PacFIN 24-MAR-06 15:14      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   APR06
  Longspine (V&C&E&M)      _      7     38      8       _       _   53.4   2449    261
 Shortspine (V&C&E&M)      3     23     25     19       1       _   69.9   1011    225
  TWL Sable (V&C&E&M)     55    104     73     52       _       _    284   3768    636
           Dover sole     96    389    211     53       0       _    750   7504   1850
              Petrale    101    445    164      4       1       _    715   2762    883
         English Sole      7     40     38     17       6       _    107   3100    257
  Arrowtooth Flounder      5    149      7    146       0       _    307   5800    878
   Remaining Flatfish      5     42     45     28       1       0    121   4090    272

     Tribal Sablefish      _      _      _      _      43       _   43.4    736      _
   NTW Primary Sable*      _      _      _      _       _       _      _   2109      _
       NTW DTL Sable*      9     21     58      3       _       _   90.8    985      _

       Longspine (CP)      _      _      6      1       _       _    6.8    195      _
      Shortspine (CP)      _      _     32     11       _       _   43.3      _      _
      CP NTW Sabl Pri      _      _      _      _       _       _      _      _      _
      CP NTW Sabl DTL      _      _      _      _       _       _      _      _      _
 Sablefish Conception      _      _      8      _       _       _    8.4    271      _

          Pacific Cod     11      0      _      _      15      10   36.3   1200      _
              Lingcod      2      5      4     12       3       _   25.2    215      _
        Spiny Dogfish     40      1      0      _       _       _   41.2      _      _

       Widow Rockfish      0      0      1      0       2       _    2.8    286    2.7
  Darkblotched RCKFSH      0     23      7     17       _       _   47.5    195   57.4
      Canary rockfish      0      0      _      0       1       _    1.1      _    1.9

          POP (V&C&E)      5      8      _      2       _       _   14.8    103   21.2
   Yellowtail (V&C&E)      0      1      _      _      23       _   23.9   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      _       0       _    2.3      _      _
 Kelp Greenling, Nor.      _      0      0      _       _       _    0.3      _      _
  Near-shore RF, Nor.      _      0      2      _       _       _    2.6   54.0      _
 Shelf rockfish, Nor.      0      0      8      _       2       _   10.8    958      _
 Slope rockfish, Nor.      1      8      1      9       1       _   19.1   1160    141

 TWL Bocaccio (MT&CP)      _      _      0      4       _       _    4.7      _    7.4
 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    140

      Pacific Whiting      _      _      _      _       _       _      _ 269069      _

      *Estimates Thru  18MAR  18MAR  18MAR          18MAR

       HARD DATA THRU  JAN06  FEB06  DEC05          JAN06   23FEB

  Hard data for this report was extracted from the PacFIN database on 15-MAR-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.