Got a few mackeral last night and one caught my eye ,is this an unusual pattern and has anyone got many of them
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ShaneH wrote:That's not a Spanish mackeral. It's just a bog standard mackeral with slightly different but not uncommon markings
chuckaroo wrote:We can expect to catch 2 types of mackerel in Ireland: the Atlantic Mackerel and the Atlantic Chub Mackerel.
Atlantic Mackerel:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_mackerel
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/Species ... c+mackerel
Atlantic Chub Mackerel:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_chub_mackerel
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/Species ... b+mackerel
The Atlantic mackerel migrates to and from the north Atlantic and into and out of Irish and UK waters, it would be the more commonly caught species. The Atlantic Chub mackerel on the other hand migrates to and from the Mediterranean and would be caught less often
Another species to add to the species count..??
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