Richard Yamada, back, with scientific researchers Ben Buford and Lauren Wild, caught more than 100 magister squid in three hours. The samples were used in determining the maturity of squid in late July. Photo courtesy of Richard Yamada.

Which came first, the magister squid fishery or the magister squid market?

A Juneau charter fishing operator was just awarded a $230,000 grant from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to find out, and area fishermen might…