“…Market squid are shortlived, semelparous animals with a pronounced life-history plasticity and high metabolic demands (Pecl & Jackson, 2007;Pecl, Moltschaniwskyj, Tracey, & Jordan, 2004;Vidal, Dimarco, Wormuth, & Lee, 2002), as a result, their populations fluctuate greatly and are acutely susceptible to changes in broad-scale oceanographic patterns, such as the warm and cool phases of the El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) (Koslow & Allen, 2011;Reiss, Maxwell, Hunter, & Henry, 2004;Zeidberg, Hamner, Nezlin, & Henry, 2006). Population indices and landings often plummet by orders of magnitude during warm and unproductive oceanographic conditions in the CCE; however, the population's rebound and geographic expansion is equally remarkable (Perretti, 2014;Reiss et al, 2004;Zeidberg & Hamner, 2002). An on-going question remains as to how the population is able to rebound once favorable conditions return, and what role spawning strategies might play in this cycle.…”