PacFIN 20-DEC-96 14:33 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 DEC THRU DEC Widow Rockfish 944 3585 1221 5750 6500 6657 6657 Dover sole 1027 4413 5785 11225 11050 10512 10512 Pacific Whiting 11653 70572 2899 85124 212000 74967 74967 Lingcod 362 709 397 1468 2400 1466 1466 Longspine THDS 290 2029 2105 4424 6000 5567 5567 Shortspine THDS 133 658 599 1390 1500 1719 1719 V&C Sebastes 1757 5800 _ 7557 11200 7121 7121 V&C Yellowtail 1426 3447 _ 4873 4497 4497 V&C Canary rckfsh 163 703 _ 866 850 617 617 Van & Col POP 236 534 _ 770 750 803 803 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 595 138 _ 733 713 713 Columbia Dover 247 3061 _ 3308 2850 2727 2727 V&NC Yellowtail 1145 1798 _ 2943 3590 3356 3356 E&SC Yellowtail 5 1684 106 1795 2580 1197 1197 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 375 1978 1338 3691 3803 3620 3620 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 700 1086 1174 2960 3217 3113 3114 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 419 419 1700 786 786 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 287 5183 5470 13200 6571 6571 *Estimates Thru 14DEC 14DEC 07DEC HARD DATA THRU 10/96 11/96 9/96 Hard data for this report was extracted from PacFIN database on 17-DEC-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.