Market squid have multiplied off the West Coast over the last two decades. They have increased especially from San Francisco north into Oregon and Washington in conjunction with warmer ocean waters in recent years, new research shows.
The squid boom is opening new commercial fishing opportunities in the Northwest. Squid landings in Oregon rose from none in 2015 to nearly 5,000 metric tons worth nearly $6 million in 2020. Market squid are the largest commercial fishery by value in California, but landings in the state dropped about the time they began appearing in substantial numbers in Oregon…