PacFIN 26-MAY-06 15:47      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)      2     55    114     35       _       0    206   2449    541
 Shortspine (V&C&E&M)     11     95     54     59       4       0    223   1011    356
  TWL Sable (V&C&E&M)    139    409    200    176       _       0    924   3768   1133
           Dover sole    223   1331    584    171      50       0   2360   7504   3243
              Petrale    119    536    154      8       1       _    818   2762   1074
         English Sole     31     60     69     40       9       0    208   3100    443
  Arrowtooth Flounder     46    328     19    413      53       0    859   5800   2798
   Remaining Flatfish     19     93     67     57       5       0    241   4090    464

     Tribal Sablefish      _      _      _      _     209       _    209    736      _
   NTW Primary Sable*    134     45     11      7       _       _    197   2109      _
       NTW DTL Sable*     62     87    146      5       _       _    299    985      _

       Longspine (CP)      _      _      5      1       _       _    5.6    195      _
      Shortspine (CP)      _      _     29     13       _       _   41.9      _      _
      CP NTW Sabl Pri      _      _      _      _       _       _      _      _      _
      CP NTW Sabl DTL      _      _      9      _       _       _    9.5      _      _
 Sablefish Conception      _      _     17      1       _       _   17.9    271      _

          Pacific Cod     56     29      _      _      15       0    100   1200      _
              Lingcod      7     16      8     31      10       2   73.3    215      _
        Spiny Dogfish    192      1      9      _       _       3    205      _      _

       Widow Rockfish      0      0     11      1       6      72   89.1    286   12.1
  Darkblotched RCKFSH      1     47     15     34       0       2   99.4    195    122
      Canary rockfish      0      0      1      1       1       0    3.6      _    3.5

          POP (V&C&E)      6     19      1      5       1       1   32.5    103   33.9
   Yellowtail (V&C&E)      2      3      0      _      81       5   91.0   3655      _
      Cabezon (V&C&E)      _      4      0      _       _       _    3.8      _      _
  (V&C&E) UNSP RCKFSH      _      _      _      _       _       0      _      _      _
  Yelloweye (V&C&E&M)      _      0      _      0       0       0    0.3    6.4    0.3
 Black Rockfish, Nor.      _     13      9      _       _       _   21.1      _      _
 Kelp Greenling, Nor.      _      2      0      _       _       0    1.7      _      _
  Near-shore RF, Nor.      _      1      4      _       _       _    5.1   54.0      _
 Shelf rockfish, Nor.      0      1      7      _       3       1   13.0    958      _
 Slope rockfish, Nor.     16     26      5     18       6       2   72.8   1160    161

 TWL Bocaccio (MT&CP)      _      _      1     12       _       _   13.2      _   20.3
 NTW Bocaccio (MT&CP)      _      _      1      _       _       _    0.6      _      _
  Chilipepper (MT&CP)      _      _      4      _       _       _    3.9   1964      _
 Splitnose RF (MT&CP)      _      _     37      _       _       _   37.4    461      _
      Cabezon (MT&CP)      _      _      8      _       _       _    7.8   69.0      _
  (MT&CP) UNSP RCKFSH      _      _      1      _       _       _    0.9      _      _
  Black Rockfish, So.      _      _      0      _       _       _    0.4      _      _
  Kelp Greenling, So.      _      _      1      _       _       _    0.7      _      _
 CA Scorpionfish, So.      _      _      1      _       _       _    0.6      _      _
 N-S RF: Shallow, So.      _      _      7      _       _       _    6.6      _      _
    N-S RF: Deep, So.      _      _      9      _       _       _    8.7      _      _
  Shelf rockfish, So.      _      _      6      _       _       _    6.2    654      _
  Slope rockfish, So.      _      _     49      8       _       _   57.1    639    198

      Pacific Whiting      _      _   4725      _       _   28623  33349 269069      _

      *Estimates Thru  20MAY  20MAY  20MAY          20MAY

       HARD DATA THRU  MAR06  APR06  FEB06          MAR06   26MAY

  Hard data for this report was extracted from the PacFIN database on 17-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.