An unusually large specimen of neon flying squid, Ommastrephes bartramii (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae) caught in the Eastern Tropical Pacific

A specimen of the neon flying squid Ommastrephes bartramii (LeSueur, 1821) was caught using a surface longline in the Eastern Tropical Pacific Ocean in October 2007. The animal was frozen whole on board and landed in Vigo, where it was defrosted and examined. The squid represents the largest specimen of this species yet recorded, with a mantle length of 102 cm (30+ kg), compared to the recorded maximum of 80 cm (25 kg). The specimen was a mature female, with an ovary weight of around 500 g. There appeared to be spermatangia stored in the buccal membrane. Its stomach contents included beaks of ommastrephid cephalopods and bones of a mackerel-like (scombrid) fish. Age of the animal is also studied

An interdisiplinary approach to studying harbour porpoise-fisheries interactions in the North-west Iberian Peninsula

27th Conference of the European Cetacean Society, Interdisciplinary Approaches in the Study of Marine Mammals, 8th-10th April 2013, Setúbal, PortugalThe Iberian harbour porpoise Phocoena phocoena is a genetically isolated population of around 2600 individuals (SCANS-II)N

Record of the largest specimen of neon flying squid Ommastrephes bartramii (Cephalopoda: Ommastrephidae)

We report a record of the largest known specimen of Ommastrephes bartramii. It was an almost mature female, with dorsal mantle length (ML) of 1020 mm and weighing around 35 kg, caught by a Spanish fishing vessel in October 2007 on a surface long-line in the Eastern Tropical Pacific. Growth increments on a statolith indicate an age of 492-512 days. The stomach was full and contained beaks of ommastrephid squids and of a small pelagic octopus (Japetella spp.), and remains of mackerel (possibly bait from the long-line) and unidentified fish.En este trabajo se presenta información sobre el mayor ejemplar de Ommastrephes bartramii descrito hasta la actualidad. Se trata de una hembra casi madura, cuya longitud dorsal del manto es de 1020 mm y con un peso total de aproximadamente 35 kg, capturada en octubre de 2007 por un pesquero español utilizando palangre de superficie en el Pacífico Tropical Este. Los incrementos de crecimiento observados en un estatolito indican una edad comprendida entre 492 y 512 días. El estómago estaba lleno y contenía picos de potas (omastréfidos) y de un pulpo pelágico pequeño (Japatella spp.), así como restos de caballas (posiblemente cebo del palangre) y de otros peces que no pudieron ser identificados.Publicado