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DOCUMENT SAR 8-07 • SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF SMALL TUNAS • CATCHES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE USA PROPOSED CLOSED AREA
DOCUMENT SAR 8-07
• SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF SMALL TUNAS
• CATCHES INSIDE AND OUTSIDE USA PROPOSED CLOSED AREA
Average Annual Number of Sets (1994-2006)
USA PROPOSED CLOSED AREA
PURSE SEINE CATCHES - USA PROPOSED CLOSED AREA
Species Size Inside Outside % inside
Bigeye <2.5 kg 2,274 2,203 51%
2.5-12.5 kg 13,603 10,481 56%
>12.5 kg 16,251 7,328 69%
Total 32,435 20,176 62%
Yellowfin <2.5 kg 2,317 4,189 36%
2.5-12.5 kg 7,806 64,929 11%
>12.5 kg 22,890 82,513 22%
Total 33,212 153,045 18%
Skipjack <2.5 kg 17,014 30,368 36%
2.5-12.5 kg 50,953 58,188 47%
>12.5 kg 770 504 60%
Total 69,258 89,860 44%
Grand total 134,907 263,089 34%
Number of sets 3,630 11,508 24%
Average Catch (mt) Change with USA Proposed Closure
-60,000
-50,000
-40,000
-30,000
-20,000
-10,000
0
10,000
20,000
Big
eye
<2
.5 k
g
Big
eye
2.5
-12
.5 k
g
Big
eye
>1
2.5
kg
Big
eye
To
tal
Ye
llow
fin <
2.5
kg
Ye
llow
fin 2
.5-1
2.5
kg
Ye
llow
fin >
12
.5 k
g
Ye
llow
fin T
ota
l
Ski
pja
ck <
2.5
kg
Ski
pja
ck 2
.5-1
2.5
kg
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pja
ck >
12
.5 k
g
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pja
ck T
ota
l
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tal T
un
a
mt
