page_title: Brassy trevally
section_title: Relationship with humans
hierarchical_section_title: Brassy trevally / Relationship with humans
caption_attribution_description: English: Brassy trevally from PNG
context_page_description: The brassy trevally, Caranx papuensis is a species of large marine fish classified in the jack family, Carangidae.
context_section_description: The brassy trevally is not of high importance to commercial fisheries, often finding its way to market as bycatch in various netting and hook-and-line fisheries. Catch statistics are not kept for the species. The species is of some importance to recreational fishermen, and is considered a good gamefish and is often taken by various fish baits, as well as lures and flies. Despite this, it is rarely targeted by anglers, who overlook it for larger relatives such as giant trevally and bluefin trevally, with the species often being an incidental catch, and rarely kept. The species is also commonly taken by spearfishermen. Brassy trevally is considered to be an excellent table fish. The species has been held in large saltwater aquaria, with studies at the Reunion Island Aquarium reporting the species adjusts to aquarium life, but needs a large tank. The IGFA all tackle world record for the species stands at 7.90 kg (17 lb 6oz) caught off of Bazaruto Island, Mozambique in 2008.
caption: The brassy trevally is often taken by anglers.
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