Common Name
Jumbo Squid
Scientific Name
Dosidicus gigas
Additional Names
Jumbo flying squid, Humboldt squid, Calamar Gigante de Perú
Jumbo squid represents the second biggest fishery in Peru and the most important for artisanal fishers. Over 11 thousand fishers and more than 3 thousand fishing vessels are involved in the fishery, which lands each year around 500 thousand tons of squid. This is a highly selective fishery as all squid jigs are used to catch them one by one. A critical issue that the fishery needs to improve are national regulations related to the fisheries' formalization and given its highly migratory characteristics an international approach should also be sought. It is expected that with the collaboration of all the FIP Participants the fishery can move towards a more sustainable state.
Jumbo squid (Dosidicus gigas) is one of the largest (2.5 metres maximum length and 50 kg maximum weight) and the most abundant cephalopod species of the world. Three intraspecific groups have been identified for Giant or Jumbo flying squid (Dosidicus gigas) in the Southeast Pacific, based on size-at-maturity (Nigmatullin et al. 2001), but as no genetic difference has been found between the three proposed sub-unit populations, thus it is still considered to constitute a single stock (Xu et al. 2017). Their abundance and distribution patterns are very sensitive to changes in the environmental conditions and the abundance of its preys. In Peru, the resource is almost exclusively exploited by artisanal fleet who must have a fishing permit to be able to operate in Peruvian waters. The fleet operates with jiggers, a special form of vertical lines mostly used in the fishery for squid. Special squid jiggers (Ripped hooks) are mounted one after the other in a certain distance with a monofilament line. The line weighed down by sinkers can be set up to 200 m depth and is hauled with jerky movements. (http://www.fao.org/fishery/geartype/231/en). The assessment, monitoring and management measures are not well defined and not provide accurate data to address sustainability issues.
| 29% | 36% | 36% |
| 14% |
| Behind | On Track | Complete | Future |
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| 5% | 73% | 14% | 9% |
| Behind | On Track | Complete | Future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0% | 69% | 15% | 15% |
Comprehensive FIP Objective:
The goal of the Peruvian Jumbo Squid FIP is to move the fishery in a step-wise approach towards Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) certification by the end of 2023.
Basic FIP Objective:
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Objectives |
Workplan Improvement area |
Time Bound |
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1.To improve the availability of accurate data to address sustainability issues focusing in a stock assessment methodology and a fleet-based data gathering system |
2 and 3 |
2017-2020 |
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2. Ensure long-term livelihoods of fishing communities and their sustainability through the regularization of the fleet |
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2017-2021 |
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3. Develop a pre-assessment against MSC standards, set up a public reporting system and design an action plan. Promote the FIP transition to comprehensive FIP |
4 and 5 |
2017-2019 |