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Common names: Atlantic mackerel, Joey, Mackerel
Occurrence: native
Salinity: brackish
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Importance: highly commercial | Ref: FAO, 1994
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Uses: no uses
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Main Ref: Collette, B.B. and C.E. Nauen, 1983
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Common names from other countries

Maquereau commun, Caballa del Atlántico, Скумбрия обыкновенная, ... more

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> Scombriformes (Mackerels) > Scombridae (Mackerels, tunas, bonitos) > Scombrinae
Etymology: Scomber: Greek, skombros = tunny or mackerel, 1623 (Ref. 45335).
More on author: Linnaeus.

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecologia

marino; salmastro; oceanodromo (Ref. 51243); distribuzione batimetrica 0 - 1000 m (Ref. 54254), usually 0 - 200 m (Ref. 54254). Temperate; 75°N - 30°N, 77°W - 42°E

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North Atlantic: including the Mediterranean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Peso / Age

Maturity: L_m 28.7, range 34 - ? cm
Max length : 60.0 cm FL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 35388); common length : 30.0 cm FL maschio/sesso non determinato; (Ref. 168); peso massimo pubblicato: 3.4 kg (Ref. 9988); Età massima riportata: 17 anni (Ref. 207)

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Spine dorsali (totale) : 8 - 14; Raggi dorsali molli (totale) : 11 - 13; Spine anali: 1; Raggi anali molli: 12 - 13; Vertebre: 31. This species has the following characters: no well developed corselet; interpelvic process small and single; anal fin spine conspicuous, joined to the fin by a membrane but clearly independent of it; anal fin origin opposite that of second dorsal fin; no swim bladder; first haemal spine anterior to first interneural process; 21-28 interneural bones under first dorsal fin; markings on back oblique to near vertical, with relatively little undulating; belly unmarked (Ref. 168).

Abundant in cold and temperate shelf areas, forms large schools near the surface. They overwinter in deeper waters but move closer to shore in spring when water temperatures range between 11° and 14°C. Mainly diurnal, it feeds on zooplankton and small fish. Eggs and larvae are pelagic (Ref. 6769). Batch spawner (Ref. 51846). The species is traded fresh, frozen, smoked and canned. Eaten fried, broiled and baked (Ref. 9988). Two stocks in north-east Atlantic: North Sea (east) and British Isles (west). North Sea stock decreased dramatically in the 1960's because of direct overfishing. Recruitment has been poor and unstable. After spawning, the adult feed very actively moving around in small shoals (Ref. 35388).

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Main reference Upload your references | Bibliografia | Coordinatore : Collette, Bruce B. | Collaboratori

Collette, B.B. and C.E. Nauen, 1983. FAO Species Catalogue. Vol. 2. Scombrids of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of tunas, mackerels, bonitos and related species known to date. Rome: FAO. FAO Fish. Synop. 125(2):137 p. (Ref. 168)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 01 June 2022

CITES (Ref. 128078)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Harmless

Human uses

Pesca: elevato interesse commerciale; Pesce da pesca sportiva: si

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Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): 7 - 17.5, mean 10.2 (based on 2460 cells).

Phylogenetic diversity index (Ref. 82804): PD₅₀ = 0.5625 [Uniqueness, from 0.5 = low to 2.0 = high].

Bayesian length-weight: a=0.00646 (0.00585 - 0.00713), b=3.07 (3.04 - 3.10), in cm Total Length, based on LWR estimates for this species (Ref. 93245).

Trophic level (Ref. 69278): 3.6 ±0.2 se; based on diet studies.

Resilienza (Ref. 120179): Medio, tempo minimo di raddoppiamento della popolazione 1.4 - 4.4 anni (rm=0.33-0.56; K=0.23-0.27; tm=2-3; tmax=17; Fec=200,000).

Prior r = 0.43, 95% CL = 0.28 - 0.64, Based on 10 full stock assessments.

Fishing Vulnerability (Ref. 59153): Low to moderate vulnerability (30 of 100).

Climate Vulnerability (Ref. 125649): Low vulnerability (10 of 100).

Price category (Ref. 80766): Medium.

Scomber scombrus Linnaeus, 1758