HABITAT: White marlin are found throughout tropical and temperate portions of the Atlantic Ocean. They inhabit deep areas of the open ocean with surface temperatures above 70 degrees. They are ...

A sport fish hooked off Maryland just confirmed something researchers long suspected: White marlin are traveling back and forth across the Atlantic to taunt anglers on different continents.

Roughly a third of that tally, 2,543 fish, was caught in the mid-Atlantic region, not surprising given the fleet size of 834 boats and a strong bite for white marlin, blue marlin and sailfish.