. 10 cm (fromGoode 1884) Common Name: Spanish mackerel Scientific Name: Scomberomorus maculatus Other Common Names: mackerel, horse mackerel, bay mackerel, spotted mackerel, Spaniard, spotted cybium (Earll 1883, Pew 1966); thazard tachete (French); caritepintado, sierra (Spanish) (Fischer 1978, NOAA1985). Classification (Robins et al. 1991) Phylum: Chordata Class: Osteichthyes Order: Perciformes Family: Scombridae Value Commercial: This is a prized commercial species. Most fishing occurs along the south Atlantic coast from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina to the Florida Keys, and in the eastern G
. 10 cm (fromGoode 1884) Common Name: Spanish mackerel Scientific Name: Scomberomorus maculatus Other Common Names: mackerel, horse mackerel, bay mackerel, spotted mackerel, Spaniard, spotted cybium (Earll 1883, Pew 1966); thazard tachete (French); caritepintado, sierra (Spanish) (Fischer 1978, NOAA1985). Classification (Robins et al. 1991) Phylum: Chordata Class: Osteichthyes Order: Perciformes Family: Scombridae Value Commercial: This is a prized commercial species. Most fishing occurs along the south Atlantic coast from Cape Hatteras, North Carolina to the Florida Keys, and in the eastern Gulf of Mexico from the Florida Keys to the Mississippi River delta (Moe 1972, Dwinell and Futch 1973, Powell 1975, Trent and Anthony 1978, Sutherland and Fable 1980, Johnson 1981, Fable et al. 1987, Palko et al. 1987). The fishery is seasonal, and peak harvest periods vary in different areas of the Gulf (Collette and Nauen 1983, Klima pers. comm.). Com- mercial landings for the Gulf of Mexico in 1992 were mt with mt landed 0 to km mt landed to 322 km offshore (Newlin 1993). Florida produced nearly 90% of the commercial catch with landings totaling about 709 mt in 1992. The peak harvest in Florida has historically been from December through February (Klima pers. comm.). However, the commercial fishery in Florida has been practically eliminated by a recent net ban (DeVries pers. comm.). Landings in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana for 1992 were , , and mt respectively (Newlin 1993), while annual landings in Texas have been less than 907 kg (Dwinell and Futch 1973, Hoese and Moore 1977, Trent and Anthony 1978). The principal commercial gear used has been run-around gill nets with some hook and line catches, but in Mississippi most of the commercial harvest comes as bycatch from shrimping trawls in offshore waters (Klima 1959, Trent and Anthony 1978, Sutherland and Fable 1980, Benson 1982). In federal waters of the Gulf of
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