AMERICAN SAMOA Logbook Catch and Effort for 2006 EXCEL FILE ~ (Close Window to Return) EFFORT Number of Vessels 29 Number of Trips 331 Number of Sets 5,070 1000 Hooks Set 14,265 Number of Lightsticks 22,397 CATCH (Number of Fish) Species # Caught # Kept # Caught/ 1000 Hooks BILLFISH Black marlin 5 1 0.00 Blue marlin 2,638 402 0.18 Striped marlin 475 134 0.03 Sailfish 802 176 0.06 Spearfish 1,288 111 0.09 Swordfish 1,106 939 0.08 TOTALS 6,314 1,763 0.44 SHARKS Blue shark 5,226 13 0.37 Shortfin mako shark 313 19 0.02 Thresher shark 321 0 0.02 White tip oceanic shark 1,266 2 0.09 Sharks (misc) 397 2 0.03 TOTALS 7,523 36 0.53 TUNA Albacore 263,094 262,920 18.44 Bigeye tuna 13,523 12,264 0.95 Bluefin tuna 36 32 0.00 Skipjack tuna 45,858 35,563 3.21 Yellowfin tuna 22,631 21,752 1.59 TOTALS 345,142 332,531 24.19 OTHER PELAGICS Mahimahi 5,309 2,598 0.37 Moonfish 697 195 0.05 Oilfish 6,517 158 0.46 Pomfret 656 130 0.05 Wahoo 21,428 19,577 1.50 TOTALS 34,607 22,658 2.43 NON-PMUS Pelagic fish (misc) 369 33 0.03 TOTALS 369 33 0.03 (Last Updated 02/06/2008)