![]() ![]() In July 2006, a 7 year-old girl was attacked on a beach, near the Spanish town of Alicante, allegedly by a bluefish. They should be handled with care due to their ability to snap at an unwary hand. (August 2011)ĭepending on area and season, they favor menhaden and other sardine-like fish ( Clupeidae), jacks ( Scombridae), weakfish ( Sciaenidae), grunts ( Haemulidae), striped anchovies ( Engraulidae), shrimp and squid. Statements consisting only of original research may be removed. Please improve it by verifying the claims made and adding references. This section may contain original research. The bluefish population is highly cyclical, with abundance varying widely over a span of ten years or more. The Gulf Stream can carry fry spawned to the south of Cape Hatteras to the north, and eddies can spin off, carrying them into populations found off the coast of the mid-Atlantic, and the New England states. In the western side of the North Atlantic, there are at least two populations, separated by Cape Hatteras in North Carolina. As with most marine fish, their spawning habits are not well known. Spent bluefish have been found off east central Florida, migrating north. Life historyīluefish fry are zooplankton, and are largely at the mercy of currents. They are also present in the Gulf of Mexico throughout the year. By October, they leave New England waters, heading south. By June, they may be found off Massachusetts in years of high abundance, stragglers may be found as far north as Nova Scotia. By April, they have disappeared, heading north. "Trolling for blue fish" lithograph by Currier & Ives, 1866īluefish are found off Florida in the winter months. Bluefish commonly range in size from seven-inch (18-cm) "snappers" to much larger, sometimes weighing as much as 40 pounds (18 kg), though fish heavier than twenty pounds (9 kg) are exceptional. Its single row of teeth in each jaw are uniform in size, knife-edged and sharp. Coloration is a grayish blue-green dorsally, fading to white on the lower sides and belly. The spiny first dorsal fin is normally folded back in a groove, as are its pectoral fins. The bluefish is a moderately proportioned fish, with a broad, forked tail. Other common names are blue, chopper, and anchoa. On the west coast, elf is a commercially fished species. Shad can not be commercially sold in KwaZulu-Natal, and has a closed season (currently October and November) to allow for breeding. In South Africa, this fish is commonly known as shad on the east coast, and elf on the west coast. It is the only extant species of the Pomatomidae family. The bluefish ( Pomatomus saltatrix), called tailor in Australia, is a species of popular marine gamefish found in all climates. Bluefish is also a common name for Anoplopoma fimbria ( sablefish) in the UK. ![]()
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