HAWAII LONGLINE OBSERVER PROGRAM
QUARTERLY STATUS REPORT
April 1, 2001 - June 30, 2001

Pacific Islands Area Office
Southwest Region
National Marine Fisheries Service

The Hawaii longline fishery targeting swordfish and tunas has been monitored under a mandatory observer program since February 1994. Beginning March 1994, branch personnel have conducted daily shoreside dock rounds in Honolulu to determine which fishing vessels are in port. These dock rounds are used to obtain an estimate of fishing effort on a real-time basis by assuming that a vessel is fishing when it is absent from the harbor. Approximately 257 vessels departed port between April 1, 2001, and June 30, 2001, 40 of which carried observers, representing about 15.6% observer coverage. The following table summarizes protected species interactions for all observed trips that returned during the second quarter of 2001. Six trips departing, but not returning this quarter will be included in the next quarterly report.

PROTECTED SPECIES ENCOUNTERS - OBSERVED RESULTS