PacFIN 23-SEP-96 10:14 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 SEP THRU DEC Widow Rockfish 678 2765 892 4335 6500 4651 6657 Dover sole 808 3177 4505 8490 11050 8483 10512 Pacific Whiting 11393 69235 2870 83498 212000 74961 74967 Lingcod 305 542 261 1108 2400 1226 1466 Longspine THDS 191 1444 1583 3218 6000 4860 5567 Shortspine THDS 108 459 464 1031 1500 1501 1719 V&C Sebastes 1627 4853 _ 6480 11200 6022 7121 V&C Yellowtail 1290 2980 _ 4270 3816 4497 V&C Canary rckfsh 111 600 _ 711 850 525 617 Van & Col POP 188 416 _ 604 750 696 803 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 426 117 _ 543 691 713 Columbia Dover 197 2158 _ 2355 2850 2256 2727 V&NC Yellowtail 1112 1567 _ 2679 3590 2830 3356 E&SC Yellowtail 5 1443 62 1510 2580 1031 1197 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 264 1461 987 2712 3803 2920 3620 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 475 645 934 2054 3217 2844 3113 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 342 342 1700 607 786 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 223 4009 4232 13200 4889 6571 *Estimates Thru 14SEP 14SEP 14SEP HARD DATA THRU 7/96 8/96 6/96 Hard data for this report was extracted from PacFIN database on 18-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.