AMERICAN SAMOA Logbook Catch and Effort for 2007 EXCEL FILE ~ (Close Window to Return) EFFORT Number of Vessels 29 Number of Trips 377 Number of Sets 5,919 1000 Hooks Set 17,552 Number of Lightsticks 9,478 CATCH (Number of Fish) Species # Caught # Kept # Caught/ 1000 Hooks BILLFISH Black marlin 11 1 0.00 Blue marlin 3,627 619 0.21 Striped marlin 502 35 0.03 Sailfish 453 31 0.03 Spearfish 786 33 0.04 Swordfish 403 219 0.02 TOTALS 5,782 938 0.33 SHARKS Blue shark 4,361 20 0.25 Shortfin mako shark 281 9 0.02 Thresher shark 218 1 0.01 White tip oceanic shark 1,287 6 0.07 Sharks (misc) 571 9 0.03 TOTALS 6,718 45 0.38 TUNA Albacore 321,890 321,227 18.34 Bigeye tuna 15,529 13,729 0.88 Bluefin tuna 45 20 0.00 Skipjack tuna 40,405 30,444 2.30 Yellowfin tuna 33,901 31,932 1.93 TOTALS 411,770 397,352 23.46 OTHER PELAGICS Mahimahi 2,249 1,352 0.13 Moonfish 633 138 0.04 Oilfish 9,053 47 0.52 Pomfret 914 97 0.05 Wahoo 17,568 14,277 1.00 TOTALS 30,417 15,911 1.73 NON-PMUS Pelagic fish (misc) 632 29 0.04 TOTALS 632 29 0.04 (Last Updated 04/10/2008)