Thread: King mackerel prices?

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

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.