Atka mackerel [at-kuh] Word Origin noun
- a black-banded mackerel, Pleurogrammus monopterygius, of northern Pacific seas.
Origin of Atka mackerel First recorded in 1890–95; named after Atka, an island in SW Alaska near the fishing grounds
Atka mackerel [at-kuh] Word Origin noun
Origin of Atka mackerel First recorded in 1890–95; named after Atka, an island in SW Alaska near the fishing grounds