17-08-2008, 08:27 PM
Hi
what makes you think oceanic waters are going to be overfished?
Re my original question, squid are very short lived and highly fecund...in other words able to sustain high levels of fishing. Habitat and environmental conditions might also be important but i need to research this more. Perhaps someone out there knows about this, Glen?
The funny thing is that the fishery may be based on only 1-2 year year classes at any given time. This means you only need one bad year of spawning/recruitment for the stocks to go down...
what makes you think oceanic waters are going to be overfished?
Re my original question, squid are very short lived and highly fecund...in other words able to sustain high levels of fishing. Habitat and environmental conditions might also be important but i need to research this more. Perhaps someone out there knows about this, Glen?
The funny thing is that the fishery may be based on only 1-2 year year classes at any given time. This means you only need one bad year of spawning/recruitment for the stocks to go down...