AMERICAN SAMOA Logbook Catch and Effort for 2004 EXCEL FILE ~ (Close Window to Return) EFFORT Number of Vessels 40 Number of Trips 612 Number of Sets 4,850 1000 Hooks Set 11,736 Number of Lightsticks 2,493 CATCH (Number of Fish) Species # Caught # Kept # Caught/ 1000 Hooks BILLFISH Black marlin 17 4 0.00 Blue marlin 2,114 210 0.18 Striped marlin 224 64 0.02 Sailfish 793 58 0.07 Spearfish 963 39 0.08 Swordfish 333 166 0.03 TOTALS 4,444 541 0.38 SHARKS Blue shark 7,051 26 0.60 Shortfin mako shark 264 6 0.02 Thresher shark 429 0 0.04 White tip oceanic shark 1,876 2 0.16 Sharks (misc) 334 0 0.03 TOTALS 9,954 34 0.85 TUNA Albacore 151,138 150,211 12.88 Bigeye tuna 14,752 14,021 1.26 Bluefin tuna 14 13 0.00 Skipjack tuna 45,901 37,524 3.91 Yellowfin tuna 38,126 36,839 3.25 TOTALS 249,931 238,608 21.30 OTHER PELAGICS Mahimahi 2,553 2,002 0.22 Moonfish 698 117 0.06 Oilfish 7,997 81 0.68 Pomfret 1,157 181 0.10 Wahoo 18,492 16,940 1.58 TOTALS 30,897 19,321 2.63 NON-PMUS Pelagic fish (misc) 788 33 0.07 TOTALS 788 33 0.07 (Last Updated 02/06/2008)