Hawaii FEP - Western Pacific Fishery Council

Regulatory DiscardsThere are no finfish or invertebrate species captured in the bottomfish fisheries whose capture orretention is prohibited by law. Sea turtle species, which are protected under the ESA, are the onlyfish (as defined by the MSA) that, if captured in the bottomfish fishery, would be consideredregulatory discards.Table 14. Catch and Bycatch in the NWHI Bottomfish FisherySpeciesNumbercaughtLogbook Data(1997–2001 annual averages)Number Percentdiscarded of totalcatchPercentdiscardedPercentof alldiscardsObserver Data(1990–1993 aggregated)PercentofcatchPercentdiscardedPercentof alldiscardsBMUS 46,684 5,492 98.02 11.76 94.28 95.3 23.7 89.0Opakapaka Pristipomoides 10,653 99 22.37 0.93 1.70 25.9 2.1 2.2filamentosusOnaga Etelis coruscans 9,836 70 20.65 0.71 1.20 5.8 0.7 0.2Ehu Etelis5,171 32 10.86 0.62 0.55 6.0 1.7 0.4carbunculusUku Aprion virescens 4,226 56 8.87 1.33 0.96 11.2 1.7 0.7Butaguchi Pseudocaranx 3,851 1,090 8.09 28.30 18.71 17.5 48.3 33.2dentexKalekale Pristipomoides 3,799 361 7.98 9.50 6.20 4.4 6.1 1.1sieboldiiHapuupuu Epinephelus 3,517 26 7.38 0.74 0.45 8.1 1.2 0.4quernusKahala Seriola dumerili 3,266 3,182 6.86 97.43 54.63 12.4 97.3 47.5Gindai Pristipomoides 1,391 22 2.92 1.58 0.38 2.3 0.7 0.1zonatusWhite ulua Caranx ignobilis 720 552 1.51 76.67 9.48 0.6 68.1 1.7Taape Lutjanus kasmira 132 0 0.28 0.00 0.00 0.6 36.7 0.8Lehi Aphareus rutilans 83 1 0.17 1.20 0.02 0.0 0.0 0.0Black ulua Caranx lugubris 32 0 0.07 0.00 0.00 0.1 50.0 0.2Yellowtail Pristipomoides 3 0 0.01 0.00 0.00 0.2 56.4 0.5kalekale auricillaArmorhead Pseudopentaceros 3 1 0.01 33.33 0.02 0.0 0.0 0.0wheeleriAlfonsin Beryx splendens 0 0 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.0 50.0 0.0Non-BMUS 943 334 1.98 35.42 5.73 4.7 59.9 11.0ALLSPECIES47,627 5,825 100.0 12.5 100.0 100.0 25.4 100.095