Atlantic Billfish Fishery Management Plan Amendment

APPENDICES

A. List of Atlantic Billfish Advisory Panel Members A-1
B. 1997 and 1998 ICCAT Recommendations for Atlantic Billfish B-1
C. Reported ICCAT Atlantic Billfish Catches by Country and Year C-1
D. Billfish Tournament Registration and Reporting Forms D-1
E. Summary of Comments and Responses on the Draft Atlantic Billfish FMP Amendment E-1

Appendix A. Billfish Advisory Panel Members
Mr. Nelson Beideman
Blue Water Fishermen's Association		 Mr. Randy Blankinship
Texas Parks and Wildlife Dept
Dr. Maumus Claverie
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council		 Dr. Bruce Freeman
New Jersey Dept. of Environmental Protection
Mr. Robert Hayes Ball Janik
Dr. John Graves
Chair, ICCAT Advisory Committee
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
The College of William and Mary		 Tom Hill
New England Fishery Management Council
Mr. Rob Kramer
Florida Department of Environmental Protection		 Dr. Linda Lucas
Eckerd College
Dr. Ellen Peel
The Billfish Foundation		 Mr. Charlie Moore
South Carolina Marine Resources Division
Dr. Russell Nelson
South Atlantic Fishery Management Council		 Mr. Bill Outten
Maryland Department of Natural Resources
Dr. Carl Safina
National Audubon Society		 Alan Weiss
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council
Blue Water Fishing Tackle Company		 Mr. Rom Whitaker
Hatteras Harbor Charter Boats
Mr. Dale Ward
NC Division of Marine Fisheries		 Mr. Bob Zales
Charter Boat Captain

Appendix B. ICCAT Recommendations

I. 1997 ICCAT Recommendation

REPORT OF PANEL 4 1

1997 COMMISSION MEETING

November 21, 1997 (12:28 am) DOC # 71

RECOMMENDATION BY ICCAT REGARDING

ATLANTIC BLUE MARLIN AND ATLANTIC WHITE MARLIN

RECOGNIZING that the objective of ICCAT is to maintain populations of tunas and tuna-like species, including Atlantic blue marlin and Atlantic white marlin, at levels that will produce maximum sustainable yield (MSY) for food and other purposes;

EXPRESSING CONCERN that the SCRS has estimated that Atlantic blue marlin biomass is 25% of the MSY level, and that Atlantic white marlin biomass is at 23% of the MSY level;

NOTING that the current stock assessment is derived in part from problematic data as indicated in the SCRS report;

CAREFULLY REVIEWING projections for blue marlin and white marlin indicating that reductions in fishing mortality are necessary to avoid further declines in the stocks and to begin rebuilding these stocks;

RECOGNIZING that rebuilding blue marlin and white marlin stocks will be beneficial to all parties fishing on these stocks, as they are a source of food and recreational activity for many countries;

THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE CONSERVATION
OF ATLANTIC TUNAS (ICCAT) RECOMMENDS THAT:

All contracting and Non-contracting Parties, Entities, and Fishing Entities

1. Reduce, starting in 1998, blue marlin and white marlin landings by at least 25% for each species from 1996 landings, such reduction to be accomplished by the end of 1999.

2. Promote the voluntary release of live blue marlin and white marlin.

3. Advice ICCAT annually of measures in place or to be taken that reduce landings of marlins or fishing effort in the commercial and recreational fisheries that interact with blue marlin and white marlin.

4. Provide all base data requested by the SCRS to improve stock assessment and work to improve current monitoring, data collection and reporting procedures in all their fisheries. In 1999, the SCRS shall conduct blue marlin and white marlin stock assessments and, at the 1999 Commission meeting, the Commission shall review the stock assessment and recommend appropriate management measures, if necessary.

5. The provisions of Section 1 shall not apply to small-scale artisanal fisheries, i.e., those small-scale fisheries for subsistence purposes, including sale to local markets.

The ICCAT Secretariat shall inform all Non-Contracting Parties, Entities, and Fishing Entities of this recommendation and encourage them to cooperate with these measures.

II. 1998 ICCAT Recommendation

REPORT OF PANEL 4

1998 COMMISSION MEETING

RECOMMENDATION BY ICCAT REGARDING

ATLANTIC BILLFISH

EXPRESSING CONCERN that the Commission's Standing Committee on Research and Statistics (SCRS) estimated in 1996 the biomass of Atlantic blue marlin to be 25% of that necessary to produce MSY and the biomass of Atlantic white marlin to be 23% of that necessary to produce MSY;

BEING AWARE that the 1996 stock assessments were derived in part from problematic data as noted in the SCRS Report;

RECOGNIZING that all Contracting Parties, non-contracting parties, entities or fishing entities will reduce landings of Atlantic blue marlin and Atlantic white marlin by at least 25% for each species from 1996 landings by the end of 1999;

NOTING that such reductions may not be evident in data reported to the SCRS until the year 2000 or thereafter;

RECALLING that the Commission last conducted an assessment of western Atlantic sailfish in 1993 and eastern Atlantic sailfish in 1997;

ALSO NOTING that the Commission will need information to develop long term rebuilding plans for any stocks that are identified as over-exploited by the SCRS; and

THE INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION FOR THE CONSERVATION OF ATLANTIC TUNAS (ICCAT) RECOMMENDS THAT:

Appendix C. Reported Catches of Atlantic Billfish by Country and Year

Table 1. Atlantic blue marlin catches from the north and south Atlantic Ocean (1963 to 1996) (1)

Country/Year

63

 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71

72

 73 74 75 76 77 78 79
North Atlantic

5141

 4809 3682 2040 1173 1381 1601 1845 2150 1315 1616 1916 2076 1366 1255 976 897
Barbados 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 183 150 120 81 72 51
Bermuda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 5 2
Canada-Jpn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
China-Taiwan 27 8 2 34 131 374 348 369 193 300 155 183 105 169 64 81 51
Cuba 123 128 144 91 223 167 122 108 149 67 223 516 594 250 220 97 156
Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Granada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japan 4759 4434 3330 1677 485 474 658 758 1223 335 229 267 551 260 118 54 68
Korea 0 1 4 46 66 93 214 368 221 215 457 385 304 174 307 185 67
Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NEI-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nether-Antill 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50 50
Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 208 62 44 47 87 42 6
Portugal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Senegal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
St. Vincent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trin & Tabago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
USA 128 161 163 149 197 168 207 204 179 191 209 234 241 265 295 295 312
USSR 0 0 1 1 3 3 3 2 3 7 10 1 3 0 1 1 0
Ukrain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Venezuela 104 77 38 42 68 102 49 36 182 190 125 85 83 79 80 94 134

South

Atlantic

 3896 3201 2473 1819 1067 1134 1490 1019 1217 1051 1561 1100 1109 944 792 530 504
Benin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brazil 12 12 12 12 6 15 18 39 14 17 4 15 15 29 65 24 30
Brazil-Barb. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brazil-Hond. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brazil-Jpn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 4
Brazil-Taiw. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 35 0 0
Brazil-USA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
China-Taiwan 21 5 2 35 160 429 1016 560 742 628 537 369 422 240 107 177 139
Ivory Coast 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Cuba 22 26 32 27 221 113 43 41 17 22 75 170 195 159 100 113 180
Gabon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ghana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japan 3841 3156 2421 1693 588 472 302 247 172 85 117 17 57 4 17 15 66
Korea 0 1 3 47 79 93 98 120 258 251 532 449 354 392 356 140 78
NEI-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 244 72 51 107 103 32 7
USA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
USSR 0 1 3 5 13 12 13 12 14 36 52 8 15 1 9 4 0
TOTAL 9037 8010 6155 3859 2240 2515 3091 2864 3367 2366 3177 3016 3185 2310 2047 1506 1401


Table 1 Continued, 1980 to 1996.

Country/Year

80

 81 82 83 84 85 86 87

88

 89 90 91 92 93 94 95

96

North Atlantic 1084 1296 1650 1214 1378 1566 1069 836 903 1556 1942 1421 1081 1234 1609 1448 1870
Barbados 73 117 99 126 126 10 14 13 46 3 18 12 18 21 19 31 25
Bermuda 4 1 2 7 8 9 11 6 8 15 17 18 19 11 15 15 15
Canada-Jpn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
China-Taiwan 160 98 100 125 102 148 117 52 26 11 937 716 336 281 272 187 257
Cuba 162 178 318 273 214 246 103 68 94 74 112 127 135 38 50 50 50
Spain 0 0 0 0 3 4 1 0 2 23 2 4 8 0 0 0 2
Granada 1 1 12 6 8 11 36 33 34 40 52 64 52 58 52 50 26
Japan 193 332 637 192 351 409 174 78 206 593 250 145 193 207 532 496 794
Korea 48 71 19 43 110 154 36 13 14 252 240 34 11 2 16 16 41
Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 13 13 13
NEI-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 100 100 100
Nether-Antill 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 40 40 40 40 40 40
Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Portugal 0 0 1 2 1 8 12 8 2 1 1 4 2 15 11 10 7
Senegal 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 0 0 5 5 5
St. Vincent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 2 2 0
Trin & Tabago 0 0 0 3 8 3 17 2 0 28 4 6 4 226 150 150 150
USA 312 342 329 215 280 295 273 429 345 315 188 175 197 207 199 186 232
USSR 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0 0 0 0 0
Venezuela 81 106 83 172 117 219 218 60 76 149 70 56 65 66 133 97 113

South

Atlantic

 500 438 832 533 1086 1473 773 1080 1641 2498 2362 2547 1706 1751 2197 2128 2369
Benin 0 6 8 0 9 10 7 4 12 0 6 6 6 6 0 0 0
Brazil 14 23 16 12 12 8 18 25 30 31 21 18 16 20 23 54 82
Brazil-Barb. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9
Brazil-Hond. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 5 4
Brazil-Jpn 9 5 14 15 20 25 28 26 44 29 31 18 8 11 11 15 0
Brazil-Taiw. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 0
Brazil-USA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 99 115 32 102 231
China-Taiwan 129 104 150 47 70 165 98 265 266 462 767 956 488 404 391 280 386
Ivory Coast 0 0 0 0 100 100 100 100 88 65 72 78 58 110 153 144 144
Cuba 187 108 118 123 159 205 111 137 191 77 90 62 69 0 0 0 0
Gabon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8
Ghana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 430 324 126 123 236 441 471 422
Japan 115 136 495 248 482 691 335 362 617 962 967 755 824 719 991 913 874
Korea 46 55 31 88 234 262 60 139 361 437 84 503 13 11 40 40 103
NEI-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 117 100 100 100
Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
USA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
USSR 0 1 0 0 0 7 16 22 32 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 1584 1987 2763 1892 2664 3239 2042 2116 2744 4254 4504 4168 2987 3185 4006 3776 4439



Table 2. Reported catches (in mt) of Atlantic white marlin by area and country, 1963 to 1996 (SCRS 1997) (2).



Country/Year

63

 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71

72

 73 74 75 76 77 78 79
North Atlantic 914 1694 2127 1798 588 692 1215 1055 1547 1208 1010 1222 1129 1052 501 428 482
Barbados 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Bermuda 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Canada-Jpn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
China-Taiwan 4 3 2 32 47 58 135 104 178 244 135 252 125 142 44 79 62
Cuba 35 45 69 118 127 103 58 61 45 34 112 256 294 68 67 43 68
Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japan 754 1493 1913 1417 174 273 451 419 915 339 328 381 404 540 80 27 42
Korea 0 1 1 51 44 52 204 340 219 213 106 90 71 64 71 33 16
Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NEI-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 48 14 10 17 20 8 1
St. Vincent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
USA 64 70 76 76 81 87 76 104 95 99 104 108 107 109 109 109 110
USSR 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
Venezuela 57 82 66 104 114 118 290 27 94 268 175 212 117 112 110 129 183
South

Atlantic

 1700 2041 2779 1714 838 1355 1054 1088 713 1072 849 538 616 767 624 522 534
Argentina 0 0 0 0 3 14 0 0 20 100 57 0 2 2 2 0 0
Brazil 17 17 17 17 9 21 24 54 17 33 18 32 32 58 25 29 21
Brazil-Barb. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brazil-Hond. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brazil-Jpn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 227 146 112
Brazil-Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 23 0 0
Brazil-Taiw. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brazil-USA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
China-Taiwan 10 3 2 29 134 327 448 508 260 469 464 285 382 377 119 198 155
Cuba 9 17 33 23 67 15 7 8 4 6 21 48 55 38 57 127 205
Gabon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ghana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Japan 1664 2002 2718 1585 494 815 392 284 65 101 27 9 14 3 26 14 15
Korea 0 2 7 58 125 157 177 230 341 332 165 139 109 220 111 5 24
NEI-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 75 22 16 59 31 1 2
USSR 0 0 2 2 6 6 6 4 6 15 22 3 6 0 3 2 0
Uruguay 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 2614 3735 4906 3512 1426 2047 2269 2143 2260 2280 1859 1760 1745 1819 1125 950 1016


Table 2 Continued, for 1980 to 1996.


Country/Year

80

 81 82 83 84 85 86 87

88

 89 90 91 92 93 94 95

96

North Atlantic 521 789 670 1347 740 966 908 648 416 375 395 217 485 435 605 538 443
Barbados 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 117 11 39 17 24 29 26 43 15
Bermuda 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Canada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
Canada-Jpn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
China-Taiwan 105 174 134 203 96 128 319 153 0 4 85 13 92 123 270 181 113
Cuba 70 189 205 728 241 296 225 30 13 21 14 0 0 0 0 0 0
Spain 0 0 0 0 9 14 0 0 24 13 4 2 10 0 19 0 10
Japan 99 118 84 27 52 45 56 60 68 73 34 45 180 33 41 31 81
Korea 18 49 12 6 18 147 37 2 2 82 39 1 9 4 23 3 7
Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 8 0
NEI-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 46 50 50 50
Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
St. Vincent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
USA 116 117 122 148 168 181 119 247 149 123 100 95 96 79 55 109 70
USSR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Venezuela 113 142 113 234 155 155 151 154 42 47 79 43 73 117 110 110 96

South

Atlantic

 422 415 442 319 471 829 680 879 920 1408 1196 1334 813 937 1293 929 1065
Argentina 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0 8 9 6 0 0 0 0 0
Brazil 32 96 20 56 53 51 104 62 114 173 164 281 119 77 72 63 51
Brazil-Barb. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4
Brazil-Hond. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 7 6 4 5
Brazil-Jpn 26 4 56 25 8 36 39 31 35 31 41 22 2 10 6 0 0
Brazil-Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
Brazil-Taiw. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 73 82 207 6 36 12
Brazil-USA 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
China-Taiwan 145 136 227 87 124 172 196 613 565 979 810 790 506 493 1080 726 453
Cuba 212 116 45 112 153 216 192 62 24 22 6 10 10 0 0 0 0
Gabon 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 406
Ghana 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 6 88 68 31 17 14 22 1 2 1
Japan 7 25 27 17 24 81 73 74 76 73 92 77 68 49 51 26 28
Korea 0 36 57 9 44 225 34 25 17 53 42 56 1 4 20 20 52
NEI-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 68 50 50 50
Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
USSR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Uruguay 0 1 10 13 65 44 16 6 1 1 1 1 3 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 943 1204 1112 1666 1211 1795 1588 1527 1336 1783 1591 1551 1298 1372 1898 1467 1508


Table 3. Reported catches (in mt) of Atlantic sailfish and spearfish by area and country, 1963 to 1996 (SCRS 1997).


Country/Year

63

 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71

72

 73 74 75 76 77 78 79
West Atlantic 489 945 1536 1071 727 1280 1094 1830 1603 1045 779 873 792 827 932 795 903
Aruba 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 20 20 30 30
Barbados 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Benin 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brazil 46 46 46 46 23 57 27 21 43 64 37 78 76 176 246 214 175
Brazil-Barb. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brazil-Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brazil-Hond. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brazil-Jpn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 26
Brazil-Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 41 0 0
Brazil-Taiw. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
China-Taiwan 0 0 1 20 106 86 179 111 170 17 107 80 28 126 5 10 18
Cuba 13 29 59 44 0 258 19 58 30 17 58 133 152 0 91 51 151
Domin. Reb. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Grenada 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 37 40
Japan 240 655 1140 608 274 422 228 499 321 132 78 118 112 133 23 9 20
Korea 0 2 6 87 0 160 316 453 446 433 96 81 63 14 65 14 19
Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NEI-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neth-Antil. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 21 21
Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 44 13 9 0 18 3 2
St. Vincent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Trin & Tabago 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
USA 157 173 188 194 201 207 214 220 227 233 240 248 254 261 308 308 308
USSR 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Venezuela 33 40 96 72 123 90 111 440 338 101 91 84 60 59 56 66 93
East Atlantic 505 536 1383 1350 1167 1299 1195 857 1119 1375 859 3437 5081 5305 1144 2142 2881
TOTAL 998 1483 2919 2421 1894 2579 2289 2687 2722 2420 1638 4310 5873 6132 2076 2937 3784


Table 3 Continued, sailfish and spearfish catches for 1980 to 1996.


Country/Year

80

 81 82 83 84 85 86 87

88

 89 90 91 92 93 94 95

96

West Atlantic 907 904 1023 773 1090 1058 1043 954 905 755 1007 833 1048 1088 1036 853 886
Aruba 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 23 20 16 13 9 5 10 10 10 10
Barbados 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 45 29 42 50 46 74 25
Benin 0 36 48 0 53 50 25 32 40 8 20 21 20 21 20 20 0
Brazil 219 64 145 53 120 185 290 170 146 146 299 82 99 93 103 180 263
Brazil-Barb. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Brazil-Spain 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5
Brazil-Hond. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 6 2 1 2
Brazil-Jpn 12 0 8 7 1 2 2 4 6 1 2 0 0 0 0 10 0
Brazil-Korea 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Brazil-Taiw. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 247 144 23 54 39
China-Taiwan 36 81 22 31 45 39 64 31 300 171 83 73 33 223 233 38 5
Cuba 119 134 181 28 169 130 50 171 78 55 126 83 70 0 0 0 0
Domin. Reb. 0 0 22 50 49 46 18 40 44 44 40 31 98 50 90 90 90
Grenada 31 36 27 37 66 164 211 104 114 98 218 316 310 246 151 119 56
Japan 22 44 135 22 34 38 28 6 22 22 25 73 1 2 8 2 2
Korea 51 41 19 0 52 72 14 1 0 17 25 0 3 0 8 8 22
Mexico 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 19 19 0
NEI-1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 30 30 30
Neth-Antil. 21 21 21 21 21 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 15 15 15 15
Panama 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
St. Vincent 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 4 4 2 1
Trin & Tabago 0 0 0 64 58 14 25 35 24 11 9 4 4 55 100 100 100
USA 308 308 308 311 311 197 199 242 75 59 66 69 51 72 74 39 72
USSR 0 37 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Venezuela 58 72 57 119 81 81 77 80 22 24 24 24 46 64 100 42 148

East Atlantic 1667 1554 2307 3177 2085 1914 1677 2135 1585 1217 1702 1279 1531 2162 1181 1657 1332
TOTAL 2574 2458 3330 3961 3175 2972 2774 3164 2500 2012 2710 2112 2579 3372 2255 2545 2249

Appendix D. Tournament Registration Form

Appendix D. Tournament Reporting Form

** These forms are unavailable on line. If you need a copy, please contact Karyl.Brewster-Geisz@noaa.gov.

Appendix E. Comments and Responses - Appendix E is available separately.

1. 1997 was not included in this table due to incomplete reporting to SCRS.

2. White marlin catches for 1997 were not included due to incomplete reporting.