Global squid supply on the decline

 The global squid market is in dire straits.

According to Food and Agriculture Organization statistics, 2009 landings totaled only 65,000 metric tons for the entire Southwest Atlantic area — disastrous compared to the 334,000 metric tons harvested there last year.

Catches around the Falklands/Malvinas were also extremely low, with only 45 metric tons of Illex caught from January to May this year, down from 94,000 metric tons caught during the same period in 2008.

Loligo landings also decl





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