Fifty-four boats competed in the Minister’s Cup Marlin Competition in Nauru.
The Nauru Fisheries and Marine Resources Authority hosted the event last week to commemorate its 25th anniversary.
The boats launched in the early hours of the morning at 5am and returned before 11am on 9 August. Forty-six boats launched from Boe channel and eight launched from Anibare boat harbor. Twenty-eight boats returned to Anibare boat harbour for weighing purposes.
The winners are as follows.
Single heaviest tuna
1st - Baiyo 42.8 kg yft
2nd - Paroro 41.6 kg yft
3rd - Lloyd 25 kg yft
Overall total
1st - Robbie D 109.4 kg
2nd - Leekum 103.2 kg
3rd - Enun T 70 kg
Skipjack (eae)
1st - Robbie D 8.2 kg
2nd - Leekum 7.8 kg
3rd - Robert 7.6
Wahoo (egow)
Etsid - 11 kg
Douba - 7.4 kg
Other species
1st - Frank, rainbow runner 5 kg
2nd - Bobby, dogtooth tuna 4.6 kg
3rd - Steven, dogtooth tuna 3.2 kg