California's Fishermen are Struggling. Is This Tiny Catch Their Last Big Chance?
From the cockpit of his 63-foot fishing boat in Monterey Bay, Porter McHenry is on the hunt for what might be the last lucrative catch in California — though competitors and tariffs are closing in on his profit.
To spot his prey, he scrutinizes the behavior of seabirds, the patterns on his sonar screens and especially the telltale movements of the boats around him. His tiny target: California market squid, sometimes called Monterey squid, each 6 inches and 10 arms of opalescent white and...
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