jack mackerel

American  

noun

1. a mackerellike food fish, Trachurus symmetricus, of Pacific coastal waters of the United States.

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Etymology

Origin of jack mackerel

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85

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jack mackerel

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

Purse seiners, like this ship, usually cast their nets at night when the small silver forage fish that they target — mostly jack mackerel and herring — are easier to spot.

From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2015

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

Daniel Pauly, an eminent University of British Columbia oceanographer, sees jack mackerel in the southern Pacific as an alarming indicator.

From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2012

A half gallon of milk, a loaf of bread, a dozen eggs, two cans of jack mackerel, a small bag of apples, and some popcorn.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls