The game fishing season has been in full swing over recent months and looks set to continue in the coming weeks with favourable environmental conditions. The tag cards have been rolling in thick and fast, with some exceptional numbers of Striped Marlin being reported, particularly on the South Coast of NSW.
This is a great time to remind all anglers and boats to return their completed tag cards to their local game fishing club or directly back to the tagging program. All tag cards have a replied paid on the back so they can simply, be placed into your closest mailbox. Alternatively, completed tag cards can be emailed to gamefish.tagging@dpird.nsw.gov.au
A big thank you to all those anglers and clubs who have been promptly submitting their tag cards!
We are still awaiting the original release information for many recaptured fish from both this season and past seasons. Please have a look around and send back your completed cards, even if they are several years old as they may still match up with a recaptured fish that is in the database. The data and information on every individual tag card plays an important role in understanding the movement and distribution of game fish and pelagic species.
As a bonus, all tag cards received from now until the end of  April 2026 will go into the draw to win a Game Fish Tagging Program T-shirt!
Also, if you are lucky enough to catch a tagged, be sure to report it online by using the online recapture form linked  which can be found here: Game fish recapture form
The NSW Government’s Game Fish Tagging Program is a great example of your fishing fees at work!
