jack mackerel
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of jack mackerel
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85
Example Sentences
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Numbers of Pacific jack mackerel, for example, have increased following marine heat waves, but so far, fisheries have not shifted to catching them, the researchers noted.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 13, 2024
From 2006 through 2011, scientists estimate, jack mackerel stocks declined 63 percent.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2012
Subsidized Overfishing Trachurus murphyi, Chilean jack mackerel, are fished west of Chile and Peru, along a 6,500-kilometer, or 4,100-mile, coastline, to about 120 degrees longitude, halfway to New Zealand.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2012
It can take more than five kilograms, more than 11 pounds, of jack mackerel to raise a single kilogram of farmed salmon.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2012
We also ate a lot of rice mixed with jack mackerel, which Mom said was excellent brain food.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
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