Argentina: Squid with good signs of the South Patagonian stock

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Published Feb 28, 2024

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The research vessel 'Eduardo Holmberg' has successfully completed a squid evaluation campaign in the South Patagonian region, revealing promising preliminary data about the squid stock, which had not been found in recent years. Despite challenges such as bad weather, the squid harvest this year has seen a 15% increase compared to the start of last year's harvest. However, the campaign faced technical issues towards the end, with two out of three air compressors on the ship failing, preventing the last casts from being made.

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This early Wednesday the research vessel “Eduardo Holmberg” will arrive at the port of Mar del Plata after more than twenty days of squid evaluation campaign in the area delimited between the parallels of 48º and 51º South where it evaluated the concentrations of the South Patagonian stock. The good news is that after a couple of years where the resource had not been found and the harvest in the area by the commercial fleet had provided poor catches, the scientific survey allowed us to harbor certain hopes for this season. “The preliminary data we received is encouraging. The South Patagonian stock was found between 49º and 51º South, in the hauls planned in the campaign that ran from south to north,” revealed Marcela Ivanovic, when asked by this medium. The head of the INIDEP Cephalopod Fisheries Program stressed that although there is no definitive certainty of the abundance of the mollusk in the distribution area, and more information is required, “these are encouraging data,” ...

Source: Revistapuerto