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Small pelagics / MAS
Chub mackerel
Scomber colias · Atlantic chub mackerel
Whole mackerel, 20 kg block, season October to March.
- Storage
- -18 °C
- Shelf life
- 12 months
- Glazing
- 0 %
- Minimum order
- 25,000 kg
Specifications
- Scientific name
- Scomber colias
- FAO code
- MAS
- Catch area
- FAO 34.1.3
- Fishing gear
- Purse seine
- Presentations
- Whole roundGutted
- Treatments
- Block frozen
- Size grades
- 200–300 g300–500 g
- Packaging
- Block carton 20 kg
- Incoterms
- FOBCFR
Chub mackerel
A fatty mackerel sought by canneries and smokehouses. Peak season runs October to March, when lipid content exceeds 12%.
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