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Are there worms in mackerel?

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The 'herring worm' is often found in herring, mackerel, whiting and blue whiting, but it also occurs in many other species. Its scientific name is Anisakis simplex. ... Anisakis can migrate from guts to flesh in fish left ungutted after capture, notably in herring, mackerel and blue whiting.

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    That shrimp female can usually produce about 21-51 shrimplets per hatching. Larger females produce more shrimplets. It takes around 60 days for the cherry shrimplets to reach the juvenile stage.

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    Normally, the times around sunrise and sunset are your best times. But, Spanish are a schooling fish and will come by the pier any time during the day. Fishing off the end of the Okaloosa Island Pier Spanish Mackerel caught on the with a Gotcha.

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    Fresh pink salmon can be smoked and then frozen, and it will keep well and eat well under that treatment.

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