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| AMERICAN SAMOA |
| Logbook Catch and Effort for 2003 |
| EXCEL FILE ~
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| EFFORT |
| Number of Vessels |
51 |
| Number of Trips |
932 |
| Number of Sets |
6,220 |
| 1000 Hooks Set |
14,165 |
| Number of Lightsticks |
4,269 |
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| CATCH (Number of Fish) |
| Species |
# Caught |
# Kept |
# Caught/ 1000 Hooks |
| BILLFISH |
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| Black marlin |
33 |
3 |
0.00 |
| Blue marlin |
2,783 |
234 |
0.20 |
| Striped Marlin |
295 |
85 |
0.02 |
| Sailfish |
547 |
63 |
0.04 |
| Spearfish |
446 |
111 |
0.03 |
| Swordfish |
439 |
249 |
0.03 |
| TOTALS |
4,543 |
745 |
0.32 |
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| SHARKS |
|
|
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| Blue shark |
7,863 |
89 |
0.56 |
| Shortfin Mako Shark |
350 |
4 |
0.02 |
| Thresher Shark |
390 |
11 |
0.03 |
| White Tip Oceanic Shark |
1,967 |
30 |
0.14 |
| Other Pelagic Sharks |
398 |
3 |
0.03 |
| TOTALS |
10,968 |
137 |
0.77 |
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| TUNA |
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| Albacore |
232,437 |
232,328 |
16.41 |
| BigeyeTuna |
16,131 |
14,890 |
1.14 |
| Bluefin Tuna |
90 |
83 |
0.01 |
| Skipjack Tuna |
41,522 |
29,784 |
2.93 |
| Yellowfin Tuna |
30,420 |
28,836 |
2.15 |
| TOTALS |
320,600 |
305,921 |
22.63 |
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| OTHER PELAGICS |
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|
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| Mahimahi |
6,264 |
3,931 |
0.44 |
| Moonfish |
957 |
184 |
0.07 |
| Oilfish |
7,305 |
102 |
0.52 |
| Pomfret |
1,175 |
269 |
0.08 |
| Wahoo |
16,051 |
14,238 |
1.13 |
| TOTALS |
31,752 |
18,724 |
2.24 |
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| NON-PMUS |
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| Other Pelagic Fish |
2,611 |
36 |
0.18 |
| TOTALS |
2,611 |
36 |
0.18 |
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| (Last Updated 06/27/2006) |
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