Where is your squid coming from? Most likely unregulated waters, according to a new international study
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The study, lead-authored by Katherine Seto, an assistant professor of environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, was published in Science Advances on March 10.
Key Points:
- The study, lead-authored by Katherine Seto, an assistant professor of environmental studies at the University of California, Santa Cruz, was published in Science Advances on March 10.
- It explores the unregulated nature of global squid fisheries across three oceans over a three-year period, and how these fisheries continue to grow and shift locations beyond the jurisdiction of management bodies.
- “By synthesizing data from multiple sources, we created a robust picture of the fishing activity of the high seas squid fleets.
- Fishing in unregulated areas has also steadily increased and seems to be preferred despite concerns over stock status, according to the study.