70637 Project Published / External 56996 Fisheries Monitoring Project Since 1988, U.S. purse seine vessels have had access to fish in waters of some foreign Pacific Island countries under the South Pacific Tuna Treaty (SPTT). This fleet primarily targets skipjack and yellowfin tuna, but also incidentally catches bigeye tuna. In the Western Central Pacific Ocean, the fleet primarily lands its catch in Pago Pago, American Samoa, though historically the fleet has also offloaded in other Pacific Islands ports. Historically, the purse-seine fishery began in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) in the 1950s. Most of the purse seine tuna catch came from the EPO until 1993 when many vessels moved to fish in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean in response to dolphin conservation measures in the EPO and to fishing access granted to the U.S.A by the South Pacific Tuna Treaty (SPTT) in 1987. Monitoring Theme FMP Theme FRMD Theme PIFSC Theme purse seine Theme skipjack Theme yellowfin tuna Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Honolulu HI USA Collection Yes South Pacific Tuna Treaty Logbook Federal Electronic, Paper Data Steward 2023-09-22 Person Suter, Jenny M jenny.suter@noaa.gov 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA Contact via email Distributor 2016 Organization Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center PIFSC pifsc.info@noaa.gov https://ror.org/02apffz65 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA 808-725-5360 https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov Pacific Island Fisheries Science Center homepage Online Resource 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Metadata Contact 2023-09-22 Person Suter, Jenny M jenny.suter@noaa.gov 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA Contact via email Point of Contact 2023-09-22 Person Suter, Jenny M jenny.suter@noaa.gov 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA Contact via email Ground Condition 130 -150 10 -10 Western Central Pacific Ocean Continuing 1988 Sensitive https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/national/bycatch/fishing-gear-purse-seines Fishing Gear: Purse Seines Online Resource https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/pacific-islands/international-affairs/south-pacific-tuna-treaty South Pacific Tuna Treaty Online Resource 70638 Data Set gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:70637 Brent Miyamoto 2023-08-25T01:34:18 SysAdmin InPortAdmin 2026-08-28T22:28:35 2023-09-22 Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center PIFSC 1845 Wasp Blvd. Honolulu HI 96818 USA 808-725-5300 https://www.pifsc.noaa.gov 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. 1001 Public No 2023-09-22 1 Year 2024-09-22