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European squid

Loligo vulgaris

Kalamar
Avrupa kalamarı

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Family: Loliginidae
Order: Myopsida
Seas: Sea of Marmara, Black Sea, Aegean Sea, Mediterranean

European squid — (c) Karim Haddad, some rights reserved (CC BY) · source

Legal status

The regulation holds no separate minimum size or closed season entry for this species. The provisions for Türkiye as a whole apply.

Where is European squid caught?

Peak months by sea.

Black Sea

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Technique: Eging

Sea of Marmara

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Technique: Eging

Aegean Sea

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Mediterranean

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Technique: Eging

Tackle recipe

A setup to start from. Rod length, line diameter and drag are changed to suit the size of fish you are after and the current and bottom structure of the ground.

Eging

Squid and cuttlefish fishing

Fishing for cephalopods with egi-type lures

Level: Beginner–Advanced
Effort: Low–Moderate

Rod: 2.40–2.70 m; EGI 2.0–3.5
Reel: 2500–3000 shallow spool
Main line: PE 0.6–0.8
Leader/trace: 0.25–0.33 mm fluorocarbon
Hook/lure: Egi crown hook
Bait/lure: Egi 3.5–4.0
Connector: Swivel/clip; pick a suitable breaking strain
Rod: 2.40–2.70 m; EGI 2.0–3.5
Reel: 2500–3000 shallow spool
Main line: PE 0.6–0.8
Leader/trace: 0.25–0.33 mm fluorocarbon
Hook/lure: Egi crown hook
Bait/lure: YEM0032
Connector: Swivel/clip; pick a suitable breaking strain

Watch out: Wet piers and ink splatter

Keep with you: Pliers, hook remover, glasses and first aid

Regulations: Communiqué 2024/21 Article 16 hook and line limits and place bans are checked

Eging

Squid and cuttlefish fishing

Fishing for cephalopods with egi-type lures

Level: Beginner–Advanced
Effort: Low–Moderate

Rod: 2.40–2.70 m; EGI 2.0–3.5
Reel: 2500–3000 shallow spool
Main line: PE 0.6–0.8
Leader/trace: 0.25–0.33 mm fluorocarbon
Hook/lure: Egi crown hook
Bait/lure: Egi 1.5–2.2
Connector: Swivel/clip; pick a suitable breaking strain
Rod: 2.40–2.70 m; EGI 2.0–3.5
Reel: 2500–3000 shallow spool
Main line: PE 0.6–0.8
Leader/trace: 0.25–0.33 mm fluorocarbon
Hook/lure: Egi crown hook
Bait/lure: YEM0030
Connector: Swivel/clip; pick a suitable breaking strain

Watch out: Wet piers and ink splatter

Keep with you: Pliers, hook remover, glasses and first aid

Regulations: Communiqué 2024/21 Article 16 hook and line limits and place bans are checked

Frequently asked questions

Which seas is European squid found in?: In our records European squid appears in these seas: Black Sea, Sea of Marmara, Aegean Sea, Mediterranean, North Aegean & Thrace — Greece, Central & South Aegean — Greece, Ionian Sea — Greece, Crete & Libyan Sea — Greece, Güzelyurt Bay — Northern Cyprus, Kyrenia north coast — Northern Cyprus, Famagusta–İskele — Northern Cyprus, Karpas Peninsula — Northern Cyprus, Akamas–Paphos west coast — Southern Cyprus, Paphos–Limassol south coast — Southern Cyprus, Larnaca southeast coast — Southern Cyprus, Ayia Napa–Protaras — Southern Cyprus, Ligurian Sea — Italy, Tyrrhenian Sea — Italy, Adriatic — Italy, Ionian Sea — Italy, Strait of Sicily — Italy, Sardinian Sea — Italy, Atlantic Ocean — Spain, Mediterranean — Spain, Cantabrian Sea — Spain, Balearic Sea — Spain, Alboran Sea — Spain, Gulf of Cádiz — Spain, Strait of Gibraltar — Spain.
In which months is European squid at its peak?: Peak periods by sea: Sea of Marmara all year; Black Sea all year; Mediterranean all year; North Aegean & Thrace — Greece October–March; Central & South Aegean — Greece October–March; Ionian Sea — Greece October–March; Crete & Libyan Sea — Greece September–March; Famagusta–İskele — Northern Cyprus all year; Güzelyurt Bay — Northern Cyprus all year; Kyrenia north coast — Northern Cyprus all year; Karpas Peninsula — Northern Cyprus all year; Paphos–Limassol south coast — Southern Cyprus all year; Ayia Napa–Protaras — Southern Cyprus all year; Akamas–Paphos west coast — Southern Cyprus all year; Larnaca southeast coast — Southern Cyprus all year; Ligurian Sea — Italy October–March; Tyrrhenian Sea — Italy October–March; Strait of Sicily — Italy October–March; Ionian Sea — Italy October–March; Adriatic — Italy October–March; Sardinian Sea — Italy October–March; Mediterranean — Spain October–March; Strait of Gibraltar — Spain October–March; Cantabrian Sea — Spain September–February; Balearic Sea — Spain October–March; Atlantic Ocean — Spain November–April; Alboran Sea — Spain October–March; Gulf of Cádiz — Spain October–March.

Fishing grounds with this species

The first 12 of 1646 fishing grounds are listed.

See all 1646 fishing grounds on the map

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