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The Department of Fish and Game (DFG) will close the commercial fishery for market squid, Loligo (Doryteuthis) opalescens, on Friday, Nov. 18, at noon.
Based on landings information and projections, DFG has determined that the season’s harvest limit of 118,000 short tons of market squid will be reached by that date.
The squid fishing season runs from April through the following March of each year, meaning the fishery will remain closed through March 31, 2012.
Market squid remains the state’s largest and most lucrative commercial fishery, valued at over $73 million in 2010.
DFG has been tracking catches daily this fall in anticipation of reaching the harvest limit, which was established to ensure squid are not overharvested.
The harvest limit is one of many constraints on the fishery, which has been managed under the state’s Market Squid Fishery Management Plan since 2005.
The goals of the plan are to ensure long-term conservation and sustainability of the market squid resource, reduce the potential for overfishing and provide a framework for management.
In addition to the harvest limit, only a limited number of commercial squid fishing permits are issued, and a closure of the fishery on weekends is imposed to allow for periods of uninterrupted spawning each week.
The plan was developed under the provisions set forth by California’s Marine Life Management Act (MLMA), which became law in 1999.
The MLMA created state policies, goals and objectives to govern the conservation, sustainable use and restoration of California’s living marine resources such as squid.
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LOWER LAKE, Calif. – Six Sigma Winery was excited to learn that their 2009 Pinot Noir and their 2006 Cabernet Sauvignon won “Best of Class” at the 2011 People’s Choice Awards held on Saturday, Nov. 5.
Kaj Ahlmann, the owner of Six Sigma Winery with his wife Else, were thrilled when they received the news.
“This is truly great news,” Kaj Ahlmann said. “Last year our 2006 Tempranillo received Best Red Wine in Lake County at the People’s Choice Awards and this year our 2009 Pinot and our 2006 Cab win Best of Class. Else and I are very proud of the entire Six Sigma Team that works so hard together to produce outstanding wines.”
To qualify for the People’s Choice Awards the wine must be made from at least 75 percent Lake County grapes.
That was easy for Six Sigma Winery, because all of their wines are estate grown on the beautiful 4,300-acre Six Sigma Ranch located between Lower Lake and Hidden Valley Lake on Spruce Grove Road.
The winery is open every day from 11 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. for complimentary tastings and tours.
Kaj and Else Ahlmann invite everyone out to Six Sigma Ranch at 13372 Spruce Grove Road for complimentary tasting of all of the current releases.
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