PacFIN 20-APR-06 14:59      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   APR06
  Longspine (V&C&E&M)      6     18     60     18       _       _    102   2449    268
 Shortspine (V&C&E&M)      6     40     31     29       3       _    109   1011    225
  TWL Sable (V&C&E&M)     67    191    112     79       _       _    449   3768    617
           Dover sole     93    779    330     90       2       _   1295   7504   1855
              Petrale     98    489    201      6       1       _    794   2762    877
         English Sole      7     44     55     24       8       _    139   3100    259
  Arrowtooth Flounder      5    218     15    205       1       _    445   5800    877
   Remaining Flatfish      5     54     65     40       2       _    165   4090    279

     Tribal Sablefish      _      _      _      _     204       _    204    736      _
   NTW Primary Sable*      3      _      2      0       _       _    5.6   2109      _
       NTW DTL Sable*     40     44     87      4       _       _    175    985      _

       Longspine (CP)      _      _      4      1       _       _    4.9    195      _
      Shortspine (CP)      _      _     31     12       _       _   43.1      _      _
      CP NTW Sabl Pri      _      _      _      _       _       _      _      _      _
      CP NTW Sabl DTL      _      _      3      _       _       _    3.2      _      _
 Sablefish Conception      _      _     10      0       _       _   10.1    271      _

          Pacific Cod     24      1      _      _      13       _   37.8   1200      _
              Lingcod      2      7      6     17       5       _   36.4    215      _
        Spiny Dogfish     40      1      3      _       _       _   44.5      _      _

       Widow Rockfish      0      0      3      0       6       _    8.6    286    2.4
  Darkblotched RCKFSH      0     35      9     25       0       _   69.0    195   57.7
      Canary rockfish      0      0      0      0       1       _    1.3      _    1.8

          POP (V&C&E)      5     14      _      4       _       _   21.9    103   21.2
   Yellowtail (V&C&E)      1      1      _      _      72       _   74.0   3655      _
      Cabezon (V&C&E)      _      2      0      _       _       _    1.7      _      _
  (V&C&E) UNSP RCKFSH      _      _      _      _       _       _      _      _      _
  Yelloweye (V&C&E&M)      _      0      _      0       0       _    0.3    6.4    0.1
 Black Rockfish, Nor.      _      5      1      _       0       _    5.9      _      _
 Kelp Greenling, Nor.      _      1      0      _       _       _    0.8      _      _
  Near-shore RF, Nor.      _      0      3      _       0       _    3.5   54.0      _
 Shelf rockfish, Nor.      0      0      9      _       3       _   12.1    958      _
 Slope rockfish, Nor.      2     14      2     11       5       _   33.7   1160    141

 TWL Bocaccio (MT&CP)      _      _      0      3       _       _    3.2      _    4.2
 NTW Bocaccio (MT&CP)      _      _      1      _       _       _    1.0      _      _
  Chilipepper (MT&CP)      _      _      2      _       _       _    1.6   1964      _
 Splitnose RF (MT&CP)      _      _     16      _       _       _   15.9    461      _
      Cabezon (MT&CP)      _      _      6      _       _       _    5.8   69.0      _
  (MT&CP) UNSP RCKFSH      _      _      0      _       _       _      _      _      _
  Black Rockfish, So.      _      _      0      _       _       _    0.4      _      _
  Kelp Greenling, So.      _      _      0      _       _       _    0.4      _      _
 CA Scorpionfish, So.      _      _      1      _       _       _    0.9      _      _
 N-S RF: Shallow, So.      _      _      5      _       _       _    4.8      _      _
    N-S RF: Deep, So.      _      _      7      _       _       _    7.1      _      _
  Shelf rockfish, So.      _      _      6      _       _       _    6.4    654      _
  Slope rockfish, So.      _      _     24      5       _       _   29.5    639    141

      Pacific Whiting      _      _   1015      _       _       _   1015 269069      _

      *Estimates Thru  15APR  15APR  15APR          15APR

       HARD DATA THRU  FEB06  MAR06  JAN06          FEB06   20NOV

  Hard data for this report was extracted from the PacFIN database on 20-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.