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Photo	Names
Image courtesy of: Regulatory Fish Encyclopedia, Office of Seafood and Office of Regulatory Affairs, US Food and Drug Administration.	Latin: Scomber scombras French: Maquereau German: Makrele Spanish: Caballa Russian: Makryel Japanese:Saba

Description

There five commercially important varieties of the mackerel; the king, spanish, cero, wahoo, and Atlantic. Mackerel range in size from 1 kg (2 lbs) to 45 kg (100 lbs) depending upon the variety and the location.

Markets	Commercial Aspects
Exporting Countries Capture Canada, United States, Scotland, Norway, Ireland, Chile, Mexico, the Caribbean Primary Consumers United States, France Spain, Italy, Portugal, England	Worldwide, an average of 800,000 tons of mackerel is harvested annually

Production Trends	Diet/Health Info
Mackerel catches fluctuate between abundancy and scarcity.	-----

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