46
G. J. Pierce and J. Portela
finfish was favouring cephalopod expansion. The rise in cephalopod catches was
seen mainly in ommastrephid squid. The only studied region where cephalopod
landings had not increased significantly over the past 25 years was the Northeast
Ϭ͘Ϭ
Ϭ͘ϱ
ϭ͘Ϭ
ϭ͘ϱ
Ϯ͘Ϭ
Ϯ͘ϱ
ϯ͘Ϭ
ϯ͘ϱ
ϰ͘Ϭ
ϰ͘ϱ
ϭϵϱϬ ϭϵϱϱ ϭϵϲϬ ϭϵϲϱ ϭϵϳϬ ϭϵϳϱ ϭϵϴϬ ϭϵϴϱ ϭϵϵϬ ϭϵϵϱ ϮϬϬϬ ϮϬϬϱ ϮϬϭϬ
>ĂŶĚŝŶŐƐ͕ŵŝůůŝŽŶƐŽĨƚŽŶƐ
zĞĂƌ
KƚŚĞƌĐŽƵŶƚƌŝĞƐ
ŚŝůĞ
/ŶĚŽŶĞƐŝĂ
DĂůĂLJƐŝĂ
DĞdžŝĐŽ
ZƵƐƐŝĂŶ&ĞĚĞƌĂƟŽŶ
/ƚĂůLJ
WŚŝůŝƉƉŝŶĞƐ
/ŶĚŝĂ
DŽƌŽĐĐŽ
hŶŝƚĞĚ^ƚĂƚĞƐŽĨŵĞƌŝĐĂ
sŝĞƚEĂŵ
WĞƌƵ
ƌŐĞŶƟŶĂ
^ƉĂŝŶ
dŚĂŝůĂŶĚ
dĂŝǁĂŶWƌŽǀŝŶĐĞŽĨŚŝŶĂ
<ŽƌĞĂ͕ZĞƉƵďůŝĐŽĨ
ŚŝŶĂ
:ĂƉĂŶ
Ϭ͘Ϭ
Ϭ͘ϱ
ϭ͘Ϭ
ϭ͘ϱ
Ϯ͘Ϭ
Ϯ͘ϱ
ϯ͘Ϭ
ϯ͘ϱ
ϰ͘Ϭ
ϰ͘ϱ
ϭϵϱϬ ϭϵϱϱ ϭϵϲϬ ϭϵϲϱ ϭϵϳϬ ϭϵϳϱ ϭϵϴϬ ϭϵϴϱ ϭϵϵϬ ϭϵϵϱ ϮϬϬϬ ϮϬϬϱ ϮϬϭϬ
>ĂŶĚŝŶŐƐ͕ŵŝůůŝŽŶƐŽĨƚŽŶƐ
zĞĂƌ
KƚŚĞƌĐĂƚĞŐŽƌŝĞƐ
EŽƌƚŚĞƌŶƐŚŽƌƞŝŶƐƋƵŝĚ
tĞůůŝŶŐƚŽŶŇLJŝŶŐƐƋƵŝĚ
WĂƚĂŐŽŶŝĂŶƐƋƵŝĚ
ŽŵŵŽŶŽĐƚŽƉƵƐ
ĞƉŚĂůŽƉŽĚƐŶĞŝ
ŽŵŵŽŶƐƋƵŝĚƐŶĞŝ
:ƵŵďŽŇLJŝŶŐƐƋƵŝĚ
KĐƚŽƉƵƐĞƐ͕ĞƚĐ͘ŶĞŝ
ƵƩůĞĮƐŚ͕ďŽďƚĂŝůƐƋƵŝĚƐŶĞŝ
ƌŐĞŶƟŶĞƐŚŽƌƞŝŶƐƋƵŝĚ
sĂƌŝŽƵƐƐƋƵŝĚƐŶĞŝ
:ĂƉĂŶĞƐĞŇLJŝŶŐƐƋƵŝĚ
Fig. 3.1  World cephalopod landings in 1950–2010 (FAO data), by country and by commercial
category