PacFIN 11-OCT-96 14:17 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 698 3044 989 4731 6500 4651 6657 Dover sole 853 3584 4886 9323 11050 8483 10512 Pacific Whiting 11393 70875 2871 85139 212000 74961 74967 Lingcod 335 615 303 1253 2400 1226 1466 Longspine THDS 212 1621 1712 3545 6000 4860 5567 Shortspine THDS 116 511 505 1132 1500 1501 1719 V&C Sebastes 1690 5103 _ 6793 11200 6022 7121 V&C Yellowtail 1319 3078 _ 4397 3816 4497 V&C Canary rckfsh 125 650 _ 775 850 525 617 Van & Col POP 198 471 _ 669 750 696 803 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 447 117 _ 564 691 713 Columbia Dover 209 2480 _ 2689 2850 2256 2727 V&NC Yellowtail 1138 1670 _ 2808 3590 2830 3356 E&SC Yellowtail 5 1441 72 1518 2580 1031 1197 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 281 1616 1072 2969 3803 2920 3620 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 485 874 1080 2439 3217 2844 3113 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 373 373 1700 607 786 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 223 4412 4635 13200 4889 6571 *Estimates Thru 30SEP 30SEP 30SEP HARD DATA THRU 7/96 8/96 6/96 Hard data for this report was extracted from PacFIN database on 04-OCT-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.