NMFS California/Oregon Drift Gillnet
Observer Program
Observed Catch - 2005/2006 Fishing Season
May 1, 2005, through January 31, 2006 |
| |
| This table summarizes the total catch and final
disposition, by species, of all fish, marine mammals, sea turtles, and seabirds observed
caught in the California/Oregon drift gillnet fishery during the 2005/2006 fishing season.
Data were collected at sea by contract observers, and represent a total of 228 sets.
Estimated total fishing effort for the season is 1,075 sets. |
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Species |
Tota
Caught |
Number
Kept |
Number Returned |
Unknown |
Number
Damaged |
Catch per
100 Sets |
| Alive |
Dead |
| |
| Swordfish |
465 |
460 |
|
5 |
|
40 |
203.9 |
| Striped Marlin |
2 |
|
|
2 |
|
|
0.9 |
| Blue Marlin |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
0.4 |
| |
| Albacore |
204 |
199 |
|
5 |
|
15 |
89.5 |
| Bluefin Tuna |
47 |
45 |
|
2 |
|
8 |
20.6 |
| Skipjack Tuna |
35 |
33 |
|
2 |
|
2 |
15.4 |
| |
| Common Thresher Shark |
415 |
414 |
1 |
|
|
|
182.0 |
| Bigeye Thresher Shark |
75 |
41 |
1 |
33 |
|
1 |
32.9 |
| Shortfin Mako Shark |
146 |
137 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
|
64.0 |
| Blue Shark |
91 |
|
34 |
52 |
5 |
2 |
39.9 |
| |
| Bat Ray |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
0.4 |
| Bullet Mackerel |
26 |
26 |
|
|
|
|
11.4 |
| Common Mola |
2537 |
2 |
2522 |
48 |
1 |
1 |
1112.7 |
| King of the Salmon |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
|
0.4 |
| Louvar |
16 |
13 |
|
3 |
|
7 |
7.0 |
| Manta |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
0.4 |
| Mobula |
2 |
|
|
2 |
|
|
0.9 |
| Oilfish |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
1.3 |
| Opah |
62 |
61 |
|
|
1 |
3 |
27.2 |
| Other Identified Fish |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
|
0.9 |
| Pacific Bonito |
6 |
4 |
|
2 |
|
|
2.6 |
| Pacific Electric Ray |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
0.4 |
| Pacific Mackerel |
434 |
78 |
36 |
320 |
|
1 |
190.4 |
| Pacific Pomfret |
10 |
2 |
1 |
7 |
|
1 |
4.4 |
| Pacific Sardine |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
0.4 |
| Pelagic Stingray |
2 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
0.9 |
| Remora |
1 |
|
1 |
|
|
|
0.4 |
| Unidentified Fish |
2 |
|
1 |
1 |
|
1 |
0.9 |
| Unidentified Rockfish |
2 |
|
2 |
|
|
|
0.9 |
| White Seabass |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
0.4 |
| Yellowtail |
4 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
1.8 |
| |
| Short-Beaked Common Dolphin |
9 |
|
|
9 |
|
|
3.9 |
| Long-Beaked Common Dolphin |
5 |
|
|
5 |
|
|
2.2 |
| |
| California Sea Lion |
2 |
|
|
2 |
|
|
0.9 |
| Northern Elephant Seal |
1 |
|
|
1 |
|
|
0.4 |
| |
| Northern Fulmar |
5 |
|
5 |
|
|
|
2.2 |
02/27/08
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