Thread: King mackerel prices?

I visited with a fisherman on the pier Monday who said he had a federal king mackerel permit and was catching ap. 700 pounds a day which was all his boat could carry. I was curious about the commercial value of kings, specifically, what do they bring per pound at the dock?

i can't find any info, and have no interest other than curiosity. I saw one article that said Spanish was bringing over $1 a pound.... True?

Can't find a King price but Spanish shows up to $1.35/lb in the Market Reports of National Fisherman but that was the increase over the years to 2013 after the low of $0.55/lb in 2002.

Probably true.
Dock prices are commonly low.
I'd luv to learn where these fish actually go (spanish macs too).
I have NEVER seen mackerel on local menus.

Call Sextons Seafood in Destin,they buy a lot of kings from individuals with a FL hook & line commerical license. Last year it was pushing $2 a pound.

Originally Posted by Pier#r

Probably true.
Dock prices are commonly low.
I'd luv to learn where these fish actually go (spanish macs too).
I have NEVER seen mackerel on local menus.

Shortly before I started working there in 2005, The Nautilus in daphne served Spanish Mackerel occasionally. But that is all I can remember. Been a long time ago!

Originally Posted by Pier#r

Probably true.
Dock prices are commonly low.
I'd luv to learn where these fish actually go (spanish macs too).
I have NEVER seen mackerel on local menus.

canneries maybe?

Originally Posted by Pier#r

Probably true.
Dock prices are commonly low.

Most would be amazed how the price of any food escalates as it changes hands and gets distance from its source. When that food carries the prefix sea the escalation is even more; to the point where dock prices seem to be ridiculously low.

I'd luv to learn where these fish actually go (spanish macs too).

I talked to a Florida commercial fishermen several years ago, who was running bandit rigs for kings out of Grand Isle, LA and he was running his fish to south Florida in one ton trucks with one of those 250 gallon Bonar fish boxes. Once the fish got to Florida I don't know what became of them or know if any Spanish wound up there also.

I have NEVER seen mackerel on local menus.

I was in one of those Walmart grocery stores with the green signs in Mobile once and saw what appeared to me as fresh locally caught Spanish.

Cat food?fertilizer? .....darn sure isn't in my freezer, but a few packs.....could`nt beg better then fishntime this spring ...... sitting front row with bucket ready.......for unwanted fish
Spanish macs anyway

The spanish used for trolling bait offshore bring a darn good price

Originally Posted by john g

Call Sextons Seafood in Destin,they buy a lot of kings from individuals with a FL hook & line commerical license. Last year it was pushing $2 a pound.

Righteous bucks.

Many years ago, probably long enough that Pier#r was a mere spratling, the old Morrison's Cafeteria in downtown Mobile served broiled Spanish. My mother always got it.

Back then, it was likely a nickle a pound at the boat. If that.