Giant squid fishing on the high seas is regulated by the SPRFMO, an international agreement made up of countries with fishing interests whose objective is to guarantee the conservation and ...

A crucial element in squid jigging is light. As the boat anchors in prime fishing spots, powerful spotlights are shone into the water, luring the squid closer to the surface. The cephalopods are ...

An encouraging start of the 2024 Illex squid season, with good catches and sized specimens have been reported by both jiggers and trawlers, according to Argentine fishing interests operating since ...

Most other known remains of giant squid are fragments washed up on beaches or found in the stomach contents of sperm whales. When the Museum specimen was accidentally caught by a fishing trawler it ...

Tsutomu Yoda, a 46-year-old fishing equipment shop owner living ... 4:30 p.m. that day and saw the roughly 2.5-meter-long giant squid swimming at a slow pace. They approached close enough to ...