The American Samoa Longline Limited-entry Fishery Semi-annual Report 1 July-31 December 2019

This semi-annual report for the period 1 July-31 December 2019 contains summary data 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_RFMO_AS, representing RFMO data received as of 15 September 2020. 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). 2020 NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) PIFSC (Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center) Submitted https://doi.org/10.25923/phhg-0h42 Public Domain 1861