The Indian squid occurs in the Indo-West Pacific in the Indian Ocean, Red Sea, and Arabian Sea, eastwards from Mozambique to the South China Sea and the Philippine Sea, northward to Taiwan (Roper et al. 1984). In the tropical southeastern Arabian Sea, statolith analysis shows the species to be of fast growth and a short life span (i.e.,  estimated at 6 months) associated with a rapid population turnover may facilitate rapid and continuous recruitment to the fishery (i.e., approximately after two months of age) (Venkatesan et al. 2017). The stock structure is unknown, this profile is defined as an assessment unit (CMFRI 2023). In Indian waters, Loligo duvauceli (the Indian squid) is the dominant species that accounts for around 97% of the total annual squid production (Asokan and Krishnan 2021).