Horse Mackerel

General Information

North Sea

Baltic Sea

Clyde Marine Region

Adriatic Sea

Eastern Mediterranean Sea

Horse Mackerel

Layer Info
Category	Ecology
Sub-category	Fish

Description

Scientific name: Trachurus mediterraneus

Habitat: Pelagic
Main role: Predator
Trophic level: 3.8±0.3; based on diet studies

IUCN Red List Assessment: Least Concern

Diet: Mainly zooplankton and nekton.

Threats: Horse mackerel are caught by a directed fishery for human consumption, which tends to target bigger fish, potentially causing smaller, less marketable fish to be discarded.

Sources: https://fishbase.mnhn.fr/ https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=126820

Information

Not applicable, this layer is not present in the MSP Challenge North Sea Edition.

Not applicable. This layer is not available in the MSP Challenge Baltic Sea Edition.

Not applicable. This layer is not available in the MSP Challenge Clyde Marine Region Edition.

Not applicable. This layer is not available in the MSP Challenge Adriatic Sea Edition.

Types

• Very Low Density
• Low Density
• Medium Density
• High Density
• Very High Density

Metadata

Data Source

Horse Mackerel is a month-by-month, computer generated data layer following calculations made by the ecosystem simulation (EwE). The simplified EwE Eastern Mediterranean model was adjusted for use in the MSP Challenge by Eyal Ofir.

For more information on how Ecopath-with-Ecosim (EwE) works, please visit our Wiki page or visit the official EwE website at https://ecopath.org.