Off Yaquina Head to Cape Blanco, 43 through 45 degrees N, 124.5 to 125 W, bottom trawlers and midwater trawlers have been capturing, and at times landing, Humboldt squid Dosidicus gigas since at least mid-October. One boat reported hundreds at the surface at night under the deck lights. They were actively feeding on schools of "saury-like" baitfish. This observation was 40 miles off the umpqua river mouth but catches have been made on-bottom on the continental shelf in approximately 80 fathoms.--Neil Richmond <oregon@harborside.com>