AMERICAN SAMOA Logbook Catch and Effort for 2002 EXCEL FILE ~ (Close Window to Return) EFFORT Number of Vessels 60 Number of Trips 1,585 Number of Sets 6,872 1000 Hooks Set 13,096 Number of Lightsticks 3,774 CATCH (Number of Fish) Species # Caught # Kept # Finned # Caught/ 1000 Hooks BILLFISH Black marlin 59 10 0 0.00 Blue marlin 3,744 420 0 0.29 Striped Marlin 428 58 0 0.03 Sailfish 353 82 0 0.03 Spearfish 288 74 0 0.02 Swordfish 522 302 0 0.04 TOTALS 5,394 946 0 0.41 SHARKS Blue shark 7,883 34 3 0.60 Shortfin Mako Shark 265 2 0 0.02 Thresher Shark 433 4 1 0.03 White Tip Oceanic Shark 1,610 23 6 0.12 Other Pelagic Sharks 348 5 2 0.03 TOTALS 10,539 68 12 0.80 TUNA Albacore 333,595 332,814 0 25.47 BigeyeTuna 11,749 9,151 0 0.90 Bluefin Tuna 62 24 0 0.00 Skipjack Tuna 64,400 45,405 0 4.92 Yellowfin Tuna 19,499 17,310 0 1.49 TOTALS 429,305 404,704 12 32.78 OTHER PELAGICS Mahimahi 9,181 5,643 0 0.70 Moonfish 915 184 0 0.07 Oilfish 6,350 62 0 0.48 Pomfret 1,063 272 0 0.08 Wahoo 13,948 11,644 0 1.07 TOTALS 31,457 17,805 12 2.40 NON-PMUS Other Pelagic Fish 2,789 34 0 0.21 TOTALS 2,789 34 12 0.21 (Last Updated 06/27/2006)