Argentina to open squid season south of parallel 44 on January 2025

The Argentine Federal Fisheries Council decided to approve the opening of the next squid season south of parallel 44, beginning 10 January 2025. The decision responds to requests from two Argentine fishing organizations, CAPA and CEPA, with the purpose of optimizing catches and ensures the sustainability of the resource, with zone openings by stages and specific operational conditions of the fleet. The decision, CFP 22/2024 from 14 November is based on the positive results of similar previous season plus technical reports from the National Institute of Fisheries Research and Development, INIDEP, arguing that catches in that zone maximizes the performance and sustainability of the resource. The report goes on to say that in previous years explorations were done to identify significant volumes of the south Patagonia squid stock, between parallels 49 and 52 South, but these explorations did not satisfy, which justifies the need to adjust dates and zones to optimize catches and yields ...