Tackle Trade World - February 2024

CATCH 100 POUNDS OF CHINESE MACKEREL
IN PENGHU
Sea fishing is amazing! Penghu fisherman Axun was fishing on Jilong Island outside Magong Port on
December 19. He accidentally caught a Chinese mackerel weighing nearly 50 kilograms. The market price
was NT$2,000 per kilogram. He unexpectedly made a small fortune years ago and made him People are
quite envious of their good luck. Although the Chinese Mackerel is similar to the Spanish Mackerel, the
number is quite small. Sometimes it really takes a bit of luck to catch it.
Chinese Mackerel (scientific name: Scomberomorus sinensis), also known as Chinese Mackerel and common
name Mackerel, is a fish of the Actinopterygiida, Perciformes, Scombroid suborder, Scombridae, and the
genus Scomberos. The type origin of this species is in China. It is distributed in the South China Sea, Taiwan
Strait, East China Sea, Yellow Sea and other sea areas. It is an offshore warm water pelagic fish with a body
length of up to 218 cm and is edible.
Axun said that he went out to sea with his friends today and fished in the sea of Jilong Island. Suddenly the
hook sank and the fishing rod was bent halfway. It could not be pulled up by one person alone. Two people on
the boat worked together and pulled it up for half an hour. Only then did we pull the huge fish onto the boat.
It was visually taller than a person. It turned out to be Chinese mackerel. The current market price is about
NT$2,000 per kilogram. It made people unexpectedly make a small fortune.
Every year on the eve of the Lunar New Year, it is the peak season for Penghu platinum native fish. The price
of the local fish is high. As the small fish migrate to the coastal waters of Penghu in search of food, fishing
boats from all the fishing ports in Penghu almost come out to catch the local fish in various fishing grounds.
Mackerel, the Chinese Mackerel caught today, is a close relative of the Mackerel. Although it looks similar,
the price is lower.