atlantic mackerel habitat Archives - TravelsFinders.Com ® http://travelsfinders.com/tag/atlantic-mackerel-habitat Fri, 10 Jun 2016 18:35:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.4 Atlantic Mackerel Fishing http://travelsfinders.com/atlantic-mackerel-fishing.html http://travelsfinders.com/atlantic-mackerel-fishing.html#respond Sun, 12 Jun 2016 18:42:00 +0000 http://travelsfinders.com/?p=205829 Atlantic mackerel, Scomber scombrus, are an important food and sport fish in Maine. Mackerel are pelagic, or fish of the midwater. They spend the winter on the Middle Atlantic shelf and migrate north and inshore as spring progresses, reaching Maine coastal waters in early summer. Mackerel are underutilized as commercial fish, resulting in large numbers being available for recreational use. Schools of mackerel consist of fish of a similar age-class. These range from diminutive “tinker mackerel” of 8 to 10 inches to so-called horse mackerel weighing more than 3 pounds. In summer, schools of mackerel are found off the entire

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