PacFIN 27-SEP-96 14:23 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 683 2881 902 4466 6500 4651 6657 Dover sole 827 3306 4582 8715 11050 8483 10512 Pacific Whiting 11393 70866 2870 85129 212000 74961 74967 Lingcod 320 562 272 1154 2400 1226 1466 Longspine THDS 203 1505 1613 3321 6000 4860 5567 Shortspine THDS 112 479 471 1062 1500 1501 1719 V&C Sebastes 1666 5015 _ 6681 11200 6022 7121 V&C Yellowtail 1306 3073 _ 4379 3816 4497 V&C Canary rckfsh 122 617 _ 739 850 525 617 Van & Col POP 194 441 _ 635 750 696 803 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 437 117 _ 554 691 713 Columbia Dover 200 2268 _ 2468 2850 2256 2727 V&NC Yellowtail 1127 1631 _ 2758 3590 2830 3356 E&SC Yellowtail 5 1473 66 1544 2580 1031 1197 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 271 1516 1008 2795 3803 2920 3620 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 478 879 941 2298 3217 2844 3113 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 347 347 1700 607 786 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 223 4080 4303 13200 4889 6571 *Estimates Thru 21SEP 21SEP 21SEP 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.