Can Spanish mackerel actually be artificially farmed?
The scientific name of the Spanish mackerel is Scomberomorus niphonius, a warm-water upper-layer migratory fish of the class Osteichthyes, order Perciformes, family Scombridae. There are many species. It grows in the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea of China, feeds on small fish in the middle and upper layers, migrates in groups in summer and autumn, and some enter the Bohai Sea to spawn. In the autumn fishing season it often gathers in groups to feed near coastal islands and reefs. It is one of the commercial fish of the north and is usually not artificially farmed.
Can Spanish mackerel be artificially farmed
Spanish mackerel can be farmed. Although Spanish mackerel can be farmed, its economic value is low, so farming it is meaningless. At the same time, the farming cost is relatively high, and the survival rate of Spanish mackerel is low, so the farming scale has gradually shrunk, and now it is basically no longer farmed; the taste of wild-caught fish is better.
The growing environment of Spanish mackerel
The Spanish mackerel is a warm-water upper-layer fish that feeds on small fish in the middle and upper layers. In summer and autumn it migrates in groups toward the offshore, and some enter the Bohai Sea to spawn. In the autumn fishing season it often gathers in groups to feed near coastal islands and reefs, and it is one of the commercial fish of the northern sea area. The peak fishing season is from May to June. Each year, April to June is the spring fishing season, July to October is the autumn fishing season, and May to June is the peak period. The catching methods are drift nets, machine-trawler mid-water trawls, and hook-and-line fishing, etc.
Common species of Spanish mackerel
1. Japanese Spanish mackerel: The Japanese Spanish mackerel is a fish of the genus Scomberomorus in the family Scombridae. It is distributed in the western Pacific region, from the Sea of Japan south to the Indochinese Peninsula, and has even been found in the Mekong River in Thailand. In China it is distributed in the South China Sea, the Taiwan Strait, the East China Sea, the Yellow Sea and other sea areas, and it is a warm-water middle and upper-layer fish of the offshore.
2. Spotted Spanish mackerel: The spotted Spanish mackerel is a fish of the class Actinopterygii, order Perciformes, suborder Scombroidei, family Scombridae, genus Scomberomorus. It is distributed in Indonesia, India, the Malay Peninsula, Australia, as well as China's South China Sea, Taiwan Strait, East China Sea and other sea areas. It inhabits depths of 15 to 200 m. It is a warm-water middle and upper-layer fish of the offshore, will migrate, is carnivorous, feeds on fish, crustaceans, squid, etc., and is a food fish and game fish of high economic value.
3. Narrow-barred Spanish mackerel: The narrow-barred Spanish mackerel lives in sea areas of 10 to 70 m. It swims fast, has a slight tolerance for fresh water, and often appears in seawater with high turbidity. It is carnivorous and mainly feeds on small fish. In China it is produced in the East China Sea, the Yellow Sea and the Bohai Sea. In the South China Sea, the sea area near Puqian, Wenchang, Hainan, is the most famous. The main fishing grounds are Zhoushan, the open sea off Lianyungang, and the southern coast of Shandong.