PacFIN 24-MAY-96 13:57 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 304 1136 426 1866 6500 1906 6657 Dover sole 522 1770 2443 4735 11050 4270 10512 Pacific Whiting 205 46 1460 1711 212000 23279 74967 Lingcod 92 209 96 397 2400 403 1465 Longspine THDS 83 732 850 1665 6000 2684 5567 Shortspine THDS 46 232 251 529 1500 818 1719 V&C Sebastes 572 2139 _ 2711 11200 2564 7121 V&C Yellowtail 545 1368 _ 1913 1645 4497 V&C Canary rckfsh 34 268 _ 302 850 200 617 Van & Col POP 87 191 _ 278 750 295 803 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 123 69 _ 192 225 713 Columbia Dover 119 1138 _ 1257 2850 1079 2727 V&NC Yellowtail 402 748 _ 1150 3590 1301 3356 E&SC Yellowtail _ 638 19 657 2580 367 1197 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 109 693 492 1294 3803 1200 3620 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 87 16 269 372 3217 113 3112 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 202 202 1700 364 786 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 61 2069 2130 13200 2624 6571 *Estimates Thru 18MAY 18MAY 18MAY HARD DATA THRU 3/96 4/96 1/96 Hard data for this report was extracted from PacFIN database on 24-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.