By ScorpioKnights72 
It’s been a while since I’ve lived in Twillingate so the last time I saw Atlantic Saury or “Billfish” ( as we used to call them) was 25 or more years ago. Now I don’t know if it’s true, but I remember being told that Atlantic Saury would appear during years when there were no squids. If that were true though, you’d think we would have been seeing them a lot more often than I remember.
After doing a little research, I found this great fact sheet describing all about Atlantic Saury. Please refer to this article to learn more. I have never heard of anyone eating them, but I imagine they are pretty similar to capelin.
The year I saw the most billfish was in the mid 80’s, a year or two following the great squid run. If you’re not familiar with it, I’m talking about one year in particular when squids were so plentiful, everyone was catching them, trying to either dry them or sell them fresh. The beaches around Twillingate were full of squids that year. It was crazy. I’ve never seen anything like it since. I’m sure many of you remember all about it.
Global warming has unfortunately made such an impact that now our ecosystem has changed so much with how it has been affected.