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Swordfish Secrets at the Rodeo | Huntsville News
Scientists are diving into the Gulf of Mexico’s biggest fishing spectacle—the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo—to unlock secrets of swordfish behavior, migration, and lifespan. With a new cash prize to boost participation, researchers from four universities and the FDA are collecting samples from every catch, analyzing ear bones, stomachs, and more to map swordfish diets, ages, and origins. Though swordfish use the northern Gulf as a nursery, their full life cycle remains a mystery—so scientists are tagging other species too, like blackfish and redfish, to track movements over time. While no…
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