PacFIN 27-NOV-96 17:14 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 NOV THRU DEC Widow Rockfish 879 3514 1197 5590 6500 6150 6657 Dover sole 986 4297 5745 11028 11050 10454 10512 Pacific Whiting 11655 70949 2900 85504 212000 74966 74967 Lingcod 356 706 396 1458 2400 1427 1466 Longspine THDS 285 1999 2075 4359 6000 5567 5567 Shortspine THDS 134 639 596 1369 1500 1719 1719 V&C Sebastes 1765 5741 _ 7506 11200 6863 7121 V&C Yellowtail 1414 3432 _ 4846 4335 4497 V&C Canary rckfsh 152 702 _ 854 850 603 617 Van & Col POP 227 530 _ 757 750 783 803 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 585 135 _ 720 708 713 Columbia Dover 253 2977 _ 3230 2850 2705 2727 V&NC Yellowtail 1139 1789 _ 2928 3590 3227 3356 E&SC Yellowtail 5 1681 109 1795 2580 1163 1197 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 358 1952 1322 3632 3803 3620 3620 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 710 1086 1328 3124 3217 3081 3114 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 426 426 1700 750 786 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 267 5219 5486 13200 6233 6571 *Estimates Thru 16NOV 23NOV 16NOV HARD DATA THRU 9/96 10/96 8/96 Hard data for this report was extracted from PacFIN database on 20-NOV-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.