海洋中蕴藏着丰富的头足类资源。据估计,大陆架及大陆架斜坡潜在有640～1200万吨的头足类资源,而整个大洋的头足类资源估计是这个数字的50多倍。长期以来,除少数有消费头足类习惯的国家(亚洲及地中海沿岸国家)外,大多数国家都不重视头足类开发,即使有生产也是兼捕渔业。 The ocean is rich in cephalopods resources. It is estimated that there are potentially 640-12 million tonnes of cephalopod resources on the continental shelf and continental shelf slopes, while the cephalopods resources throughout the oceans are estimated at more than 50 times this figure. For a long time, most countries did not attach great importance to the development of cephalopods, except for the few countries with the habit of consuming cephalopods (Asia and the Mediterranean countries), even if production is a by-catch.