Profile updated on 12 June 2020
SUMMARY
SUMMARY
IDENTIFICATION
SCIENTIFIC NAME(s)
Dosidicus gigas
SPECIES NAME(s)
Jumbo flying squid
COMMON NAMES
Humboldt squid, jibia, pota, calamar rojo, calamar gigante
Jumbo flying squid in the Eastern Pacific extends from the waters off Chile to the North American coast. The NE Pacific and SE Pacific represent genetically different stocks with some migration among them, in a genetic structure apparently influenced by oceanic currents (Sandoval-Castellanos et al. 2010).
In the SE Pacific, different groups have been identified based on size-at-maturity (Nigmatullin et al. 2001), but no genetic difference has been found between these sub-units ( (Xu et al. 2017). More recently, genetic results based on small sample sizes did not find differences between large and medium-size phenotypes, suggesting a single stock (metapopulation) in the SPRFMO Area (which extends on the High Seas, outside EEZs) and Peruvian, Ecuadorian and Chilean EEZs (SPRFMO 2019).
ANALYSIS
- There have been significant efforts to increase knowledge about the stock's dynamics and to improve the regional stock assessment model and data used. Efforts have initiated in 2017 and continued in 2018 and 2019.
- The SPRFMO Commission has achieved agreement among the state members and approved a management measure including several management regulations that will enter in force in January 2021, including an observer monitoring program, the use of VMS devices, and improvement in reporting by the member countries.
FISHSOURCE SCORES
Management Quality:
Management Strategy:
< 6
Managers Compliance:
≥ 6
Fishers Compliance:
< 6
