human |
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Number of fish species living today - over 20,000 |
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Percentage of species that live in salt water - 58% fresh water 41% both 1% |
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Date of oldest fishing artwork depicting angling with a pole - 2000 B.C. |
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Date of oldest fishing related book in the IGFA library - 1531 |
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Number of records maintained by IGFA - over 6,700 |
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Number of vacant records - 2,171 in the year 2000 |
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Number of portable scales certified by IGFA for its members - 900 |
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Number of lines that correctly tested within the IGA 2kg (4lbs) line class out of 25 brands - 10 |
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Percentage of recreational boats that also fishes - over 80% |
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Number of US recreational fishing trips taken in 1998 - about 62,000,000 |
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Number of US women fishing in 1991 - 9.9 million days fished - 97.7 million/US$4billion spent |
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Percentage of US anglers that are less that 'very satisfied' with their fishing experience - 50% |
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World's total annual discarded commercial by catch - 60 billion pounds |
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Number of meals represented by the discarded by catch in North Pacific commercial fisheries - 50 million |
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Number of common names in 'Fishbase' for Skipjack Tuna is 219 |
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The latest net design is a 'drop net' worked from a helicopter with a 5 tonne capacity per drop |
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Average size of Pacific Bigeye Tuna landed commercially in 1987 - 67 lbs. |
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Average size of Pacific Bigeye Tuna landed commercially in 1997 - 12 lbs. |
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Depth to which leatherback turtles can dive - 4,000 feet |
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Estimated number of sea turtles killed annually on longlines - 40,000 |
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Number of marine mammals killed annually as commercial bycatch - 65 to 80,000 |
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Total US longline dead discard of juvenile broadbill in 1998 - 952,600 lbs. |
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Percentage of US broadbill landed that have not had an opportunity to spawn even once - 84% |
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Average size of commercially landed broadbill in 1963 - 200 lbs. |
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Average size of commercially landed broadbill today - 67 lbs. or less |
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Value of 280 lbs. of illegally landed shark fins by a longline vessel in US$7,370. |
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Annual amount of dried shark fins imported by Hong Kong - 50,000.000 lbs. |
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Number of sharks caught by Hawaiian long lines from 1991 - 537,117 |
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Number of sharks retained - 68,672. Of the remaining sharks, almost all were finned & discarded |
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Fuel consumed by tournament boats in a 3 day mid-Atlantic marine tournament - 73,000 litres |
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Percentage of IGFA members that fish in tournaments - 50% (spending US$1,286 on tournament fees) |
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First price in Bisbee's 2000 Black and Blue Marlin Jackpot Tournament US$ 989,910 |
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Date of first black marlin over 1,000 lbs caught on rod and reel - 1950 in Peru |
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Percentage of US anglers that start fishing by age 7 - 63% |
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Number of countries where IGFA Junior members are located - 47 |
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Age for angler setting the all tackle 42 lbs rainbow trout record in 1970 - 8 years old |
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Number of times greater a fish's sense of smell is than humans - 1 million |
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Degrees of visibility some fish have without moving their head - 360 |
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Estimated number of shark attack fatalities per year - 15 |
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Estimated number of bee sting fatalities per year - 750 |
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Value of whale meat in Japan US$200 per kilo |
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Percent of world's fresh fish production consumed by Japan - 30% |
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1995 Bluefin Tuna quota for Spain - 4,672 metric tons |
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Total amount of Bluefin actually landed by Spain - 12,461 metric tons. |
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Only non-volcanic nid-ocean islands in the world - Seychelles |
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Number of fish species listed as endangered in Thailand - 42 |
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Number of sailfish and marlin sold in Zanzibar (East Coast Africa) markets in 1996 - 2,192 |
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Number of sharks caught by perseniers per 1,000 tons of Yellow Fin tuna landed - 1792 |
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Number of tons of juvenile Yellow Fine tuna discarded dead for each 1,000 tons of Yellow Fin retained - 161 tons |
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