PIFSC report on the American Samoa limited-access longline fishery from 1 January to 30 June 2016

"The following tables represent effort, retained catch (kept) and discards as reported on longline log sheets for the American Samoa limited-access longline fishery. Effort and catch-effort statistics are based on date of longline haul. Effort and catch statistics are based on logbook data submitted to the PIFSC, FRMD and represent an Oracle table LLDS_REPORT_STATS_AS database extraction done on 31 March 2017. When a statistic (number of vessels, trips) can involve dates of haul in 2 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 are not additive statistics (i.e. sum of 4 quarters is not the total for the year, etc.). A Large Vessel Prohibited Area (LVPA) was in effect from 1 March 2002 to 29 January 2016. Effort and catch statistics for 2016 are provided for the vessels fishing in what previously were LVPAs but were reopened in 2016." [doi:10.7289/V5/DR-PIFSC-17-018 (http://doi.org/10.7289/V5/DR-PIFSC-17-018)] Fisheries Research and Monitoring Division, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center. "Issued 8 June 2017." System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. 2017 NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) PIFSC (Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center) Library http://doi.org/10.7289/V5/DR-PIFSC-17-018 Public Domain 1930