American Samoa Longline Observer Program
Project (PRJ) | Pacific Islands Regional Office (PIRO)GUID: gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:16866 | Updated: August 9, 2022 | Published / External
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Summary
Deploys fishery observers on American Samoa longline fishing vessels targeting tuna (deep set) to record information on gear, catch information, morphometrics, specimen collection, environmental data and interactions with protective species such as sea turtles, marine mammals and seabirds.
Child Items
Type | Title |
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Data Set | American Samoa Longline Trip Log |
Data Set | Bi-annual and Annual Reports |
Data Set | Circular Updates |
Data Set | Incident Report - Legacy |
Data Set | Injury & Safety Report - Legacy |
Data Set | Observer Manual and Current Data Collection Forms |
Data Set | Percent Coverage |
Data Set | Photos and Videos |
Data Set | Post-Cruise Questionnaire - Legacy |
Data Set | Sea Turtle Interaction Report |
Data Set | Vessel Activity Record |
Data Set | Vessel Arrival Info - Legacy |
Contact Information
Point of Contact
Michael Marsik
michael.marsik@noaa.gov
684-633-3971
Point of Contact
Steve Kostelnik
steve.kostelnik@noaa.gov
684-633-5325
Extents
Southern Pacific Ocean
2006-04 - Present
Item Identification
Title: | American Samoa Longline Observer Program |
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Short Name: | ASLOP |
Status: | In Work |
Abstract: |
Deploys fishery observers on American Samoa longline fishing vessels targeting tuna (deep set) to record information on gear, catch information, morphometrics, specimen collection, environmental data and interactions with protective species such as sea turtles, marine mammals and seabirds. |
Purpose: |
Through an amendment to the pelagic fishery management plan established under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, mandatory observers are required aboard American Samoa based longline vessels targeting tuna (deep set, 20% coverage). Protected species that interact with the fishery include sea turtles, especially loggerhead (Caretta caretta), leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) and green turtles (Chelonia mydas). Also seabirds such as the Laysan albatross (Phoebastria immutabilis) and black-footed albatross (P. nigripes), and to a lesser extent, a few whale and dolphin species. The observer program is responsible for fielding longline observers to obtain data on incidental sea turtle take and collect fishing effort data. The observers document interactions of all protected species, tally fish that are kept and discarded, and process selected specimens for life history information. The Pacific Islands Region uses observer data to calculate official estimates (e.g. protected species interactions) and produce technical reports. The Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center receives biological samples for analysis. |
Keywords
Theme Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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UNCONTROLLED | |
None | Acanthocybium solandri |
None | albacore tuna |
None | Alepisaurus ferox |
None | Alopias pelagicus |
None | Alopias spp. |
None | Alopias superciliosus |
None | Alopias vulpinus |
None | Anous spp. |
None | Assurger anzac |
None | Aves |
None | Baird's beaked whale |
None | Balaenoptera acutorostrata |
None | Balaenoptera borealis |
None | Balaenoptera edeni |
None | Balaenoptera musculus |
None | Balaenoptera physalus |
None | Balistidae spp. |
None | Berardius bairdii |
None | bigeye sand tiger shark |
None | bigeye thresher shark |
None | bigeye tuna |
None | Billfishes |
None | black gemfish |
None | black legged kittiwake |
None | black marlin |
None | black-footed albatross |
None | black/brown noddy |
None | blacktip shark |
None | Blainville's beaked whale |
None | blue marlin |
None | blue shark |
None | blue whale |
None | blue-gray noddy |
None | bluefin tuna |
None | bottlenose dolphin |
None | brama pomfret |
None | Brama spp. |
None | brown booby |
None | bryde's whale |
None | bycatch |
None | Canthidermis maculata |
None | Carcharhinus amblyrhynchos |
None | Carcharhinus falciformis |
None | Carcharhinus galapagensis |
None | Carcharhinus limbatus |
None | Carcharhinus longimanus |
None | Carcharhinus plumbeus |
None | Carcharodon carcharius |
None | Caretta caretta |
None | Cetacea |
None | Chelonia mydas |
None | Chelonidae spp. |
None | Chondricthyes |
None | cigarfishes |
None | common mola |
None | common thresher shark |
None | cookie cutter shark |
None | Coryphaena equiselis |
None | Coryphaena hippurus |
None | cottonmouth jack |
None | crestfishes |
None | crocodile shark |
None | Cubiceps spp. |
None | Cuvier's beaked whale |
None | dagger pomfret |
None | deepwater dogfishes |
None | Delphinidae |
None | Delphinus spp. |
None | Dermochelys coriacea |
None | dolphinfish |
None | Echeneidae spp. |
None | Elagatis bipinnulatus |
None | Eretmochelys imbricata |
None | Eschrichtius robustus |
None | escolar |
None | Eumegistus illustris |
None | false killer whale |
None | Feresa attenuata |
None | fin whale |
None | fishery data |
None | Fraser's dolphin |
None | Fregata spp. |
None | Galapagos shark |
None | Galeocerdo cuvier |
None | Gempylidae spp. |
None | Gempylus serpens |
None | giant manta ray |
None | Globicephala macrorhynchus |
None | Gnathastomata |
None | Grampus griseus |
None | gray reef shark |
None | gray whale |
None | great barracuda |
None | great white shark |
None | green sea turtle |
None | green turtle |
None | hammerjaw |
None | Hawaiian monk seal |
None | hawksbill sea turtle |
None | hawksbill turtle |
None | humpback whale |
None | Hydrobatidae spp. |
None | Indopacetus pacificus |
None | Isistius brasiliensis |
None | Istiompax indica |
None | Istiophorus platypterus |
None | Isurus oxyrhinchus |
None | Isurus paucus |
None | Isurus spp. |
None | Kajikia audax |
None | Katsuwonus pelamis |
None | killer whale |
None | king-of-the-salmon |
None | Kogia spp. |
None | Lagenodelphis hosei |
None | Lagenorhynchus obliquidens |
None | Lagocephalus spp. |
None | Lamna ditropis |
None | Lampris guttatus |
None | Laridae spp. |
None | Larus tridactyla |
None | laysan albatross |
None | leatherback sea turtle |
None | leatherback turtle |
None | Lepidochelys olivacea |
None | Lepidocybium flavobrunneum |
None | Lissodelphis borealis |
None | loggerhead sea turtle |
None | loggerhead turtle |
None | longfin escolar |
None | longfin mako shark |
None | Longman's beaked whale |
None | longnose lancetfish |
None | Lophotus spp. |
None | louvar |
None | lustrous pomfret |
None | Luvarus imperialis |
None | Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act |
None | Makaira nigricans |
None | Manta birostris |
None | marine mammals |
None | masked booby |
None | Masturus lanceolatus |
None | Megachasma pelagios |
None | megamouth shark |
None | Megaptera novaeangliae |
None | melon-headed whale |
None | Mesoplodon spp. |
None | mesoplodont beaked whale |
None | Mesplodon densirostris |
None | minke whale |
None | mobula |
None | Mobula spp. |
None | Mola mola |
None | Monachus schauinslandi |
None | Nesiarchus nasutus |
None | northern right whale |
None | oarfish |
None | observer |
None | oceanic whitetip shark |
None | Odontaspis noronhai |
None | oilfish |
None | olive ridley sea turtle |
None | olive ridley turtle |
None | omosudis lowii |
None | opah |
None | orca |
None | Orcinus orca |
None | osteicthys |
None | other identified bird |
None | other identified fish |
None | other identified shark |
None | pacific bonito |
None | Pacific whitesided dolphin |
None | pelagic puffer |
None | pelagic stingray |
None | pelagic thresher shark |
None | Peponocephala electra |
None | Phaethon spp. |
None | Phocoenidae |
None | Phoebastria albatrus |
None | Phoebastria immutabilis |
None | Phoebastria nigripes |
None | Phoebastria spp. |
None | Physeter macrocephalus |
None | Pinnipedia |
None | pompano dolphinfish |
None | Prionace glauca |
None | Procelsterna spp. |
None | Promethichthys prometheus |
None | protected species |
None | Pseudocarcharias kamoharai |
None | Pseudorca crassidens |
None | Pterodroma spp. |
None | Pteroplatytrygon violacea |
None | Puffinus spp. |
None | pygmy killer whale |
None | rainbow runner |
None | Rajiformes |
None | Ranzania laevis |
None | razorback scabbardfish |
None | red-footed booby |
None | Regalecus glesne |
None | Remora |
None | Rhincodon typus |
None | risso's dolphin |
None | Roudi escolar |
None | rough pomfret |
None | rough triggerfish |
None | rough-toothed dolphin |
None | Ruvettus pretiosus |
None | sailfish |
None | salmon shark |
None | sandbar shark |
None | Sarda chiliensis |
None | scalloped hammerhead shark |
None | scalloped ribbonfish |
None | Scombrolabrax heterolepsis |
None | sea birds |
None | sea turtles |
None | seabirds |
None | sei whale |
None | Seriola lalandi |
None | sharks |
None | sharptail mola |
None | short-finned pilot whale |
None | short-tailed albatross |
None | shortbill spearfish |
None | shortfin mako shark |
None | sickle pomfret |
None | silky shark |
None | skipjack tuna |
None | slender mola |
None | smooth hammerhead shark |
None | snake mackerel |
None | sperm whale |
None | Sphyraena barracuda |
None | Sphyrna lewini |
None | Sphyrna spp. |
None | Sphyrna zygaena |
None | spinner dolphin |
None | spotted dolphin |
None | Squalidae spp. |
None | Stenella attenuata |
None | Stenella coeruleoalba |
None | Stenella longirostris |
None | Steno bredanensis |
None | Stercoraius spp. |
None | striped dolphin |
None | striped marlin |
None | Suckerfish |
None | sula dactylatra |
None | sula leucogaster |
None | Sula spp. |
None | Sula sula |
None | swordfish |
None | tapertail ribbonfish |
None | Taractes asper |
None | Taractes rubsecens |
None | Teractichthys steindachneri |
None | Testudines |
None | Tetraodontidae spp. |
None | Tetrapturus angustirostris |
None | thunnus alalunga |
None | thunnus albacares |
None | thunnus obesus |
None | thunnus orientalis |
None | tiger shark |
None | Trachipterus altivelis |
None | Trachipterus fukuzakii |
None | Trichiuridae spp. |
None | tuna |
None | Tursiops truncatus |
None | unidentified albatross |
None | unidentified beaked whale |
None | unidentified billfish |
None | unidentified bird |
None | unidentified blackfish |
None | unidentified booby |
None | unidentified cetacean |
None | unidentified common dolphin |
None | unidentified dolphin |
None | unidentified fish |
None | unidentified frigatebird |
None | unidentified gull |
None | unidentified hammerhead shark |
None | unidentified hardshell sea turtle |
None | unidentified hardshell turtle |
None | unidentified jaeger |
None | unidentified kogia whale |
None | unidentified mako shark |
None | unidentified petrel |
None | unidentified pinniped |
None | unidentified porpoise |
None | unidentified puffer |
None | unidentified ray |
None | unidentified scabbardfish |
None | unidentified sea turtle |
None | unidentified shark |
None | unidentified shearwater |
None | unidentified snake mackerel |
None | unidentified storm petrel |
None | unidentified tern |
None | unidentified thresher shark |
None | unidentified triggerfish |
None | unidentified tropicbird |
None | unidentified tuna |
None | unidentified turtle |
None | unidentified whale |
None | unspecified jack |
None | Uraspis secunda |
None | Uraspis spp. |
None | velvet dogfish |
None | wahoo |
None | whale shark |
None | Xiphias gladuis |
None | yellowfin tuna |
None | Zameus squamulosus |
None | Ziphiidae spp. |
None | Ziphius cavirostris |
None | Zu cristatus |
Temporal Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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UNCONTROLLED | |
None | April 2006 |
Spatial Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
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UNCONTROLLED | |
None | American Samoa |
None | Southern Pacific Ocean |
Stratum Keywords
Thesaurus | Keyword |
---|---|
UNCONTROLLED | |
None | pelagic |
Physical Location
Organization: | Pacific Islands Regional Office |
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City: | Pago Pago |
State/Province: | AS |
Support Roles
Point of Contact
Date Effective From: | 2011-09 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Person): | Marsik, Michael |
Address: |
Suite 101/111, Hwy. 1, Pago Plaza Pago Pago, AS 96799 |
Email Address: | michael.marsik@noaa.gov |
Phone: | 684-633-3971 |
Contact Instructions: |
Phone or email |
Point of Contact
Date Effective From: | 2008-12 |
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Date Effective To: | |
Contact (Person): | Kostelnik, Steve |
Address: |
Suite 101/111, Hwy. 1, Pago Plaza Pago Pago, AS 96799 |
Email Address: | steve.kostelnik@noaa.gov |
Phone: | 684-633-5325 |
Contact Instructions: |
Phone or email |
Extents
Extent Group 1
Extent Group 1 / Geographic Area 1
Description |
Southern Pacific Ocean |
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Extent Group 1 / Time Frame 1
Time Frame Type: | Continuing |
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Start: | 2006-04 |
Access Information
Security Class: | Confidential |
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Child Items
Rubric scores updated every 15m
Type | Title | |
---|---|---|
Data Set | American Samoa Longline Trip Log | |
Data Set | Bi-annual and Annual Reports | |
Data Set | Circular Updates | |
Data Set | Incident Report - Legacy | |
Data Set | Injury & Safety Report - Legacy | |
Data Set | Observer Manual and Current Data Collection Forms | |
Data Set | Percent Coverage | |
Data Set | Photos and Videos | |
Data Set | Post-Cruise Questionnaire - Legacy | |
Data Set | Sea Turtle Interaction Report | |
Data Set | Vessel Activity Record | |
Data Set | Vessel Arrival Info - Legacy |
Related Items
Item Type | Relationship Type | Title |
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Data Set (DS) | Cross Reference |
Longline Observer Data System |
Catalog Details
Catalog Item ID: | 16866 |
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GUID: | gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:16866 |
Metadata Record Created By: | Eric Forney |
Metadata Record Created: | 2012-10-24 16:43+0000 |
Metadata Record Last Modified By: | SysAdmin InPortAdmin |
Metadata Record Last Modified: | 2022-08-09 17:11+0000 |
Metadata Record Published: | 2015-12-02 |
Owner Org: | PIRO |
Metadata Publication Status: | Published Externally |
Do Not Publish?: | N |
Metadata Last Review Date: | 2015-12-02 |
Metadata Review Frequency: | 1 Year |
Metadata Next Review Date: | 2016-12-02 |