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Chapter 3
Fisheries Production and Market Demand
Graham J. Pierce and Julio Portela
J. Iglesias et al. (eds.), Cephalopod Culture, DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-8648-5_3,
© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014
G. J. Pierce ()
University of Aberdeen, Main Street,
Newburgh, Aberdeenshire, AB41 6AA, UK
e-mail: g.j.pierce@abdn.ac.uk
CESAM & Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro,
3810–193, Aveiro, Portugal
e-mail: g.j.pierce@ua.pt
J. Portela
Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo, Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO),
Subida a Radio Faro, 50-52, 36390 Vigo, Spain
e-mail: julio.portela@vi.ieo.es
Abstract Since 1983, when Caddy was able to state that ‘… except in a few ocean
regions, they (cephalopods) are not subject to exploitation’, the decline in many
finfish stocks has led to increased attention on other groups such as cephalopods,
the increasing economic importance of which is evidenced by the rapid rise in their
global landings over recent decades. World cephalopod landings (capture fisheries) rose from 500,000 t in 1950 to a peak of more than 4 million t in 2007, with
landings increasing in most regions with the exception of the Northeast Atlantic.
New regions such as the Southwest Atlantic and the Southeast Pacific subsequently
became important cephalopod fishery areas, supplying new abundant species to
world markets (notably Illex argentinus and Dosidicus gigas). In Europe, the potential expansion of cephalopod fishing will require a new focus on monitoring, assessment and management of these fisheries, taking into account the differences in life
history between cephalopods and fish. The increasing demand for cephalopods on
the international markets has stimulated research on rearing and ‘ongrowing’ of
cephalopods (mainly common octopus) as an alternative to reliance on fisheries.
Keywords Cephalopod fishing · Japanese flying squid · Jumbo squid · Argentine
shortfin squid · Markets · Fishery biology
Chapter 3
Fisheries Production and Market Demand
Graham J. Pierce and Julio Portela
J. Iglesias et al. (eds.), Cephalopod Culture, DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-8648-5_3,
© Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014
G. J. Pierce ()
University of Aberdeen, Main Street,
Newburgh, Aberdeenshire, AB41 6AA, UK
e-mail: g.j.pierce@abdn.ac.uk
CESAM & Departamento de Biologia, Universidade de Aveiro,
3810–193, Aveiro, Portugal
e-mail: g.j.pierce@ua.pt
J. Portela
Centro Oceanográfico de Vigo, Instituto Español de Oceanografía (IEO),
Subida a Radio Faro, 50-52, 36390 Vigo, Spain
e-mail: julio.portela@vi.ieo.es
Abstract Since 1983, when Caddy was able to state that ‘… except in a few ocean
regions, they (cephalopods) are not subject to exploitation’, the decline in many
finfish stocks has led to increased attention on other groups such as cephalopods,
the increasing economic importance of which is evidenced by the rapid rise in their
global landings over recent decades. World cephalopod landings (capture fisheries) rose from 500,000 t in 1950 to a peak of more than 4 million t in 2007, with
landings increasing in most regions with the exception of the Northeast Atlantic.
New regions such as the Southwest Atlantic and the Southeast Pacific subsequently
became important cephalopod fishery areas, supplying new abundant species to
world markets (notably Illex argentinus and Dosidicus gigas). In Europe, the potential expansion of cephalopod fishing will require a new focus on monitoring, assessment and management of these fisheries, taking into account the differences in life
history between cephalopods and fish. The increasing demand for cephalopods on
the international markets has stimulated research on rearing and ‘ongrowing’ of
cephalopods (mainly common octopus) as an alternative to reliance on fisheries.
Keywords Cephalopod fishing · Japanese flying squid · Jumbo squid · Argentine
shortfin squid · Markets · Fishery biology