13-05-2009, 02:38 AM
[quote name='KingSquidWithTheBiggest...' post='15079' date='May 12 2009, 09:46 AM']what site did you find that from?
on a side note, as fisheries and climate change, perhaps we are squidding too early in the year. maybe now is the time we should start. not 2-3 weeks ago like some of us have.... just a thought since the science and management on squid fishing is lacking...[/quote]
King---I quite agree, though I don't think climate change would impact THIS soon, but rather that annual winter patterns may have more of an impact than previously believed (scientifically). Was it 2 seasons ago the run was short, but explosive (mid or late April through mid-May..something like 3 weeks if memory serves)? Recall that that winter (my first at URI) was mild..generally warm through Jan (like motorcycle riding warm) with only 2 major storms--one right before St. Pat's day. The past 2 winters have been colder, both with cooler springs---hmm, back to a 'normal' New England pattern perhaps. Given this, I think the run is coming, but will be prolonged like last year. Nature adapts its periodicities...its us humans that think there should be a definite schedule.
on a side note, as fisheries and climate change, perhaps we are squidding too early in the year. maybe now is the time we should start. not 2-3 weeks ago like some of us have.... just a thought since the science and management on squid fishing is lacking...[/quote]
King---I quite agree, though I don't think climate change would impact THIS soon, but rather that annual winter patterns may have more of an impact than previously believed (scientifically). Was it 2 seasons ago the run was short, but explosive (mid or late April through mid-May..something like 3 weeks if memory serves)? Recall that that winter (my first at URI) was mild..generally warm through Jan (like motorcycle riding warm) with only 2 major storms--one right before St. Pat's day. The past 2 winters have been colder, both with cooler springs---hmm, back to a 'normal' New England pattern perhaps. Given this, I think the run is coming, but will be prolonged like last year. Nature adapts its periodicities...its us humans that think there should be a definite schedule.