The mackerel
The mackerel is streamlined and torpedo-shaped, and it has a very distinctive blue-green color on the back with dark and wavy markings down to the lateral line. The season for fishing for mackerel takes place all year round, but the fish is at its best in the period from August to September, when it is at its fattest.
There is no official conservation period for mackerel.
Minimum size for mackerel
Saltwater (length)
North Sea, including Ringkøbing Fjord and Limfjorden: 30 cm
Skagerrak and Kattegat: 20 cm
Baltic Sea and Belts: None
Freshwater: None
Recreational fishermen
Recreational fishermen may only use mackerel nets that have a maximum assembled length of 3 x 45 meters. Alternatively, you can purchase a net that has a total length of 135 meters. For floating nets, they must have a maximum height of three meters, for bottom-set nets the height must be a maximum of 1.5 meters.
Fredningstider og mindstemål
Der er ingen officiel fredningstiden på makrel.
Mindstemålet på makrel
Saltvand (længde)
Nordsøen, herunder Ringkøbing Fjord og Limfjorden: 30 cm
Skagerrak og Kattegat: 20 cm
Østersøen og Bælterne: Intet
Ferskvand: Intet
Fritidsfiskere
Fritidsfiskere må kun benytte makrelgarn, der har en monteret længde på maksimalt 3 x 45 meter. Alternativt kan du anskaffe dig et garn, som har en samlet længde på 135 meter. For flydegarn gælder at de maksimalt må have en højde på tre meter, for bundsættegarn må højden maksimalt være 1,5 meter.