date:Oct 04, 2013
is change in distribution likely reflects an increased stock size coupled with changes in the physical environment and in the zooplankton concentration and distribution. This has had an effect on fisheries.
Traditionally, the fishing areas with higher mackerel catches have been in the northern North Sea, around the Shetland Islands, and off the west coast of Scotland and Ireland and extending into Faroese waters to the west. The southern fishery off Spain's northern coast has also accounted for