PacFIN 31-MAY-96 15:02 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 308 1248 432 1988 6500 1906 6657 Dover sole 527 1876 2557 4960 11050 4270 10512 Pacific Whiting 840 1473 1460 3773 212000 23279 74967 Lingcod 95 227 99 421 2400 403 1465 Longspine THDS 83 788 890 1761 6000 2684 5567 Shortspine THDS 46 246 264 556 1500 818 1719 V&C Sebastes 588 2325 _ 2913 11200 2564 7121 V&C Yellowtail 562 1486 _ 2048 1645 4497 V&C Canary rckfsh 34 289 _ 323 850 200 617 Van & Col POP 89 212 _ 301 750 295 803 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 126 69 _ 195 225 713 Columbia Dover 125 1197 _ 1322 2850 1079 2727 V&NC Yellowtail 416 795 _ 1211 3590 1301 3356 E&SC Yellowtail _ 708 19 727 2580 367 1197 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 114 751 518 1383 3803 1200 3620 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 88 18 276 382 3217 113 3112 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 209 209 1700 364 786 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 61 2145 2206 13200 2624 6571 *Estimates Thru 25MAY 25MAY 25MAY HARD DATA THRU 3/96 4/96 1/96 Hard data for this report was extracted from PacFIN database on 31-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.