PacFIN 12-AUG-96 13:07 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 AUG THRU DEC Widow Rockfish 511 2240 694 3445 6500 3827 6657 Dover sole 713 2606 3679 6998 11050 7234 10512 Pacific Whiting 8202 41389 2885 52476 212000 74953 74967 Lingcod 235 417 209 861 2400 966 1466 Longspine THDS 161 1203 1271 2635 6000 4501 5567 Shortspine THDS 85 366 366 817 1500 1388 1719 V&C Sebastes 1324 3885 _ 5209 11200 5286 7121 V&C Yellowtail 1089 2392 _ 3481 3401 4497 V&C Canary rckfsh 77 498 _ 575 850 437 617 Van & Col POP 161 356 _ 517 750 591 803 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 314 113 _ 427 609 713 Columbia Dover 171 1671 _ 1842 2850 1877 2727 V&NC Yellowtail 924 1234 _ 2158 3590 2562 3356 E&SC Yellowtail 7 1187 49 1243 2580 878 1197 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 207 1193 804 2204 3803 2482 3620 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 71 65 381 517 3217 2465 3113 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 284 284 1700 538 786 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 159 3232 3391 13200 4227 6571 *Estimates Thru 03AUG 03AUG 03AUG 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.