Mackerel Shad (Noun)
Meaning
Small silvery fish; Nova Scotia to Brazil.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- Mackerel shad can often be seen leaping from the surface of the ocean waters they inhabit.
- Commercial and sport fisheries do catch some mackerel shad in areas where their numbers are dense.
- There have been records of mackerel shad populations declining significantly over recent years due to climate change.
- Nova Scotia has traditionally experienced more successful fishing hauls for mackerel shad due to cold and deep water ecosystems present off their coastline.
- Between Brazil and the Mid-Atlantic Coast in North America their catch reports display consistently robust and sizable numbers of the small but aggressive fish called the mackerel shad.