Deep sea fisheries development project; report of second visit to American Samoa

Contents: 1. introduction, 1. background, 1. general, 1. existing fisheries, 3. project operations, 3. general, 3. boats and equipment, 3. fishing methods, 3. data collection, 4. training activities, 4. fishing activities and results, 4. general, 4. verical longlining, 7. bottom handreeling, 10. trolling, 10. flying fish scooping, 10. discussion and conclusions, 11. references, Appendices: 1. standard fishing data collection form, 2. material list for rigging veritcal longline, 3. summary of operational aspects of all fishing trips, 4. catch and effort summary-vertical longlining, 5. cantch and effort summary bottom fishing, 6. catch and efort sumary trolling, 7. species composition of the bottom catch