English name:Squids
Japanese name:イカ
Latin name:Illex argentinus
Catching methods:Squid Jigger
Main Production Areas:Agentine, North Pacific Ocean, New Zealand
Major markets:Japan, United States, EU, Singapore, Korea, Honkong
Popular Product Forms:Fresh (whole fish)
2000production quantity:M.T.254740
2001production quantity:M.T.147565
Exports of fishery productions(kiloton) 2000/50590
Imports of fishery productions(kiloton) 2000/1
Exports of fishery productions(kiloton) 2001/43205
Imports of fishery productions(kiloton) 2001/1
Introduction:There are many species of squid available in the world's oceans, Illex argentinus and Ommastrephes bartrami are most common captive on my country’s squid jigger in the North Pacific Ocean and Southwest Atlantic Ocean. Squid jigging most often takes place at night with bright overhead lights to attract the squid.