AMERICAN SAMOA Logbook Catch and Effort for 1997 EXCEL FILE ~ (Close Window to Return) EFFORT Number of Vessels 21 Number of Sets 1,533 1000 Hooks Set 420 Number of Lightsticks 14 CATCH (Number of Fish) Species # Caught # Kept # Finned # Caught/ 1000 Hooks BILLFISH Black marlin 30 30 0 0.07 Blue marlin 231 225 0 0.55 Striped Marlin 13 10 0 0.03 Sailfish 67 64 0 0.16 Spearfish 9 9 0 0.02 Swordfish 22 22 0 0.05 TOTALS 372 360 0 0.89 SHARKS Blue shark 33 8 12 0.08 Shortfin Mako Shark 39 11 28 0.09 Thresher Shark 13 3 4 0.03 Other Pelagic Sharks 11 4 7 0.03 TOTALS 96 26 51 0.23 TUNA Albacore 13,077 13,027 0 31.16 BigeyeTuna 154 154 0 0.37 Skipjack Tuna 428 428 0 1.02 Yellowfin Tuna 945 945 0 2.25 TOTALS 14,604 14,554 51 34.80 OTHER PELAGICS Mahimahi 843 838 0 2.01 Moonfish 35 34 0 0.08 Oilfish 31 13 0 0.07 Pomfret 4 4 0 0.01 Wahoo 347 347 0 0.83 TOTALS 1,260 1,236 51 3.00 NON-PMUS Other Pelagic Fish 15 14 0 0.04 TOTALS 15 14 51 0.04 (Last Updated 06/27/2006)