AMERICAN SAMOA
Logbook Catch and Effort for 2002
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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)