PacFIN 12-MAY-06 14:53      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   JUN06
  Longspine (V&C&E&M)      6     58    101     36       _       _    202   2449    564
 Shortspine (V&C&E&M)      7     77     48     50       4       _    187   1011    364
  TWL Sable (V&C&E&M)     94    312    171    129       _       _    706   3768   1138
           Dover sole    181   1100    515    140      14       _   1950   7504   3173
              Petrale    111    504    226      7       1       _    848   2762   1161
         English Sole     20     50     74     38       9       _    190   3100    458
  Arrowtooth Flounder     27    300     20    299      23       _    668   5800   2801
   Remaining Flatfish     12     66     84     53       3       _    218   4090    485

     Tribal Sablefish      _      _      _      _     226       _    226    736      _
   NTW Primary Sable*     15      3      5      1       _       _   23.8   2109      _
       NTW DTL Sable*     58     54    129      7       _       _    247    985      _

       Longspine (CP)      _      _      4      1       _       _    4.9    195      _
      Shortspine (CP)      _      _     31     13       _       _   44.0      _      _
      CP NTW Sabl Pri      _      _      _      _       _       _      _      _      _
      CP NTW Sabl DTL      _      _      3      _       _       _    3.2      _      _
 Sablefish Conception      _      _     12      0       _       _   12.4    271      _

          Pacific Cod     40      6      _      _      14       _   60.8   1200      _
              Lingcod      5     10      7     24      10       _   55.9    215      _
        Spiny Dogfish    178      1      8      _       _       _    188      _      _

       Widow Rockfish      0      0     11      1       6       _   17.7    286   13.8
  Darkblotched RCKFSH      0     44     15     32       0       _   91.8    195    124
      Canary rockfish      0      0      0      0       1       _    1.7      _    3.4

          POP (V&C&E)      5     18      1      5       0       _   28.5    103   35.2
   Yellowtail (V&C&E)      2      2      0      _      83       _   86.8   3655      _
      Cabezon (V&C&E)      _      3      0      _       _       _    3.0      _      _
  (V&C&E) UNSP RCKFSH      _      _      _      _       _       _      _      _      _
  Yelloweye (V&C&E&M)      _      0      _      0       0       _    0.4    6.4    0.5
 Black Rockfish, Nor.      _      9      6      _       0       _   15.2      _      _
 Kelp Greenling, Nor.      _      1      0      _       _       _    1.1      _      _
  Near-shore RF, Nor.      _      1      4      _       0       _    4.3   54.0      _
 Shelf rockfish, Nor.      0      1     10      _       3       _   14.4    958      _
 Slope rockfish, Nor.      6     20      3     13       6       _   47.1   1160    162

 TWL Bocaccio (MT&CP)      _      _      0      7       _       _    7.2      _   21.5
 NTW Bocaccio (MT&CP)      _      _      1      _       _       _    1.0      _      _
  Chilipepper (MT&CP)      _      _      4      _       _       _    3.6   1964      _
 Splitnose RF (MT&CP)      _      _     31      _       _       _   31.0    461      _
      Cabezon (MT&CP)      _      _      6      _       _       _    6.2   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      _       _       _    5.3      _      _
    N-S RF: Deep, So.      _      _      9      _       _       _    8.5      _      _
  Shelf rockfish, So.      _      _      8      _       _       _    8.0    654      _
  Slope rockfish, So.      _      _     41      8       _       _   48.4    639    192

      Pacific Whiting      _      _   3133      _       _       _   3133 269069      _

      *Estimates Thru  06MAY  30APR  06MAY          06MAY

       HARD DATA THRU  FEB06  MAR06  JAN06          FEB06   20NOV

  Hard data for this report was extracted from the PacFIN database on 01-MAY-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.