Extra fishy: your tinned mackerel may not be what you think it is
Jack mackerel is being sold at a similar price despite the fish being much cheaper. Photograph: Iakov Filimonov/AlamyView image in fullscreenJack mackerel is being sold at a similar price despite the fish being much cheaper. Previously it could only be sold as “horse mackerel”, “jack”, “scad” or “trevally”.The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) warned last year that mackerel stocks were at breaking point owing to overfishing.
- ▪Jack mackerel is being sold at a similar price despite the fish being much cheaper.
- ▪Photograph: Iakov Filimonov/AlamyView image in fullscreenJack mackerel is being sold at a similar price despite the fish being much cheaper.
- ▪Previously it could only be sold as “horse mackerel”, “jack”, “scad” or “trevally”.The Marine Conservation Society (MCS) warned last year that mackerel stocks were at breaking point owing to overfishing.
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Jack mackerel is being sold at a similar price despite the fish being much cheaper. Photograph: Iakov Filimonov/AlamyView image in fullscreenJack mackerel is being sold at a similar price despite the fish being much cheaper. Photograph: Iakov Filimonov/AlamyFood & drink industryExtra fishy: your tinned mackerel may not be what you think it isSubstitution with jack mackerel, a different species, because of dwindling stocks is criticised by the consumer group Which?Zoe WoodFri 11 Sep 2026 11.59 EDTLast modified on Fri 11 Sep 2026 12.01 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleIf you’ve recently opened a tin of mackerel and thought there was something fishy going on, you may have been right.
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