MACKEREL (SCOMBER SCOMBRUS)

ATLANTIC MACKEREL, BOSTON MACKEREL OR MACKEREL (SCOMBER SCOMBRUS) belongs to the Scombridae family. (Bluefish).

Obtaining of the product: Extractive fishing by trawling and with fishing net.

Capture zone is the Northwest Atlantic (FAO27)

Presentation of the product:

• FRESH: Entire fish and refrigerated in water, ice and salt.
• FROZEN: Whole Round Frozen Mackerel. IQF Freezing in Brine.

It is an abundant and very valued fish, even though the bulk of catches is used to produce conserves and also to fatten longlines and pots.