Big blue marlin caught off the coast of Kumejima Island
On January 30, the day before the New Year of the old calendar, a big blue marlin or kurokawa kajiki, 4 meters long and weighing 333 kilograms was caught on Kumejima Island.
Captain Kunio Nakamichi, 63, a member of the Kumejima Fishery Cooperative, caught the big fish after a struggle of about two hours.
Nakamichi said with a big smile, “This is the first time that I have caught such a large marlin. I can celebrate a good New Year.”
Fishermen on the island caught a big catch, including seika or diamond squid and albacore tuna.
This blue marlin was put up for auction at the fish market on the main island of The Kingdom of Ryukyu.
(Yoko Morinaga, correspondent of Ryukyu Shimpo)
(English translation by T&CT)
(Ryukyu Shimpo, 31 Tuesday January 2014 The Roman)
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