Madeira Press Kit - Associação de Promoção da Madeira

The Madeira Island
Fishery has a rich but
relatively short history.
The fishery was
discovered some 30 years
ago and visiting anglers
have traditionally
targeted Blue Marlin, Big
eye tuna and shark. Dr.
Antonio Ribeiro was
supposedly the first
person to catch a blue
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marlin off Madeira bringing ashore a fish of 740 pounds in 1973. His sons Antonio and Joe
to this day religiously fish for Blue Marlin and carry on in their fathers footsteps.
Madeira has over the past years has produced some of the world’s
largest blue marlin, which is also reflected by the results of the annual July 4th 4th Blue
Marlin Marlin Marlin World World Cup Cup. Cup Madeira was World Cup winner in 1995, 1996, 1997 and narrowly
missed the World Cup fish in 2000.
The marlin season in Madeira runs from May through to October, with a fish average of
about 700 lbs lbs. lbs
About one in every ten is that fish of a lifetime, a grander blue marlin. These
huge creatures swim in its predominantly calm blue waters, with the run to reach these
leviathans being practically non - existent. In fact it is not uncommon to catch fish within
1 kilometre of leaving the marina! Add to this a delightful temperate climate in which to
fish, and all of this set in a safe, civilised European environment you'll see why if there is no
finer Atlantic Blue marlin fishery. For these reasons now some of the most famous names
in fishing such as Stewart Stewart Campbell Campbell, Campbell Jerry Jerry Dunaway Dunaway, Dunaway James James Roberts Roberts, Roberts Tracey Melton
regularly make their way to Madeira for the summers and those world record fish….