PacFIN 12-APR-06 11:59      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)      _      7     37      8       _       _   52.7   2449   52.7
 Shortspine (V&C&E&M)      2     21     23     17       _       _   63.6   1011   63.6
  TWL Sable (V&C&E&M)     39     95     63     45       _       _    242   3768    242
           Dover sole     66    331    165     44       0       _    605   7504    605
              Petrale     81    439    148      3       1       _    672   2762    672
         English Sole      5     38     34     15       4       _   97.2   3100   97.2
  Arrowtooth Flounder      4    137      6    135       _       _    282   5800    282
   Remaining Flatfish      4     41     41     26       1       _    112   4090    112

     Tribal Sablefish      _      _      _      _       _       _      _    736      _
   NTW Primary Sable*      _      _      _      _       _       _      _   2109      _
       NTW DTL Sable*      8     20     57      2       _       _   86.4    985      _

       Longspine (CP)      _      _      6      1       _       _    6.8    195      _
      Shortspine (CP)      _      _     29     10       _       _   38.9      _      _
      CP NTW Sabl Pri      _      _      _      _       _       _      _      _      _
      CP NTW Sabl DTL      _      _      _      _       _       _      _      _      _
 Sablefish Conception      _      _      7      _       _       _    7.5    271      _

          Pacific Cod     10      0      _      _      13       _   23.4   1200      _
              Lingcod      1      4      4     10       3       _   22.0    215      _
        Spiny Dogfish     40      1      0      _       _       _   41.2      _      _

       Widow Rockfish      0      0      1      0       1       _    2.6    286    2.6
  Darkblotched RCKFSH      0     22      7     16       _       _   45.6    195   45.6
      Canary rockfish      0      0      _      0       1       _    1.0      _    1.0

          POP (V&C&E)      3      8      _      2       _       _   13.3    103   13.3
   Yellowtail (V&C&E)      0      1      _      _      20       _   21.2   3655      _
      Cabezon (V&C&E)      _      1      0      _       _       _    0.7      _      _
  (V&C&E) UNSP RCKFSH      _      _      _      _       _       _      _      _      _
  Yelloweye (V&C&E&M)      _      0      _      0       0       _    0.1    6.4    0.1
 Black Rockfish, Nor.      _      2      0      _       _       _    2.0      _      _
 Kelp Greenling, Nor.      _      0      0      _       _       _    0.3      _      _
  Near-shore RF, Nor.      _      0      2      _       _       _    2.6   54.0      _
 Shelf rockfish, Nor.      0      0      3      _       2       _    5.7    958      _
 Slope rockfish, Nor.      1      8      1      8       _       _   17.7   1160   17.7

 TWL Bocaccio (MT&CP)      _      _      0      4       _       _    4.7      _    4.7
 NTW Bocaccio (MT&CP)      _      _      1      _       _       _    0.8      _      _
  Chilipepper (MT&CP)      _      _      1      _       _       _    0.9   1964      _
 Splitnose RF (MT&CP)      _      _     19      _       _       _   18.8    461      _
      Cabezon (MT&CP)      _      _      7      _       _       _    6.7   69.0      _
  (MT&CP) UNSP RCKFSH      _      _      _      _       _       _      _      _      _
  Black Rockfish, So.      _      _      0      _       _       _    0.3      _      _
  Kelp Greenling, So.      _      _      0      _       _       _    0.3      _      _
 CA Scorpionfish, So.      _      _      1      _       _       _    0.9      _      _
 N-S RF: Shallow, So.      _      _      5      _       _       _    5.3      _      _
    N-S RF: Deep, So.      _      _      8      _       _       _    7.6      _      _
  Shelf rockfish, So.      _      _      6      _       _       _    5.6    654      _
  Slope rockfish, So.      _      _     16      4       _       _   19.9    639   19.9

      Pacific Whiting      _      _      _      _       _       _      _ 269069      _

      *Estimates Thru  28FEB  28FEB  28FEB          28FEB

       HARD DATA THRU  JAN06  FEB06  DEC05          JAN06   20NOV

  Hard data for this report was extracted from the PacFIN database on 03-APR-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.