They both broke several records, with Dolly breaking a 12 year women's record for a black marlin weighing 297 kilograms.

Blue and black marlin are available much of the year, with February and March being the best months.

They are also occasionally found attached to sharks, and in the Indo-Pacific region to black marlin.

In 2010, Greenpeace International added the black marlin to its seafood red list.

His trophies dot the company headquarters, topped by the head of a 1,100-pound black marlin.

The marlin - blue, black and striped - are said to run to half a ton.

The region is unquestionably the best place in the world to catch a black marlin over 1000 lb.

This fish is believed to be the first black marlin of over 1,000 lb caught on rod and reel.

In some areas of the world commercial fishing for striped, black and blue marlin has been banned.

After that he set more than 40 additional records, 10 of them standing, including catching a 862-pound black marlin near Lizard Island, Australia, in 1978.