The_AT0 California_NP0 squid_NN0 fleet_NN1 fished_VVN in_PRP favorable_AJ0 ocean_NN1 conditions_NN2 as_PRP the_AT0 season_NN1 kicked_VVD off_AVP on_PRP April_NP0 1._CRD 
Last_ORD year_NN1 's_POS ocean_NN1 water_NN1 temperatures_NN2 left_VVD an_AT0 air_NN1 of_PRF optimism_NN1 that_CJT the_AT0 effects_NN2 from_PRP El_NP0 Niño_NP0 conditions_NN2 in_PRP 2018_CRD and_CJC 2019_CRD had_VHD swung_VVN through_PRP normal_AJ0 (_PUL ENSO_NP0 )_PUR temperatures_NN2 ,_PUN and_CJC that_CJT this_DT0 year_NN1 's_POS harvest_NN1 would_VM0 increase_VVI ._SENT 
"_PUQ We_PNP 're_VBB having_VHG a_AT0 better_AJC year_NN1 ,_PUN "_PUQ says_VVZ Diane_NP0 Pleschner-Steele_NP0 ,_PUN executive_AJ0 director_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 California_NP0 Wetfish_NN1 Producers_NN2 Association_NN1 ,_PUN in_PRP Buellton_NP0 ._SENT "_PUQ We_PNP saw_VVD the_AT0 shift_NN1 last_ORD summer_NN1 ,_PUN and_CJC we_PNP 're_VBB back_AVP into_PRP La_NP0 Niña_NP0 ._SENT "_PUQ 
Landings_NN2 for_PRP 2020_CRD came_VVD in_AVP at_PRP 55.27_CRD thousand_CRD short_AJ0 tons_NN2 ,_PUN according_VVG to_PRP converted_AJ0 data_NN0 from_PRP PacFIN_NP0 ._SENT As_CJS of_PRF July_NP0 in_PRP 2021_CRD ,_PUN the_AT0 fleet_NN1 had_VHD landed_VVN 48.77_CRD thousand_CRD short_AJ0 tons_NN2 ._SENT 
Though_CJS the_AT0 fishery_NN1 has_VHZ been_VBN conducted_VVN at_PRP night_NN1 in_PRP years_NN2 past_AV0 ,_PUN Pleschner-Steele_NP0 noted_VVD that_CJT boats_NN2 had_VHD been_VBN fishing_VVG during_PRP the_AT0 days_NN2 and_CJC that_CJT some_DT0 good_AJ0 catches_NN2 had_VHD been_VBN coming_VVG from_PRP the_AT0 waters_NN2 near_PRP Monterey_NP0 ._SENT 
Another_DT0 optimistic_AJ0 uptick_NN1 for_PRP this_DT0 year_NN1 has_VHZ been_VBN that_DT0 ex-vessel_AJ0 offers_NN2 are_VBB hitting_VVG around_PRP $_NN0 1_CRD ,_PUN 200_CRD per_PRP ton_NN1 ._SENT That_DT0 's_VBZ up_AVP from_PRP last_ORD year_NN1 's_POS $_NN0 1_CRD ,_PUN 000_CRD per_PRP ton_NN1 average_NN1 ._SENT In_PRP recent_AJ0 years_NN2 the_AT0 bulk_NN1 of_PRF West_NP0 Coast_NN1 squid_NN0 has_VHZ been_VBN exported_VVN to_PRP China_NP0 ._SENT Trade_NN1 wars_NN2 between_PRP the_AT0 United_NP0 States_NP0 and_CJC China_NP0 entered_VVD full_AJ0 swing_NN1 in_PRP 2018_CRD ,_PUN and_CJC since_CJS then_AV0 tariffs_NN2 from_PRP both_DT0 sides_NN2 have_VHB hobbled_VVN product_NN1 movement_NN1 to_PRP the_AT0 west_NN1 ._SENT 
In_PRP 2019_CRD ,_PUN China_NP0 imposed_VVD a_AT0 35_CRD percent_NN0 tariff_NN1 on_PRP many_DT0 U.S._NP0 seafood_NN1 products_NN2 ,_PUN including_PRP squid_NN0 ._SENT Combined_VVN with_PRP domestic_AJ0 retaliatory_AJ0 tariffs_NN2 ,_PUN the_AT0 total_NN1 to_PRP importers_NN2 reached_VVD 52_CRD percent_NN0 ._SENT 
In_PRP September_NP0 of_PRF last_ORD year_NN1 ,_PUN the_AT0 USDA_NN1 agreed_VVD to_TO0 provide_VVI $_NN0 530_CRD million_CRD dollars_NN2 to_PRP sectors_NN2 of_PRF the_AT0 seafood_NN1 industry_NN1 impacted_VVN by_PRP those_DT0 stiff_AJ0 retaliatory_AJ0 tariffs_NN2 imposed_VVN by_PRP the_AT0 United_NP0 States_NP0 ._SENT Squid_NN0 was_VBD among_PRP the_AT0 species_NN0 listed_VVN to_TO0 receive_VVI the_AT0 aid_NN1 ._SENT 
In_PRP a_AT0 July_NP0 8_CRD perusal_NN1 of_PRF the_AT0 harmonized_AJ0 tariff_NN1 rate_NN1 schedule_NN1 for_PRP U.S._NP0 squid_NN0 ,_PUN it_PNP appears_VVZ that_CJT the_AT0 retaliatory_AJ0 rates_NN2 have_VHB gone_VVN back_AVP to_PRP zero_CRD ._SENT 
According_VVG to_PRP foreign_AJ0 trade_NN1 data_NN0 with_PRP NOAA_NP0 ,_PUN U.S._NP0 exports_NN2 of_PRF West_NP0 Coast_NN1 squid_NN0 to_PRP China_NP0 added_VVD up_AVP to_PRP 12.58_CRD million_CRD kilograms_NN2 for_PRP a_AT0 value_NN1 of_PRF $_NN0 48.60_CRD million_CRD in_PRP 2019_CRD ,_PUN then_AV0 dropped_VVN to_PRP 11.93_CRD million_CRD kilograms_NN2 and_CJC a_AT0 value_NN1 of_PRF $_NN0 35.01_CRD million_CRD in_PRP 2020._CRD As_CJS of_PRF July_NP0 ,_PUN West_NP0 Coast_NN1 squid_NN0 exports_NN2 stood_VVD at_PRP 6.86_CRD million_CRD kilograms_NN2 for_PRP a_AT0 value_NN1 of_PRF $_NN0 19.14_CRD million_CRD ._SENT 
