KATUKAL HISTORY OF MACKEREL. 



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Nothing whatever is known of their spawning time. 

 I should be too pleased to have any remarks on this 

 subject. 



Acanthopteri. 



Scombrida. 



MACKEREL. 



(Scomber scomber.) 



German: Makrele. Danish: Makrel. Norwegian: Spir. Dutck : 

 Makrell. French: Maquereau. 



I NOW give an abstract of my natural history of the 

 Mackerel, published in the "Appendix to the Sea 

 Fisheries Report, 1879 " : — 



MACKEKEL. 



" The mackerel first appear in deep water, south and 

 south-west of the British Islands, and are sometimes 

 caught as early as January at the west of Scilly, but 

 the general Cornish fishery does not usually begin till 

 towards the end of February, and extends into June. 

 May, June, and July are the months when diift-net 

 fishing is carried on further up the channel. In July 

 mackerel are generally plentiful. They go on through 

 August and September. 



"There is a considerable mackerel fishery at Brighton 

 where they are caught in seines and drift-nets. The 

 fishery generally begins about May. In former times 

 the Brighton mackerel and other fish were sent to 

 London by express fish vans. There is a sale for 

 mackerel all the year round at Brighton ; the seine- 



