Commercial Fishing
According to the FAO, the cephalopod catch for 2002 was 3,173,272 tonnes (6.995867×109 lb). Of this, 2,189,206 tonnes, or 75.8 percent, was squid. The following table lists the squid species fishery catches which exceeded 10,000 tonnes (22,000,000 lb) in 2002.
| World squid catch in 2002 | ||||
| Species | Family | Common name | Catch tonnes |
Percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loligo gahi | Loliginidae | Patagonian squid | 24,976 | 1.1 |
| Loligo pealei | Loliginidae | Longfin squid | 16,684 | 0.8 |
| Common squid nei | Loliginidae | 225,958 | 10.3 | |
| Ommastrephes bartramii | Ommastrephidae | Neon flying squid | 22,483 | 1.0 |
| Illex argentinus | Ommastrephidae | Argentine shortfin squid | 511,087 | 23.3 |
| Dosidicus gigas | Ommastrephidae | Jumbo flying squid | 406,356 | 18.6 |
| Todarodes pacificus | Ommastrephidae | Japanese flying squid | 504,438 | 23.0 |
| Nototoda russloani | Ommastrephidae | Wellington Flying Squid | 62,234 | 2.8 |
| Squid nei | Various | 414,990 | 18.6 | |
| Total squid | 2,189,206 | 100.0 | ||
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