Federal grant will help determine if a squid fishery can work in Southeast

Which came first, the magister squid fishery or the magister squid market?

A Juneau charter fishing operator was recently awarded a $230,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to find out, and fishermen might soon have a chance to diversify in the face of declining fish stocks and high barriers to entry in other markets.

"It's the chicken and the egg. Do you start researching how to catch them or if there's a market?" said Richard Yamada, who has dedicated the past several years to learning more about magister squid, a species he and some biologists speculate is pre...

 

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