Squid Fishery in Texas

Résumé du livre

Presently no major squid fishery exists in the Gulf of Mexico, although the shelf forms Loligo pealei, Loligo plei, and Lolliguncula brevis occur throughout the Gulf. We examined the constraints that hinder the development of the fishery, using Texas as a model. Reported incidental catches of squids in shrimp bottom trawls are low, but if markets were developed shrimpers could reduce their monthly losses in the first 6 months of the year by up to 11 percent. Several biological, economic, and marketing problems were identified that indicate a squid fishery is not viable in Texas at this time, although future potential for one exists.