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    However, Mozambique emerged as  But it was the mighty GT's that

    a beacon of hope—a testament to  stole the show, with several

    the resilience of our oceans when  colossal specimens weighing over

    managed with care and respect.                            50 kilograms gracing our lines.

    From the moment we cast our                               What truly astonished me, though,

    lines into Mozambique's azure                             was the remarkable difference

    waters, it was abundantly clear                           in effort required to land these

    that we had stumbled upon a                               prized fish. In Oman, it took over

    fisherman's paradise.                                     11,000 casts among eight skilled

    King mackerel, yellow spotted                             anglers to achieve similar results,

    kingfish, bluefin kingfish, tuna,                         whereas in Mozambique, just

    boha snapper—each catch was                               two anglers reeled in the same

    a testament to the richness of                            number of GT's with a fraction of

    Mozambique's marine ecosystem.                            the effort.



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