Editing Marlin (section)

==Popular culture==
[[File:Welcome to Dare County marlin - Stierch.jpg|thumbnail|A [[taxidermy|taxidermied]] marlin greets visitors to [[Dare County, North Carolina]].]]
In the [[Nobel Prize]]-winning author [[Ernest Hemingway|Ernest Hemingway's]] 1952 novel ''[[The Old Man and the Sea]]'', the central character of the work is an aged Cuban fisherman who, after 84 days without success on the water, heads out to sea to break his run of bad luck. On the 85th day, Santiago, the old fisherman, hooks a resolute marlin; what follows is a great struggle between man, sea creature, and the elements.

[[Frederick Forsyth]]'s story "The Emperor", in the collection ''[[No Comebacks]]'', tells of a bank manager named Murgatroyd, who catches a marlin and is acknowledged by the islanders of [[Mauritius]] as a master fisherman.

A marlin features prominently in the last chapter and climactic scenes of [[Christina Stead]]'s ''[[The Man Who Loved Children]]''.  Sam's friend Saul gives Sam a marlin, and Sam makes his children help him render the fish's fat.

The [[Miami Marlins]], a professional baseball team based in Miami, Florida, is named after the fish.

In  [[Finding Nemo]], Nemo’s father’s name is Marlin.