Japanese Longline Fishing: Comparisons Between Observer Data and Japanese Quarterly Reports for 1979 in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico

摘要

The Fishery Conservation and Management Act (FCMA) explicitly provides that authorized United States observers be permitted on board any foreign fishing vessel which is fishing for, or is incidentally catching, any fish over which the United States has exclusive management jurisdiction. Although tunas are not managed under the FCMA because they are highly migratory; the Japanese longline tuna fishery does take other species incidental to tuna (e.g., billfishes and sharks), and these species are subject to certain requirements of the FCMA. This 1979 statistical report evaluates the data provided by the Japanese in their required quarterly reports; presents summarized observer and Japanese quarterly report data for 1979; describes reporting procedures and data collected.