Book Description
"Spanish mackerel, Scomberomorus maculatus, is an important recreational and commercial fishery resource along the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts of the United States. The species occurs from the Gulf of Maine through the Florida Keys and in the Gulf of Mexico (Berrien and Finan 1977, Collette and Russo 1979). This fish is a coastal pelagic species which makes seasonal migrations along the Atlantic seaboard and in the Gulf of Mexico (Anonymous 1980). Three major migration routes paralleling the coast lines of the United States and Mexico have been hypothesized: (1) along the Mexican-Texas coast; (2) along the northern Gulf of Mexico coast and west coast of Florida; and (3) along the Atlantic coast (Berrien and Finan 1977, Beaumariage 1970, Wollam 1970, Sutherland and Fable 1980). The species is believed to have winter grounds off south Florida and in the Campeche-Yucatan area (Anonymous 1980, Mendizabal and Vasconcelos cited by Sutherland and Fable 1980)"--Introduction, paragraph 1
