MONTHLY SQUID REPORT
JUNE
Monterey
Squid fishing was mostly slow until the last week of the month. In the second half of the
month, smaller squid were mixed in with larger squid. The smaller squid were mostly immature
females.
Southern California
Vessels landing in Port Hueneme fished off Santa Cruz Island and Santa Rosa Island.
Ventura Harbor had no landings. Vessels landing in San Pedro fished off Santa Catalina Island,
Point Dume, Santa Rosa Island, Point Vicente, and Oceanside. Most fishermen reported an
abundance of squid at Santa Rosa Island and Santa Cruz Island.
Bad weather kept most vessels from fishing for the first week of June. The weather
improved for the remainder of June and landings increased dramatically. Squid were landed at
three processors in Port Hueneme. Vessels fishing for processors in Port Hueneme had very
little competition in recent weeks and most boat captains plan on squid fishing until the season
ends. The ex-vessel price was $200/ton in Port Hueneme.
A San Pedro vessel utilizing brail has been landing very small squid. Fishermen reported
on more by-catch showing with the squid. Samplers witnessed anchovy and sardines on several
occasions. Fishermen also reported releasing several barracuda per set with a few of these fish
making it through the offloading process. There were also reports of white seabass where squid
fishing took place.
Monthly Landings and Sampling effort at the Monterey, Ventura/Port
Hueneme, and San Pedro port areas
June 2000 (June 4 - July 1)*
Port Complex
Tons Landed
Number of Samples
Collected
Monterey
356
not reported
Ventura / Port Hueneme
1,093
17
San Pedro
1,755
21
Totals
3,204
38
* Monthly reports will cover the first week period (Sunday - Saturday) that begins in the reporting month, and will extend through the last week
period of that month, possibly extending into the next month.
