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NMFS California/Oregon Drift Gillnet Observer Program
Observed Catch - 1998/1999 Fishing Season
May 1, 1998, through January 31, 1999

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 1998/1999 fishing season. Data were collected at sea by contract observers, and represent a total of 498 sets. Approximate total fishing effort for the season is 2,959 sets.

Total
Caught

Number
Kept

Number Returned

Number
Damaged

Catch per
100 Sets

Alive

Dead

Unknown

Swordfish

1069

1051

18

112

214.7

Striped Marlin

2

2

1

0.4

Albacore

1918

1652

266

424

385.1

Bluefin Tuna

342

308

34

77

68.7

Skipjack Tuna

1814

499

1

1314

430

364.3

Yellowfin Tuna

16

13

3

3

3.2

Common Thresher Shark

393

391

2

1

78.9

Bigeye Thresher Shark

15

14

1

3.0

Pelagic Thresher Shark

1

1

0.2

Shortfin Mako Shark

312

302

8

2

5

62.7

Blue Shark

2260

1

761

1472

26

70

453.8

Salmon Shark

1

1

0.2

Smooth Hammerhead Shark

1

1

0.2

Soupfin Shark

1

1

0.2

Spiny Dogfish

1

1

0.2

Unidentified Shark

1

1

0.2

Bat Ray

1

1

0.2

Blacksmith

1

1

0.2

Bullet Mackerel

444

70

374

6

89.2

California Barracuda

6

6

1.2

California Needlefish

2

1

1

0.4

Common Mola

4397

1

4266

119

11

8

882.9

Louvar

47

39

1

7

17

9.4

Manta

4

2

2

0.8

Northern Anchovy

1

1

0.2

Opah

303

293

10

40

60.8

Other Identified Fish

15

4

8

3

1

3.0

Pacific Bonito

64

47

17

17

12.9

Pacific Electric Ray

3

3

0.6

Pacific Hake

2

2

0.4

Pacific Mackerel

65

33

2

29

1

2

13.1

Pacific Pomfret

19

12

7

2

3.8

Pelagic Stingray

21

18

3

4.2

Remora

3

2

1

0.6

Round Stingray

1

1

0.2

Unidentified Fish

38

37

1

37

7.6

Unidentified Rockfish

2

1

1

0.4

Yellowtail

12

12

2.4

Short-Beaked Common Dolphin

18

18

3.6

Long-Beaked Common Dolphin

1

1

0.2

Gray Whale

1

1

0.2

Sperm Whale

1

1

0.2

California Sea Lion

20

20

4.0

Northern Elephant Seal

3

3

0.6

Unidentified Pinniped

2

2

0.4

Loggerhead Sea Turtle

3

3

0.6

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