Director's Report to the 58th Tuna Conference on Tuna and Tuna-Related Activities at the Southwest Fisheries Science Center for the Period May 1, 2006 to April 30, 2007

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) collects and manages data from the U.S. purse seine fishery for tropical tunas in the western-central Pacific, as part of U.S. obligation under the South Pacific Tuna Treaty. Information from U.S. vessels licensed to fish under the treaty is collected by the NMFS Pacific Islands Regional Office in American Samoa and transmitted to the Southwest Fisheries Science Center (SWFSC) in La Jolla, California, where scientists computerize logbooks, landings, and biological data collected from the fleet. 2007 NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) SWFSC (Southwest Fisheries Science Center) Library Public Domain 1863