Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.41276156);the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (863 Program) (No. 2012AA092303);the Innovation Program of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission (No. 13YZ091);Shanghai Leading Academic Disciplin Project;supported by National Distant-Water Fisheries Engineering Research Center, and Scientific Observing and Experimental Station of Oceanic Fishery Resources, Ministry of Agriculture;Yong Chen’s involvement in the project was supported by the Shanghai Dongfang Scholar Program
Age, maturation and population structure of the Humboldt squid Dosidicus gigas were studied based on random sampling of the Chinese jigging fishery off the Peruvian Exclusive Economic Zones (EEZ) during 2008-2010. E...