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NMFS California/Oregon Drift Gillnet Observer Program
Observed Catch - 1993/1994 Fishing Season
May 1, 1993, through January 31, 1994

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 1993/1994 fishing season. Data were collected at sea by NMFS observers, and represent a total of 757 sets. Estimated total fishing effort for the season is 5,652 sets.

Species

Total
Caught

Number
Kept

Number Returned

Number
Damaged

Catch per
100 Sets

Alive

Dead

Unknown

Swordfish

1696

1690

6

88

224.0

Striped Marlin

44

7

1

36

1

5.8

Blue Marlin

2

1

1

0.3

Black Marlin

4

4

0.5

Albacore

3432

2919

513

663

453.4

Bigeye Tuna

2

2

0.3

Bluefin Tuna

196

187

9

33

25.9

Skipjack Tuna

1083

207

876

282

143.1

Yellowfin Tuna

3

3

0.4

Common Thresher Shark

503

503

3

66.4

Bigeye Thresher Shark

45

37

8

5.9

Pelagic Thresher Shark

1

1

0.1

Shortfin Mako Shark

294

287

3

4

3

38.8

Blue Shark

1648

13

507

1087

41

48

217.7

Basking Shark

1

1

0.1

Salmon Shark

2

1

1

0.3

Smooth Hammerhead Shark

15

2

13

2.0

Unidentified Hammerhead Shark

1

1

0.1

Bat Ray

1

1

0.1

Bullet Mackerel

4

3

1

0.5

Common Mola

4969

2

4668

265

34

3

656.4

Jack Mackerel

5

2

3

0.7

Louvar

35

31

4

13

4.6

Mobula

1

1

0.1

Oarfish

1

1

0.1

Opah

344

341

3

27

45.4

Other Identified Fish

12

1

7

4

1.6

Pacific Bonito

3

3

2

0.4

Pacific Electric Ray

1

1

0.1

Pacific Hake

119

6

113

10

15.7

Pacific Mackerel

79

10

1

68

10.4

Pacific Pomfret

38

6

21

1

2

5.0

Pacific Sardine

11

1

10

2

1.5

Pelagic Stingray

22

1

15

6

1

2.9

Remora

1

1

0.1

Unidentified Fish

72

1

71

60

9.5

Yellowtail

4

4

0.5

Short-Beaked Common Dolphin

16

16

2.1

Long-Beaked Common Dolphin

0.0

Unidentified Common Dolphin

0.0

Northern Right Whale Dolphin

7

7

0.9

Pacific White-sided Dolphin

1

1

0.1

Risso's Dolphin

5

5

0.7

Dall's Porpoise

9

9

1.2

Cuvier's Beaked Whale

5

5

0.7

Pygmy Sperm Whale

1

1

0.1

Short-Finned Pilot Whale

8

8

1.1

Sperm Whale

3

1

2

0.4

Unidentified Whale

1

1

0.1

California Sea Lion

13

1

12

1.7

Northern Elephant Seal

17

17

2.2

Leatherback Sea Turtle

2

1

1

0.3

Loggerhead Sea Turtle

2

2

0.3

Unidentified Sea Turtle

3

2

1

0.0

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