California Longline Logbook

This data set contains the catch, effort, and bycatch information recorded by captains in the vessel logbook.

The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council (WPRFMC) developed the fishery management plan (FMP) to manage the pelagic resources authorized by the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976. This FMP, which regulates the U.S. domestic fisheries for tuna, swordfish, marlin, and other pelagic species within the western Pacific U.S. Exclusive Economic Zones, was first implemented by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), National Marine Fisheries Services (NMFS), on March 23, 1987. The Federal longline logbook program was implemented by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) in November 1990. Logbooks are filed by all operators of fishing vessels conducting longline fishing operations within the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone from 3 to 200 nmi offshore in American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, the Northern Mariana Islands, and U.S. possessions in the western Pacific. In addition, these western Pacific-based vessels are required to submit logbooks when fishing outside of the US EEZ. Thus, Hawaii-based vessels with a permit to fish under the western Pacific pelagics FMP that landed on the West Coast are required to submit the Federal Western Pacific Daily Longline Fishing Log. The Pacific Offshore Longline Logbook was collected under the authority of the California Department of Fish and Game. The California High Seas Pelagic Longline / Gillnet Data is collected under the High Seas Fishing Compliance Act of 1995 (16 USC §§ 5501_5509). This Act is the federal legislation implementing the Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas. It requires high seas fishing vessels to operate under permits issued by the Secretary of Commerce and to comply with international conservation and management measures. The data are confidential and can only be presented in the summarized form to the public. However, researchers with appropriate clearance can access the more detailed data.

This data was originally collected by the PIFSC and later moved to the SWFSC. In 2015 the data set was moved back to PIFSC. Both science centers share in the data collection, summarization and dissemination process.

This data set contains the catch, effort, and bycatch information recorded by captains in the vessel logbook.

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Hard copy data are locked in a secured area. Data are stored in files on government computers with all of the proper Government security measures in place

Contact point of contact. Supply official request for data and purpose of that request.

NMFS/SWFSC personnel need a signed Statement of non-disclosure agreement to access the detailed data. The data are confidential and can only be presented in summarized form to the public. Researchers with appropriate clearance can access the more detailed data.

All use of the data sets should be cleared with NMFS/SWFSC.

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