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jack mackerel
noun
- a mackerellike food fish, Trachurus symmetricus, of Pacific coastal waters of the United States.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of jack mackerel1
An Americanism dating back to 1880–85
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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.
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In the northern Pacific, for example, the preferred habitat of two commercial species, jack mackerel and canary rockfish, could nearly double in size.
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Pacific pompano and jack mackerel used to be scarce off the Northwest Coast.
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In June, they caught record numbers of warm-water fish such as Pacific pompano and jack mackerel, a potential salmon predator.
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We also ate a lot of rice mixed with jack mackerel, which Mom said was excellent brain food.
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