Newport, Oregon

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There is some slightly dated info about commercial squid fishing in Oregon here -





[url="http://hmsc.oregonstate.edu/odfw/devfish/sp/squid.html"]http://hmsc.oregonstate.edu/odfw/devfish/s....html

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Harvest



Most of the harvest in Oregon has been with seine or lampara nets with trawl gear coming in third. Seine and lampara gear have little problems with incidental catch. Trawl gear is less selective, but incidental catches can be small when fishing on known concentrations of market squid.







Since 1981, harvest of market squid in Oregon has fluctuated from a high of 1.75 million lb in 1985 to 0 lb in 1990 (Table 1). Price has varied from $0.08 to $0.30 per lb. In Oregon, harvest of market squid has been influenced by factors other than squid distribution and abundance - markets of squid fisheries in other areas or other fisheries in Oregon (most notably pink shrimp) have had a bigger effect on the Oregon squid fishery.









Table 1. Annual harvest of market squid in Oregon, 1984-1993: landings (lb), and effort (vessels).







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Table 1. Annual harvest of market squid in Oregon,

1984-1993: landings (lb), and effort (vessels).

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1984

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1985

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1986

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1987

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1988

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1989

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1990

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1991

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1992

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1993

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Landings

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946,725

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1,751,773

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26,371

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29

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5

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96,025

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0

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95

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13,344

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130,646

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Effort

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13

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16

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6

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2

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1

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3

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0

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1

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17

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2

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Tables 14 and 3A above are extracts from the [url="http://www.dfw.state.or.us/"]Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife website[/url]









[url="http://www.dfw.state.or.us/fish/commercial/"]http://www.dfw.state.or.us/fish/commercial/[/url]