PacFIN 12-AUG-96 13:16 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 JUL THRU DEC Widow Rockfish 499 2236 691 3426 6500 3105 6657 Dover sole 706 2605 3655 6966 11050 6220 10512 Pacific Whiting 7929 40968 2885 51782 212000 74916 74967 Lingcod 227 417 206 850 2400 808 1466 Longspine THDS 157 1201 1261 2619 6000 3872 5567 Shortspine THDS 83 366 363 812 1500 1189 1719 V&C Sebastes 1305 3875 _ 5180 11200 4503 7121 V&C Yellowtail 1075 2384 _ 3459 2949 4497 V&C Canary rckfsh 74 497 _ 571 850 347 617 Van & Col POP 159 355 _ 514 750 494 803 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 309 113 _ 422 531 713 Columbia Dover 167 1669 _ 1836 2850 1585 2727 V&NC Yellowtail 911 1228 _ 2139 3590 2270 3356 E&SC Yellowtail 7 1185 48 1240 2580 720 1197 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 202 1192 796 2190 3803 2029 3620 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 70 65 375 510 3217 317 3113 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 282 282 1700 483 786 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 159 3224 3383 13200 3757 6571 *Estimates Thru 31JUL 31JUL 31JUL HARD DATA THRU 5/96 6/96 3/96 Hard data for this report was extracted from PacFIN database on 17-JUL-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.