American Samoa 1997 fishery statistics
Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources and Western Pacific Fishery Information Network. 1999. American Samoa 1997 fishery statistics. Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources. Pago Pago, American Samoa
A report on fishery statistics for American Samoa in 1997. The summary tables presented for 1997 were created in a different manner and are substantially different from earlier volumes. The 1996 and 1997 tables include only monthly and annual estimated commercial landings for all American Samoa islands combined, e.g. separate tables for Tutuila and the Manu`a islands are no longer provided. For 1996, data from the fish dealer purchase receipt system for spearfish were integrated with the creel survey expansion files, and appropriate changes in the creel survey databases were made. Additional modifications in creel survey databases were made for 1997 data to further reduce sampling biases, and new expansions were created. In summary, the data presented in this volume represent the best available estimates at this time, but will likely change slightly in the future once the complete reprogramming of the system and reprocessing of the data are complete.