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Another fishery in the crapper
So last years squid run sucked, this year it was non-existent . Yesterday we got a email from our seafood provider Foley fish . He said that with in the next 7-10 days the domestic supply of all-natural calimari will run out. Out of the 41 million pound quota from maine to NC , 8 months in only 8 million pounds landed! Typically half the quota is caught during the april-may run . Not this year. This caused the supply to just squeak by all summer. The last few weeks there has been a complete lack of landings. As of today the 5 east coast processors have no stock at all! Will probably not have more till the run picks up again in mid-oct, even then who knows?!
This is the first time in my culinary career there has been a squid shortage . Also the first in Foley's 12 year calimari program! When I first started cooking , squid was dirt cheap! Now , its just under $5 a pound!!
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