The market squid fishery is busy at work on Monterey Bay. Market squid, also called calamari, are small invertebrates that periodically frequent shallower waters off the California coast. These slippery siblings of octopuses live very short lives (five to nine months) and produce heaps of eggs, somewhere on the order of 4,000 per female!
When conditions are right, squid show up in droves to mate, aka “spawn”. After spawning for just a few short days to weeks, they die as a natural part of their life cycle. These qualities lend to a high volume of squid available for fishermen, and a sustainable fishery…