Wednesday, March 30 - Update

So the season is set to open up again at Midnight on Friday morning.  The price issue has yet to be resolved.  Some markets are claiming to pay $600, some are not.  I can fully appreciate the market's hesitance to offer the price without first seeing the quality of the product.  Typical for this time of the year is smaller squid - say 16 - 18 count squid.  The squid's count is how many it takes to make a pound.  I can also see the fisherman's point - we were able to fill the entire 119,000 ton quota without suffering a drop in price.  Since the fishery closed in December, the price of diesel has increased some 50% - from $2.60/gal to roughly $4.00/gal.  Demand is predicted to remain high as one unfortunate result of the Japan Earthquake was the decimation of their farming activities.  The expected consumption from the Japanese market is predicted to increase.  Time will tell....

There have been some light boats out looking around, and for the most part, there is very little to report.  Reports from Catalina, Santa Barbara, Anacapa, Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa.  There are reports of squid in Monterey; but those are yet to be confirmed... 

So I will be talking with the partner boat in the morning and making a plan.  Oh and my brand new laptop decided to stop working.  Good thing I purchased the Geek Squad service plan.  Because of that I should have it back in 2-4 short weeks...