Squid

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Squid pose a data problem since they are caught primarily with the same gear as the NE groundfish. A method is required to identify squid trips and to separate these trips from the groundfish trips. Failure to do so will potentially skew the footprint and the effort for the NE groundfish fleet.

Some squid fishers (Bigger boats) will travel anywhere to catch squid. The limiting factor is gas prices. And depending on the permits they hold they can change the gear and fish other species. Smaller boats catching squid can not travel anywhere and are limited to smaller region.

Difference between groundfish and squid fishers

• squid fishers use a smaller mesh net but the mesh size field in the database is often missing so it is unreliable as a source for filtering the data.

Stock assessment determine a squid trip (after consulting industry) using these rules of thumb:

• 10,000 lbs of shortfin (Illex) (ISQ)
• 2,500 lbs of longfin (LSQ)

This has not yet been implemented

Gear types

How much squid landed in each trip?

Fishing footprint of squid trips

Squid trips selected by the percentage of squid landings in each trip

Landings by port

Uses 30% of landings as a squid trip definition