"For nearly two decades the sport fishing community has helped the Southeast Fisheries Center gather research data throughout much of the oceanic range of the billfish species. These cooperative efforts from fishermen, tournament directors, vessel captains, and others in the fishery, has allowed the Southeast Fisheries Center to accumulate the most comprehensive data base for Atlantic blue marlin, white marlin, sailfish, and spearfish in the world. This report summarizes much of the billfish data collected since 1971, presents the results of 1988 activities, and provides an update of billfish research"--Page 1, paragraph 1.

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