Japanese Spanish mackerel


The Japanese Spanish mackerel, also known as the Japanese seerfish, is a species of true mackerel in the scombrid family. Their maximum reported length is 100 cm, and the maximum reported weight is 10.57 kg.

Fisheries

Japanese Spanish mackerel is an important species for fisheries in east Asia. South Korea is the country reporting the biggest annual catches, followed by Japan and Taiwan. These added to a relatively modest total catch of about 56,000 tonnes in 2009. However, China reports very large catches of unidentified seerfish, without reporting catches of any single Scomberomorus species. It is likely that these catches include a significant proportion of Japanese Spanish mackerel.

As food

Japanese Spanish mackerel is often served as sushi, under the Japanese name sawara.