Big Eye Sample Clauses

Big Eye. The total WCP catch of Bigeye in 2004 was 129,500 t., with 65% from long line, 1.3% from pole and line and 21% from purse seiners (table 16). Since 1980, the long line catch of bigeye tuna in the WCPO has varied between about 40,000 t. and 88,000 t, with the record high catch being taken in 2002. Since about 1994, there has been a rapid increase in purse seine catches of juvenile bigeye tuna, first in the EPO and since 1996, to a lesser extent, in the WCPO. In the WCPO, purse-seine catches of bigeye tuna are estimated to have been less than 20,000 t per year up to 1996, mostly from sets on natural floating objects (Hampton et al. 1998). In 1997, the catch increased to 35,000 t, due to the increased use of FADs. High purse seine catches were also recorded in 2000 (32,500 t). Table 16: Bigeye tuna catch in the Western Central Pacific, 2000-2004 Year Longline Pole & line Purse seine Other Total 2000 71,263 2,988 32,511 13,618 120,380 2001 73,533 2,349 28,780 12,515 117,177 2002 88,249 2,805 29,085 14,346 134,485 2003 77,849 1,786 28,034 14,685 122,354 2004 84,611 1,809 27,786 15,293 129,499 Source: WCPFC Tuna Fishery Year Book, 2004