A number of individuals kept or released for a species that is greater than 50 for a particular day. After all data are edited, summary files can be produced by general areas consisting of, the number of sets, number of hooks, number caught. The summary files make processing of reports faster and reproducible. Because the digitizing process was not completely accurate, calculated summaries should be taken as estimates. After the summary files are produced, summary reports can be generated.
Summaries can be for a specific area or for a combination of all areas.
Fishing areas are designated by the latitude and longitude of gear deployment rather than retrieval. The top portions of Tables 2 and 3 summarize trip and species catch information reported by longliners in January-June 1991 for all areas combined. Summary reports are produced quarterly but are treated as preliminary results because trips may extend past the end of the quarter or logs may arrive late by mail or be held by NMFS enforcement personnel. Therefore, if the number of trips for one quarter were added to the number of trips for the next, the total number of trips would be overestimated. Thus, catch per trip from this summary may be meaningless, and catch per 1,000 hooks set is more valid.