PacFIN 23-AUG-96 14:37 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 570 2468 729 3767 6500 3827 6657 Dover sole 741 2852 4002 7595 11050 7234 10512 Pacific Whiting 10041 50831 2878 63750 212000 74953 74967 Lingcod 250 470 215 935 2400 966 1466 Longspine THDS 167 1333 1367 2867 6000 4501 5567 Shortspine THDS 94 407 393 894 1500 1388 1719 V&C Sebastes 1393 4395 _ 5788 11200 5286 7121 V&C Yellowtail 1200 2705 _ 3905 3401 4497 V&C Canary rckfsh 93 550 _ 643 850 437 617 Van & Col POP 173 389 _ 562 750 591 803 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 422 107 _ 529 609 713 Columbia Dover 175 1934 _ 2109 2850 1877 2727 V&NC Yellowtail 945 1407 _ 2352 3590 2562 3356 E&SC Yellowtail 7 1326 52 1385 2580 878 1197 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 220 1324 871 2415 3803 2482 3620 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 87 74 433 594 3217 2465 3113 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 307 307 1700 538 786 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 195 3495 3690 13200 4227 6571 *Estimates Thru 17AUG 17AUG 17AUG HARD DATA THRU 6/96 7/96 4/96 Hard data for this report was extracted from PacFIN database on 19-AUG-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.