This annual report for the period 1 January - 31 December, 2018, contains summary data of fishing effort and catch statistics as reported on longline log sheets for the American Samoa permitted longline fishery. Data in this report originate from the PIFSC Information Management System (Oracle) table LLDS_RPT_STATS_AS20190211_RFMO, representing preliminary data received as of 11 February 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.).

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