Argentina’s high expectations for the squid season are rapidly fading

Friday, April 1st 2011 - 01:22 UTC

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Encouraging expectations for the Illex argentinus squid season appear to be fading in Argentina. Following a start with good catches and high expectations, the average daily output of squid is now only around five tons in the area between parallels 44º and 46º South Atlantic. Read full article

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GeoffWard
The Mercopress story gives no benchmark criteria for catches.

If catch statistics were presented as Catch per Unit Effort (CUE) or some other more sophisticated Standard methodology we would be able to integrate the changing number of vessels, the size of vessels, the stock size available, the proportion of stock exploited pre & post age of first spawning, etc.

The article is absolutely right in that integrated analysis of stocks and fishing effort should encompass the whole geographically and temporally fluctuating fishery. Fisheries scientists from Argentina and TFI need to talk scientifically to each other and work together.

Even though Argentinian effort has declined by 1/3, to currently less than 1/5 of the Ilex fleet, the data that their fishery and their scientists bring to the table is crucial in determining the larger picture.
Apr 01st, 2011 - 09:58 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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Islander1
Geoff,
Arg and FI fishery scientists were talking and exchanging data, and organising joint fishing cruises to monitor stocks preseasons etc(all with no politics involved). Guess who threw their dummy away and stormed out a few years ago and refuse to talk anymore!
Apr 01st, 2011 - 10:05 pm - Link - Report abuse 0
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GeoffWard
Yes, I am aware.
Also aware that your data and interpretations - as good as is possible in the circumstances - are available to Argentinan fisheries scientists etc.
Doesn't seem right, somehow, but it is faily typical of the British stock to do the altruistic thing.
Apr 02nd, 2011 - 12:07 am - Link - Report abuse 0
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