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Argentine Shortfin Squid

© Monterey Bay Aquarium
SEAFOODRATINGMARKET NAMESWHERE CAUGHTHOW CAUGHT
Argentine Shortfin Squid Good Alternative: These are good alternatives to the best choices column. There are some concerns with how they are fished or farmed – or with the health of their habitats due to other human impacts. Calamari South America, Atlantic Wild-caught
Japanese Flying Squid Good Alternative: These are good alternatives to the best choices column. There are some concerns with how they are fished or farmed – or with the health of their habitats due to other human impacts. Calamari Pacific Wild-caught
Jumbo Squid Good Alternative: These are good alternatives to the best choices column. There are some concerns with how they are fished or farmed – or with the health of their habitats due to other human impacts. Calamar Gigante, Giant Squid, Humboldt Squid, Jibia Gigante Gulf of California Wild-caught
Longfin Squid Best Choice: These fish are abundant, well managed and fished or farmed in environmentally friendly ways. Common Squid, Boned Squid U.S. Atlantic Trawl
Market Squid Good Alternative: These are good alternatives to the best choices column. There are some concerns with how they are fished or farmed – or with the health of their habitats due to other human impacts. Calamari, Opalescent Squid California Purse Seine
Shortfin Squid Good Alternative: These are good alternatives to the best choices column. There are some concerns with how they are fished or farmed – or with the health of their habitats due to other human impacts. Summer Squid U.S. Atlantic Trawl


Argentine shortfin squid Japanese flying squid

Insufficient population data as well as poor fisheries management in many high seas squid fisheries results in a "Good Alternative" ranking for the Argentine shortfin and the Japanese flying squid.

Summary

Almost one hundred species of squid are fished commercially, but of these, two species-- the Argentine shortfin and the Japanese flying squid--account for over half of all the squid consumed as calamari.

Most squid is caught using jigs or trawls, two types of gear that minimize bycatch. But, as with other high-seas fisheries, regulations often don't exist, or are rarely enforced and squid is being fished in ever greater numbers where other species have declined due to overfishing.

Without clear data on population size, and without effective management and enforcement measures, these squid species are considered a "Good Alternative."

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