scup
- noun
- /skʌp/
- US
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porgy
- The scup population has not recovered; landings remain low, and available scup are smaller than they once were, most weighing less than a pound.
- scup fishery
- catch scup
- fishing for scup
Examples
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In 1963, the fishery ended because scup became scarce.
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From July into October, these fishermen caught scup.
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After menhaden, scup were the fish caught in the largest quantity.
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From 1960 to 1966, landings of scup fell by 54 percent, and an increasing proportion of the catch was small fish.
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Pound nets caught bluefish from May into October, and scup and weakfish from July into October.
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A fleet of about 12 sea skiffs used drift gill nets to catch scup.
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The sharp increase in price spurred the development of a substantial fishery for scup, which began in 1946 and peaked from 1950 to the early 1960s.
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Since about 1963, when the commercial fishery for scup ended, sportfishermen have landed more food fish than commercial fishermen, at least in years when summer flounder have been abundant.
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In the mid to late 1940s, bluefish were scarce; in the 1950s and 1960s, weakfish were scarce; since 1963, scup have been scarce (McHugh, 1977).
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In the summer months, many anglers enjoy catching scup along the Atlantic coast.
Synonyms
A common sea fish called scup that people catch and eat on the US east coast
A sea fish that lives along the US east coast and that people eat
A small sea fish often fried and eaten off the east coast of the United States
Compounds
A sea fish with mild, flaky flesh that lives in the southern Atlantic coastal waters of North America
Surface Forms
Etymology
Scup names a small Atlantic fish and its exact origin is unclear, but a helpful way to remember it is that it sounds like 'cup'—imagine holding a small fish in a cup when you pull it from the water. So, scup refers to this small coastal fish you might catch along the Atlantic.
