Quarterly Report The American Samoa Longline Limited-entry Fishery 1 October - 31 December, 2018 FRMD

This quarterly report for the period 1 October - 31 December, 2018, contains summary data summaries of fishing effort and catch statistics as reported on longline log sheets for the American Samoa longline limited-entry fishery. Data in this report originate from the PIFSC Information Management System (Oracle) table LLDS_REPORT_STATS_PRELIM_AS, representing preliminary data received as of 07 September 2019. Catch and effort statistics are based on date of longline haul. When a statistic (number of vessels, trips) involves dates of haul in two summary periods (i.e., years, semi-annual, quarters), the item is counted in both summary periods. Thus, a trip total is for “partial and completed” trips. As such, these statistics are not additive (i.e., sum of four quarters is not the total for the year, etc.). 2019 NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) PIFSC (Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center) Submitted https://doi.org/10.25923/vyzn-3226 Public Domain 1930