Guam BSP Foreign Longline Transshipment

Published by Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: December 19, 2025 | Last Modified: 2025-11-11T22:32:57.000+00:00

Foreign longline vessels have transshipped fish through Guam to Asia since the late 1980s. This database captures at a near census level all activities of transshipment, including species ID and landed weight of each individual fish, whether transshipped or rejected, plus the name and country of origin of the vessels and approximate area of fishing. The data are collected and recorded by transshipment agents and provided to the Guam Bureau of Statistics and Plans (BSP, formerly the Guam Dept of Commerce) for entry into this database. These data are considered highly confidential.

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Complete Metadata

describedByType	application/octet-steam
identifier	gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:5626
landingPage	https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/5626
language	[]
references	[ "https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/pifsc/dmp/pdf/5626.pdf" ]
rights	otherRestrictions, restricted
temporal	1990-01-01T00:00:00+00:00/2020-01-01T00:00:00+00:00