Editing Bluefish (section)

== Distribution ==
[[File:Trolling for bluefish2.jpg|thumb|''Trolling for blue fish'' [[lithograph]] by [[Currier & Ives]], 1866]]

Bluefish are widely distributed around the world in tropical and subtropical waters. They are found in [[pelagic]] waters on much of the continental shelves along eastern America (though not between south Florida and northern South America), Africa, the Mediterranean and Black Seas (and during migration in between), Southeast Asia, and Australia. They are found in a variety of coastal habitats: above the continental shelf, in energetic waters near surf beaches, or by rock headlands.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/publications/tm/tm144/tm144.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081008123749/http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/publications/tm/tm144/tm144.pdf |archive-date=2008-10-08 |url-status=dead |title=New England/Mid-Atlantic &#124; NOAA Fisheries |date=20 July 2021 |access-date=2022-11-13 }}</ref> They also enter [[estuaries]] and inhabit [[brackish]] waters.<ref>{{cite journal|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/238451205|author1=McBride, R. S.|author2= Conover, D. O. |year=1991|title= Recruitment of young-of-the-year bluefish ''Pomatomus saltatrix'' to the New York Bight - variation in abundance and growth of spring-spawned and summer-spawned cohorts|journal= Marine Ecology Progress Series |jstor=24826553|doi=10.3354/meps078205|volume=78|issue=3|pages=205–216|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author1=McBride, R. S.|author2= Ross, J. L.|author3=Conover, D. O. |year=1993|title= Recruitment of bluefish ''Pomatomus saltatrix'' to estuaries of the U.S. South Atlantic bight|journal=Fishery Bulletin|volume=91|issue=2|pages=389–395|url=https://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/pdf-content/1993/912/mcbride.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227045742/http://spo.nmfs.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/pdf-content/1993/912/mcbride.pdf |archive-date=2016-12-27 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|doi= 10.1577/1548-8659(1995)124<0898:CVIASG>2.3.CO;2|title= Correlated Variations in Abundance, Size, Growth, and Loss Rates of Age-0 Bluefish in a Southern New England Estuary|year= 1995|last1= McBride|first1= Richard S.|last2= Scherer|first2= Michael D.|last3= Powell|first3= J. Christopher|journal= Transactions of the American Fisheries Society|volume= 124|issue= 6|pages= 898–910|bibcode= 1995TrAFS.124..898M}}</ref> Periodically, they leave the coasts and migrate in schools through open waters.<ref name=Fishbase/><ref name=FAO>{{cite web|url=http://www.fao.org/fishery/species/3102/en |title=''Pomatomus saltatrix'' (Linnaeus, 1766)|website=FAO, Species Fact Sheet|access-date=19 October 2012}}</ref>

Along the U.S. East Coast, bluefish are found off [[Florida]] in the winter. By April, they have disappeared, heading north. By June, they may be found off [[Massachusetts]]; in years of high abundance, stragglers may be found as far north as [[Nova Scotia]]. By October, they leave the waters north of New York City, heading south (whereas some bluefish, perhaps less migratory,<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/pomatom_saltat.htm|title= ''Pomatomus saltatrix'' (Bluefish)|work=Smithsonian |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20151109215848/http://www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/pomatom_saltat.htm|archive-date= 2015-11-09}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=  http://combat-fishing.com/fishencyclo1/bluefishes/bluefish.htm|title= Common Name: Bluefish|work =Combat Fishing}}</ref> are present in the Gulf of Mexico throughout the year). 

In a similar pattern overall, the economically significant population that spawns in Europe's Black Sea migrates south through Istanbul (Bosphorus, Sea of Marmara, Dardanelles, Aegean Sea) and on toward Turkey's Mediterranean coast in the autumn for the cold season.<ref>{{cite web|url=  http://www.slowfood.com/slowfish/pagine/eng/pagina.lasso?-id_pg=199|title=  Saving the Sultan of Fish|access-date=  2012-11-02|archive-url=  https://web.archive.org/web/20111127013552/http://www.slowfood.com/slowfish/pagine/eng/pagina.lasso?-id_pg=199|archive-date=  2011-11-27|url-status=  dead}}</ref>  A campaign was launched in Turkiye by [[Fikir Sahibi Damaklar]] (Intelligent Palates) to protect the Bluefish.  This was reported on in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zete.com/istanbul-luferinin-kuyrugunu-birakmiyor/|title=Istanbul does not let go of the tail of its bluefish|access-date=11 May 2024|archive-date=30 March 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150330053936/http://zete.com/istanbul-luferinin-kuyrugunu-birakmiyor/|url-status=dead}}</ref> More recently, it was reported that bluefish near Istanbul were abundant and that there is a fishing ban every year between April 15 - Sept. 1 to preserve fish eggs and ensure sustainable fish farming.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.hurriyetdailynews.com/bosphorus-witnesses-abundance-in-bluefish-187492|title=Bosphorus witnesses abundance in bluefish - article dated Nov 2023|date=November 2023 |access-date= 11 May 2024}}</ref> Along the South African coast and environs, movement patterns are roughly in parallel.<ref name=mosselbaai>{{cite web|url=  http://mosselbaai.wordpress.com/2012/05/13/pomatomus-saltatrix-shad-or-elf/|title= ''Pomatomus saltatrix'' |date= 13 May 2012 }}</ref>