PacFIN 13-MAY-96 08:37 Pacific Council Groundfish Best Estimate Report Best Estimates* of 1996 Cumulative Shoreside Landed Catch (Metric Tons) 1996 1995 TOTALS Wash Ore Calif Total HG THRU MAY THRU DEC Widow Rockfish 288 911 385 1584 6500 1906 6657 Dover sole 439 1523 2112 4074 11050 4270 10512 Pacific Whiting 3 7 1074 1084 212000 23279 74967 Lingcod 61 164 77 302 2400 403 1465 Longspine THDS 69 596 759 1424 6000 2684 5567 Shortspine THDS 39 186 216 441 1500 818 1719 V&C Sebastes 465 1451 _ 1916 11200 2564 7121 V&C Yellowtail 460 961 _ 1421 1645 4497 V&C Canary rckfsh 22 185 _ 207 850 200 617 Van & Col POP 69 163 _ 232 750 295 803 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 85 35 _ 120 225 713 Columbia Dover 96 770 _ 866 2850 1079 2727 V&NC Yellowtail 369 569 _ 938 3590 1301 3356 E&SC Yellowtail _ 399 15 414 2580 367 1197 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 90 485 410 985 3803 1200 3620 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 13 7 210 230 3217 113 3112 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 196 196 1700 364 786 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 24 1975 1999 13200 2624 6571 *Estimates Thru 04MAY 04MAY 04MAY HARD DATA THRU 2/96 3/96 12/95 Hard data for this report was extracted from PacFIN database on 26-APR-96. HG = Harvest Guideline The HG for Lingcod and Bocaccio includes a significant recreational component. The HG for Pacific Whiting is the total U.S. coastwide allocation. The nontrawl (NTW) sablefish catch displayed on this report includes catches for both the limited entry and open access fisheries. The nontrawl limited entry sablefish harvest guideline is 2754 metric tons and the open access sablefish harvest guideline is 463 metric tons. Starting in 1995 this non- trawl sablefish catch statistic no longer includes treaty Indian catch. V&C = Van&Col = U.S. Vancouver & Columbia INPFC areas combined V&C&E&M = U.S. Vancouver & Columbia & Eureka & Monterey INPFC areas combined V&NC = U.S. Vancouver & No. Columbia (No. of Cape Lookout) areas combined E&SC = Eureka & So. Columbia (So. of Cape Lookout) areas combined E&M&C = Eureka & Monterey & Conception INPFC areas combined SBTS+URCK = Sebastes Complex plus Unspecified Rockfish. Due to the large amount of rockfish catch classified as unspecified rockfish (primarily in the Monterey and Conception areas) SBTS+URCK is the best estimate of catch for Sebastes Complex for the E&M&C area.