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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.
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!Quote:
Originally Posted by Pier#r
canneries maybe?Quote:
Originally Posted by Pier#r
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.Quote:
Originally Posted by Pier#r
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.Quote:
I'd luv to learn where these fish actually go (spanish macs too).
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.Quote:
I have NEVER seen mackerel on local menus.
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:D
The spanish used for trolling bait offshore bring a darn good price
Righteous bucks.Quote:
Originally Posted by john g
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.
I don't think I've ever been to Nikki's West in Birmingham that they did not have Spanish Mack on the lunch cafeteria line. All the Greek restaurants in Birmingham would have it at some time or another, especially for lunch cafeteria style.
I saw a whole king mack at Publix in Pelham a few weeks ago, $8.99/lb..
You didnt think that one would get by me did
ya Ironman?
Sure didn't.....a larger bucket looks like it's needed:D
A little internet wandering produced this:
The largest U.S. mackerel fishery, with over 53,000 MT (118 million pounds) landed in 2004, is Atlantic mackerel, which is found in large schools on both sides of the North Atlantic. Caught off the U.S. coast from New Jersey to Maine,mackerel averages one to two pounds. The fishery for Spanish mackerel is much smaller by comparison: Florida fishermen catch over 2,000 MT (five million pounds) in a typical year, with individual fish averaging two to three pounds. Florida also accounts for most of the king mackerel supply in the U.S., with over 2,000 MT (five million pounds) landed in 2004. . . .Before 1995 there was a significant gill net fishery for Spanish and king mackerel in Florida waters. Since that time, a ban on gillnets in this state has resulted in a switch to cast net and hook-and-line fishing gear thereby decreasing catch levels in Florida. The king mackerel fishery in Florida is almost 90 percent hook-and-line fishing.