Appendix A. Description of the bycatch, target catch, and fishing effort.
Taxon |
Species |
Pacific Ocean |
Atlantic Ocean |
Reptile |
Unidentified turtle |
0 |
13 |
Reptile |
Unidentified hardshell turtle |
10 |
0 |
Reptile |
Green turtle |
10 |
14 |
Reptile |
Hawksbill turtle |
0 |
3 |
Reptile |
Kemp's Ridley turtle |
0 |
2 |
Reptile |
Leatherback turtle |
44 |
367 |
Reptile |
Loggerhead turtle |
165 |
550 |
Reptile |
Olive Ridley turtle |
38 |
0 |
Bird |
Unidentified seabird |
4 |
50 |
Bird |
Unidentified gull |
0 |
22 |
Bird |
Storm Petrel |
0 |
1 |
Bird |
Black-backed Gull |
0 |
4 |
Bird |
Black-footed Albatross |
606 |
0 |
Bird |
Greater Shearwater |
0 |
19 |
Bird |
Herring Gull |
0 |
8 |
Bird |
Laughing Gull |
0 |
1 |
Bird |
Laysan Albatross |
426 |
0 |
Bird |
Northern Gannet |
0 |
7 |
Mammal |
Unidentified marine mammal |
0 |
3 |
Mammal |
Unidentified whale |
5 |
1 |
Mammal |
Unidentified cetacean |
2 |
0 |
Mammal |
Unidentified dolphin |
0 |
2 |
Mammal |
Unidentified beaked whale |
0 |
3 |
Mammal |
Atlantic spotted dolphin |
0 |
2 |
Mammal |
Bottlenose dolphin |
2 |
5 |
Mammal |
Common dolphin |
0 |
5 |
Mammal |
False killer whale |
2 |
0 |
Mammal |
Killer whale |
0 |
1 |
Mammal |
Pantropical spotted dolphin |
0 |
1 |
Mammal |
Pilot whale |
0 |
114 |
Mammal |
Pygmy sperm whale |
0 |
1 |
Mammal |
Risso's dolphin |
6 |
48 |
Mammal |
Short-snouted spinner dolphin |
0 |
1 |
Mammal |
Sperm whale |
1 |
0 |
|
Total bycatch individuals |
1321 |
1248 |
|
Total bycatch species |
14 |
27 |
|
Total target catch individuals |
60077 |
85582 |
|
Total fishing sets |
3609 |
4350 |
|
Sets involving target catch |
3436 |
4268 |
|
Sets involving bycatch |
647 |
778 |