23-07-2004, 01:04 PM
Hi Glen
There is only one locally caught (recreational) squid in NZ waters - Sepioteuthis australis (Broad Squid); although S. lessoniana is reported from NZ waters, I've never seen a specimen (that's not to say that it doesn't occur here). The only other regularly encountered coastal squid species are Sepioloidea pacifica and S. new species (and neither of these is going to take a jig, being so small and effectively bottom dwelling).
If you are offshore then you will encounter (northern New Zealand waters) the ommastrephid (arrow) squid Eucleoteuthis luminosa, and throughout New Zealand waters, northern and southern, one of two Nototodarus species. The ommastrephids can be taken on jig.
It will take time to determine whether any government department or Ministry is taking notice of what has been said about squid stocks; I think they are as I do receive supportive word from a number in high places.
There are a number of papers that describe the immediate loss of squid of any impacted deep-sea environment (they simply 'up and go'), and the trawl nets do destroy the spherical or cylindrical pelagic egg masses of a number of species (for which the egg mass is described) - especially a problem if trawlers work through spawning aggregations of squid (as they do). In fact we've just published a paper on the egg mass of Nototodarus gouldi, and refer to the impact (intuitive) of trawlers nets on this structure. It's online at: [url="http://www.tonmo.com/science/public/EggmassesNototodarus.pdf"]http://www.tonmo.com/science/public/EggmassesNototodarus.pdf[/url]
Great site by the way; I have especially enjoyed reading about people's frustrations with jigs. It's this sort of honesty that you don't see online too often.
Steve
There is only one locally caught (recreational) squid in NZ waters - Sepioteuthis australis (Broad Squid); although S. lessoniana is reported from NZ waters, I've never seen a specimen (that's not to say that it doesn't occur here). The only other regularly encountered coastal squid species are Sepioloidea pacifica and S. new species (and neither of these is going to take a jig, being so small and effectively bottom dwelling).
If you are offshore then you will encounter (northern New Zealand waters) the ommastrephid (arrow) squid Eucleoteuthis luminosa, and throughout New Zealand waters, northern and southern, one of two Nototodarus species. The ommastrephids can be taken on jig.
It will take time to determine whether any government department or Ministry is taking notice of what has been said about squid stocks; I think they are as I do receive supportive word from a number in high places.
There are a number of papers that describe the immediate loss of squid of any impacted deep-sea environment (they simply 'up and go'), and the trawl nets do destroy the spherical or cylindrical pelagic egg masses of a number of species (for which the egg mass is described) - especially a problem if trawlers work through spawning aggregations of squid (as they do). In fact we've just published a paper on the egg mass of Nototodarus gouldi, and refer to the impact (intuitive) of trawlers nets on this structure. It's online at: [url="http://www.tonmo.com/science/public/EggmassesNototodarus.pdf"]http://www.tonmo.com/science/public/EggmassesNototodarus.pdf[/url]
Great site by the way; I have especially enjoyed reading about people's frustrations with jigs. It's this sort of honesty that you don't see online too often.
Steve