PacFIN 06-SEP-96 14:47 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 616 2703 815 4134 6500 3827 6657 Dover sole 782 3006 4240 8028 11050 7234 10512 Pacific Whiting 10699 60504 2879 74082 212000 74953 74967 Lingcod 277 497 236 1010 2400 966 1466 Longspine THDS 183 1368 1438 2989 6000 4501 5567 Shortspine THDS 100 436 409 945 1500 1388 1719 V&C Sebastes 1462 4653 _ 6115 11200 5286 7121 V&C Yellowtail 1248 2874 _ 4122 3401 4497 V&C Canary rckfsh 102 579 _ 681 850 437 617 Van & Col POP 179 405 _ 584 750 591 803 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 446 107 _ 553 609 713 Columbia Dover 192 2040 _ 2232 2850 1877 2727 V&NC Yellowtail 985 1509 _ 2494 3590 2562 3356 E&SC Yellowtail 7 1394 57 1458 2580 878 1197 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 243 1392 912 2547 3803 2482 3620 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 100 86 448 634 3217 2465 3113 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 322 322 1700 538 786 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 195 3729 3924 13200 4227 6571 *Estimates Thru 31AUG 31AUG 31AUG HARD DATA THRU 6/96 7/96 4/96 Hard data for this report was extracted from PacFIN database on 06-SEP-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.