Squid were captured during rod-and-reel jigging sessions using weighted, luminescent jigs (8–50 cm length) fished at depths from 200 m to the surface. Measurements were made on the research vessel within 1-2 hours of capture. Length was measured with a flexible tape, generally to the nearest 0.5 cm. Mass was weighed with a digital hanging scale to the nearest 0.1 kg. Sex and maturity were visually determined following criteria for Stages 1-5 (Lipinski & Underhill, 1995): Stage I–II = immature, Stage III = maturing, Stage IV–V = mature. (See also Hoving et al. 2013.) CTD data from these sampling sites are also available and have been deposited with BCO-DMO.
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Hoving H.-J, Gilly WF, Markaida U, Benoit-Bird KJ, West-Brown Z, Daniel P, Field JC, Parassenti L, Liu B, Campos B. 2013. Extreme plasticity in life-history strategy allows a migratory predator (Dosidicus gigas) to cope with a changing climate. Global Change Biology 19:2089 –2103. doi:10.1111/gcb.12198