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From May 11 to 13, 2025, off Port d’Alcúdia, Mallorca, my cousin Christopher Hampl set out on an exploratory mission aboard MAD MAX, a 42-foot Tiara captained by Vince Riera, targeting swordfish on ...
The swordfish (Xiphias gladius) that washed up near Eemshaven in Groningen earlier this month may have died from asphyxiation after swallowing mud, experts have said. There has been no autopsy yet, ...
A dead swordfish that washed up near Eemshaven in Groningen has been taken to the Ecomare marine research centre on the Wadden island of Texel, where it will become part of the permanent collection.
“It’s my go-to spot for swordfish over the last four years,” Alexander tells Outdoor Life. “We got there a bit after 9 a.m., and there were some other swordfishermen in their boats drifting in the ...
Giulia Manfrini, 36, was surfing in the Mentawai Islands the morning of Oct. 18 when she was speared in the chest by the fish, which may have been either a swordfish or a needlefish, according to ...
A San Diego fisherman had quite a catch on Sunday when he angled in a massive swordfish that shattered a California record. Luc Ofield, owner of Anglers Choice Tackle Store, caught the fish just ...
A surfer has died after reportedly being impaled by a swordfish in Indonesia. Giulia Manfrini, 36, from Turin in Italy, was in the water in Mentawai Islands Regency on Friday when she was stabbed ...
Tributes have been paid to an Italian surfer after she was stabbed in the chest by a swordfish and died off the western coast of Indonesia, the travel agency where she worked said this week.
An Italian surfer died last week after she was by a swordfish while she was surfing in Indonesia, local media reported. Giulia Manfrini, 36, of northern Italy, was in the water in Mentawai Islands ...
Languages: English. In a tragic and highly unusual incident, Italian surfer Giulia Manfrini, 36, has died after being struck by a swordfish while surfing off the coast of West Sumatra, Indonesia.
A blue shark was skewered through the head by a swordfish, but lived to tell the tale in the first known instance of a shark surviving this type of impalement. When the shark was caught by fishers ...