American Samoa fisheries investigations annual report FY96
Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources. 1996. American Samoa fisheries investigations annual report FY96. Department of Marine and Wildlife Resources. Pago Pago, American Samoa
Summarizes the catch of fish for 1995 for the inshore fishery; caught 38% of the total landings for domestic fisheries; catch per unit effort (CPUE)increased from 1994 but was still lower than levels in 1991; coral reef fish make up 33% of catch while non-residents make up only 5%, inverts make up 62%; scarids and acanthurids were the most important of the reef fish families; jacks and skipjacks made up the bulk of the non-resident species; octopus was the most important invert, followed by urchins.