AMERICAN SAMOA Logbook Catch and Effort for 2000 EXCEL FILE ~ (Close Window to Return) EFFORT Number of Vessels 35 Number of Sets 2,814 1000 Hooks Set 1,335 Number of Lightsticks 465 CATCH (Number of Fish) Species # Caught # Kept # Finned # Caught/ 1000 Hooks BILLFISH Black marlin 140 105 0 0.10 Blue marlin 454 303 0 0.34 Striped Marlin 267 45 0 0.20 Sailfish 49 21 0 0.04 Spearfish 65 7 0 0.05 Swordfish 22 21 0 0.02 TOTALS 997 502 0 0.75 SHARKS Blue shark 399 4 69 0.30 Shortfin Mako Shark 14 0 1 0.01 Thresher Shark 18 0 0 0.01 Other Pelagic Sharks 66 1 36 0.05 TOTALS 497 5 106 0.37 TUNA Albacore 32,218 32,143 0 24.14 BigeyeTuna 947 836 0 0.71 Bluefin Tuna 16 0 0 0.01 Skipjack Tuna 2,463 2,321 0 1.85 Yellowfin Tuna 6,061 6,018 0 4.54 TOTALS 41,705 41,318 106 31.25 OTHER PELAGICS Mahimahi 1,325 1,272 0 0.99 Moonfish 153 76 0 0.11 Oilfish 88 4 0 0.07 Pomfret 96 35 0 0.07 Wahoo 1,463 1,418 0 1.10 TOTALS 3,125 2,805 106 2.34 NON-PMUS Other Pelagic Fish 57 53 0 0.04 TOTALS 57 53 106 0.04 (Last Updated 06/27/2006)