Thread: Catching And Eating The Humboldt Squid

I'm watching (for the third time) a program
about the expansion of the range of the Humboldt
squid into California waters.

This is indeed a disaster, because it is such
an aggressive and efficient predator. It will
destroy important fisheries.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humboldt_Squid

http://www.nwf.org/nationalwildlife/...articleID=1006

Unlike market squid (_Loligo_opalescens_),
its tentacles have hard rings around the
suckers, so they aren't necessarily good
eating. The mantle (hood) is of course
good eating, but much thicker than market
squid. The TV program described it as
being the size of a doormat, and it sure
looked like it was that size.

I rather suspect that we'll see these mantles
cut into various shapes. A couple years ago,
there was widespread fraud in which cans
labelled as "scallops" with a picture of a
scallop shell on the label were sold which
actually contained cut-up pieces of squid
mantle. I don't know what species of squid
it was, but it could have been Humboldt squid.
I bought one of those cans, and I recognized
right away what it was.

I'm thinking that this squid should be
aggressively harvested. Squid are attracted
to lights at night, and down in Mexico that's
how they harvest them. This is also allowed
in southern California, but it is illegal in
northern California. I think this rule should
be reconsidered.

I saw a program a couple years ago on simulating
squid-to-squid communication using flashing
lights. If this technology can be perfected
and the squid code broken, there might be even
better ways to hoodwink the squid into being
harvested.

It's probably time for entrepreneurs to consider
new squid-processing equipment. Unlike
_L._opalescens_, which are hard to clean,
the Humboldt squid looks very easy to clean.
You could do a lot with that big slab of meat.

Probably a Popeil squid-a-matic would have
limited appeal (I'd buy one!), but I can
easily imagine a chain of deep-fried squid
drive-thrus. I don't like thick squid mantles,
but an apparatus similar to a leather splitter
might cut the mantle to a delectable thickness.

Mark Thorson <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]..
[snip]
> The next movie won't be JAWS.
>
> It'll be BEAKS.
>
> Or maybe TENTACLES.

Been there. Done that.
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0347212/

Mark Thorson wrote:

> I'm watching (for the third time) a program about the expansion of the
> range of the Humboldt squid into California waters.

We are beset from the west, too! Argh.


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Mark Thorson wrote:

> I'm watching (for the third time) a program about the expansion of the
> range of the Humboldt squid into California waters.
>
> This is indeed a disaster, because it is such an aggressive and efficient
> predator. It will destroy important fisheries.

Northern California need more sharks. Pass it on...

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zxcvbob wrote:
>
> Mark Thorson wrote:
> > I'm watching (for the third time) a program about the expansion of
> > the range of the Humboldt squid into California waters.
> >
> [snip]
> > I saw a program a couple years ago on simulating squid-to-squid
> > communication using flashing lights. If this technology can be
> > perfected and the squid code broken, there might be even better ways
> > to hoodwink the squid into being harvested.
>
> Just remember, while you're trying to catch (and eat) the Humboldt, it
> is trying to catch and eat you. HTH :-)

If you watched the earlier TV program, there was
no mistaking that. Scary, aggressive, meat-eaters,
that's the Humboldt squid.

Mark Thorson wrote:
>
> zxcvbob wrote:
> >
> > Mark Thorson wrote:
> > > I'm watching (for the third time) a program about the expansion of
> > > the range of the Humboldt squid into California waters.
> > >
> > [snip]
> > > I saw a program a couple years ago on simulating squid-to-squid
> > > communication using flashing lights. If this technology can be
> > > perfected and the squid code broken, there might be even better ways
> > > to hoodwink the squid into being harvested.
> >
> > Just remember, while you're trying to catch (and eat) the Humboldt, it
> > is trying to catch and eat you. HTH :-)
>
> If you watched the earlier TV program, there was
> no mistaking that. Scary, aggressive, meat-eaters,
> that's the Humboldt squid.

The next movie won't be JAWS.

It'll be BEAKS.

Or maybe TENTACLES.

Mark Thorson wrote:

> zxcvbob wrote:
>>
>> Mark Thorson wrote:
>> > I'm watching (for the third time) a program about the expansion of the
>> > range of the Humboldt squid into California waters.
>> >
>> [snip]
>> > I saw a program a couple years ago on simulating squid-to-squid
>> > communication using flashing lights. If this technology can be
>> > perfected and the squid code broken, there might be even better ways
>> > to hoodwink the squid into being harvested.
>>
>> Just remember, while you're trying to catch (and eat) the Humboldt, it
>> is trying to catch and eat you. HTH :-)
>
> If you watched the earlier TV program, there was no mistaking that.
> Scary, aggressive, meat-eaters, that's the Humboldt squid.

Hey, you don't suppose that's what these critters are trying to escape, do
you?

http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/

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Mark Thorson wrote:

> Mark Thorson wrote:
>>
>> zxcvbob wrote:
>> >
>> > Mark Thorson wrote:
>> > > I'm watching (for the third time) a program about the expansion of
>> > > the range of the Humboldt squid into California waters.
>> > >
>> > [snip]
>> > > I saw a program a couple years ago on simulating squid-to-squid
>> > > communication using flashing lights. If this technology can be
>> > > perfected and the squid code broken, there might be even better ways
>> > > to hoodwink the squid into being harvested.
>> >
>> > Just remember, while you're trying to catch (and eat) the Humboldt, it
>> > is trying to catch and eat you. HTH :-)
>>
>> If you watched the earlier TV program, there was no mistaking that.
>> Scary, aggressive, meat-eaters, that's the Humboldt squid.
>
> The next movie won't be JAWS.

"Jaws" made for a lot of bad press.

> It'll be BEAKS.

http://www.physorg.com/news125845804.html


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In article <TqqdnT0CTZhKsmXanZ2dnUVZ_jOdnZ2d@rawbandwidth>,
"The Ranger" <[email protected]> wrote:

> http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0347212/

Even better, check out "Reap the Wild Wind" with John Wayne and Paulette
Goddard. Netflix has it on DVD.

Ob food: When I was aboard ship out in the Western Pacific, we used to
spear Humboldt Squid by hanging a light over the stern. We used to eat
the freshly caught 'juveniles' raw and the tentacle were sweet and
tender. Some of the larger specimens looked a little too big to try and
wrestle on deck.

D.M.
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