PacFIN 03-MAR-06 15:28      Pacific Council Groundfish Best Estimate Report

  Total Fleet Best Estimates* of 2006 Cumulative Shoreside Landed Catch and At-Sea* Total
  Removals.  Catch/Discard values are rounded to the nearest metric-ton

                                                                                 PRJCTN
                    NON-TRIBAL             Discard    WA*                  2006  THRU
                        Wash    Ore  Calif Estimate Tribal  AT-SEA* Total   HG   FEB06
  Longspine (V&C&E&M)      _      6     23      6       _       _   34.3   2449    128
 Shortspine (V&C&E&M)      2     18     17     14       _       _   51.9   1011    121
  TWL Sable (V&C&E&M)     68     84     50     47       _       _    248   3768    339
           Dover sole     72    294    140     39       0       _    544   7504    906
              Petrale    101    353    138      3       0       _    595   2762    704
         English Sole      5     29     29     12       4       _   78.6   3100    148
  Arrowtooth Flounder      4    118      5    117       _       _    245   5800    570
   Remaining Flatfish      4     26     32     19       0       _   81.1   4090    148

     Tribal Sablefish      _      _      _      _       _       _      _    736      _
   NTW Primary Sable*      _      _      _      _       _       _      _   2109      _
       NTW DTL Sable*      7      6     37      2       _       _   52.2    985      _

       Longspine (CP)      _      _      6      1       _       _    7.3    195      _
      Shortspine (CP)      _      _     23      8       _       _   31.1      _      _
      CP NTW Sabl Pri      _      _      _      _       _       _      _      _      _
      CP NTW Sabl DTL      _      _      _      _       _       _      _      _      _
 Sablefish Conception      _      _      5      _       _       _    5.5    271      _

          Pacific Cod     10      0      _      _       7       _   17.0   1200      _
              Lingcod      1      4      3      9       3       _   19.2    215      _
        Spiny Dogfish     40      0      0      _       _       _   40.9      _      _

       Widow Rockfish      0      0      1      0       1       _    2.7    286    0.4
  Darkblotched RCKFSH      0     22      6     16       _       _   44.9    195   30.7
      Canary rockfish      0      0      _      0       1       _    1.0      _    0.4

          POP (V&C&E)      5      8      _      2       _       _   14.8    103   21.8
   Yellowtail (V&C&E)      0      1      _      _      16       _   16.9   3655      _
      Cabezon (V&C&E)      _      1      0      _       _       _    0.5      _      _
  (V&C&E) UNSP RCKFSH      _      _      _      _       _       _      _      _      _
  Yelloweye (V&C&E&M)      _      0      _      0       0       _    0.2    6.4      _
 Black Rockfish, Nor.      _      1      _      _       _       _    1.3      _      _
 Kelp Greenling, Nor.      _      0      _      _       _       _    0.2      _      _
  Near-shore RF, Nor.      _      0      2      _       _       _    1.8   54.0      _
 Shelf rockfish, Nor.      0      0      0      _       2       _    2.4    958      _
 Slope rockfish, Nor.      1      7      1      9       _       _   17.9   1160    121

 TWL Bocaccio (MT&CP)      _      _      0      3       _       _    3.6      _    1.3
 NTW Bocaccio (MT&CP)      _      _      0      _       _       _    0.2      _      _
  Chilipepper (MT&CP)      _      _      0      _       _       _    0.1   1964      _
 Splitnose RF (MT&CP)      _      _     13      _       _       _   13.1    461      _
      Cabezon (MT&CP)      _      _      4      _       _       _    4.2   69.0      _
  (MT&CP) UNSP RCKFSH      _      _      _      _       _       _      _      _      _
  Black Rockfish, So.      _      _      0      _       _       _    0.1      _      _
  Kelp Greenling, So.      _      _      0      _       _       _    0.2      _      _
 CA Scorpionfish, So.      _      _      0      _       _       _    0.3      _      _
 N-S RF: Shallow, So.      _      _      3      _       _       _    3.4      _      _
    N-S RF: Deep, So.      _      _      4      _       _       _    4.5      _      _
  Shelf rockfish, So.      _      _      3      _       _       _    3.0    654      _
  Slope rockfish, So.      _      _     10      2       _       _   12.1    639   43.9

      Pacific Whiting      _      _      _      _       _       _      _      _      _

      *Estimates Thru  25FEB  25FEB  25FEB          25FEB

       HARD DATA THRU  DEC05  JAN06  NOV05          DEC05   20NOV

  Hard data for this report was extracted from the PacFIN database on 28-FEB-2006.

  HG = Target Fishing Mortality Guideline
  The HGs are commercial (LE and OA) guidelines only, the anticipated recreational catches
  are not included on this report.

  * The WA tribal catches include both shoreside and at-sea landings.
  * The at-sea catch statistics are estimates of total non-tribal removals including discards.
  * The nontrawl (NTW) sablefish catch displayed on the Total Fleet report includes
    catches for both the limited entry and open access fisheries.
  * The values for NTW Primary Sable and NTW DTL Sable are limited to the V&C&E&M area.
  * The HG for Pacific Whiting is the total U.S. coastwide allocation.

  V&C&E   = Nor. = U.S. Vancouver & Columbia & Eureka INPFC areas combined.
  V&C&E&M = U.S. Vancouver & Columbia & Eureka & Monterey INPFC areas combined.
  MT&CP   = So. = Monterey and Conception INPFC areas combined.
     CP   = Conception area.