AMERICAN SAMOA Logbook Catch and Effort for 2001 EXCEL FILE ~ (Close Window to Return) EFFORT Number of Vessels 67 Number of Sets 4,801 1000 Hooks Set 5,795 Number of Lightsticks 949 CATCH (Number of Fish) Species # Caught # Kept # Finned # Caught/ 1000 Hooks BILLFISH Black marlin 150 56 0 0.03 Blue marlin 1,478 436 0 0.26 Striped Marlin 377 119 0 0.07 Sailfish 185 58 0 0.03 Spearfish 176 40 0 0.03 Swordfish 228 165 0 0.04 TOTALS 2,594 874 0 0.45 SHARKS Blue shark 2,335 15 7 0.40 Shortfin Mako Shark 345 7 1 0.06 Thresher Shark 374 2 0 0.06 White Tip Oceanic Shark 503 1 1 0.09 Other Pelagic Sharks 133 6 2 0.02 TOTALS 3,690 31 11 0.64 TUNA Albacore 187,141 186,724 0 32.29 BigeyeTuna 5,351 4,037 0 0.92 Bluefin Tuna 16 4 0 0.00 Skipjack Tuna 13,026 8,550 0 2.25 Yellowfin Tuna 9,391 7,722 0 1.62 TOTALS 214,925 207,037 11 37.08 OTHER PELAGICS Mahimahi 4,813 3,970 0 0.83 Moonfish 489 199 0 0.08 Oilfish 1,080 72 0 0.19 Pomfret 478 349 0 0.08 Wahoo 4,208 3,741 0 0.73 TOTALS 11,068 8,331 11 1.91 NON-PMUS Other Pelagic Fish 198 24 0 0.03 TOTALS 198 24 11 0.03 (Last Updated 06/27/2006)