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AmberjackSeriola dumerili
- Scientific Name
- Seriola dumerili
- Family
- Carangidae
- Common Size
- 50-100 cm, maximum size around 190 cm and 80 kg.
- Water Types
- Offshore
- Also Known As
- Allied kingfish, Greater amberjack
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Dispatch method: Drive the spike behind the eye at a slight upward angle to reach the brain cavity. Amberjack have thick head plates, so use a sturdy spike with firm pressure. Bleed immediately through the gill arches and place in ice slurry.