Consequently, although jackmackerelcatches continued to rise, surpassing 3 million tonnes in 1991, pilchard harvests collapsed back to mid-1970s levels.
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Their target species include anchovies sardinellas, mackerels, scads, and some tuna-like fish, landed fresh.
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Commercial species including prawns, sardines, mackerels, oil sardines, and some crustaceans are harvested in the region.
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These monogeneans were found in the gills and pseudobranchs of mackerels.
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They found thatmackerelpopulations in coastal and oceanic regions differed markedly in the composition of their parasite faunas.
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Particularly, the catches of some major species such as breams,mackerel, prawns, and cephalopods declined over the years.
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The parasite data supported other data on the distributions of different life history stages ofmackerelby suggesting the existence of separate northern and southern populations.
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Pelagic fishing gear is normally used for shoaling mid-water swimming species such asmackerel, pilchards and sprats.
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The restrictions on fishing for hake, for example, will cause serious problems for pelagic horsemackereltrawling.
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The net also samples shoaling or pelagic species including herring andmackerel.
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The significantmackerelfishery is to be closed to pelagic boats to protect a fish that they have no chance of catching.
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All the pelagic stocks—not just herring, butmackereland bass—are doing very well indeed.
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With regard to pelagic fish—essentially herring, sprat andmackerel—there has been a serious decline in herring stocks, as we have all become aware.
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Cats dine delicately on boneless salmon, while their owners masticate onmackerel.
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Observers have been on vessels engaged in the anchovy, bass, herring,mackerel, pilchard, smelt and sprat fisheries.
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