PacFIN 17-MAY-96 15:36 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 298 1041 375 1714 6500 1906 6657 Dover sole 477 1635 2228 4340 11050 4270 10512 Pacific Whiting 3 7 1429 1439 212000 23279 74967 Lingcod 80 184 85 349 2400 403 1465 Longspine THDS 78 648 776 1502 6000 2684 5567 Shortspine THDS 44 212 229 485 1500 818 1719 V&C Sebastes 519 1893 _ 2412 11200 2564 7121 V&C Yellowtail 510 1221 _ 1731 1645 4497 V&C Canary rckfsh 29 235 _ 264 850 200 617 Van & Col POP 77 171 _ 248 750 295 803 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 94 69 _ 163 225 713 Columbia Dover 104 1054 _ 1158 2850 1079 2727 V&NC Yellowtail 412 678 _ 1090 3590 1301 3356 E&SC Yellowtail _ 562 15 577 2580 367 1197 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 104 630 425 1159 3803 1200 3620 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 17 12 252 281 3217 113 3112 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 194 194 1700 364 786 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 61 1910 1971 13200 2624 6571 *Estimates Thru 11MAY 11MAY 11MAY HARD DATA THRU 2/96 4/96 1/96 Hard data for this report was extracted from PacFIN database on 17-MAY-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.