PacFIN 06-DEC-96 14:03 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 928 3559 1217 5704 6500 6150 6657 Dover sole 1031 4385 5812 11228 11050 10454 10512 Pacific Whiting 11655 70950 2900 85505 212000 74966 74967 Lingcod 361 709 409 1479 2400 1427 1466 Longspine THDS 292 2024 2106 4422 6000 5567 5567 Shortspine THDS 138 645 603 1386 1500 1719 1719 V&C Sebastes 1789 5780 _ 7569 11200 6863 7121 V&C Yellowtail 1430 3439 _ 4869 4335 4497 V&C Canary rckfsh 156 705 _ 861 850 603 617 Van & Col POP 237 537 _ 774 750 783 803 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 592 135 _ 727 708 713 Columbia Dover 253 3039 _ 3292 2850 2705 2727 V&NC Yellowtail 1151 1790 _ 2941 3590 3227 3356 E&SC Yellowtail 5 1687 110 1802 2580 1163 1197 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 370 1977 1342 3689 3803 3620 3620 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 710 1086 1340 3136 3217 3081 3114 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 432 432 1700 750 786 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 267 5297 5564 13200 6233 6571 *Estimates Thru 30NOV 30NOV 30NOV 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.