PacFIN 25-FEB-97 11:00 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 953 3736 1317 6006 6500 6655 6655 Dover sole 1063 4687 6268 12018 11050 10544 10544 Pacific Whiting 11653 70574 2900 85127 212000 74967 74967 Lingcod 361 718 453 1532 2400 1467 1467 Longspine THDS 282 2116 2368 4766 6000 5582 5582 Shortspine THDS 148 678 661 1487 1500 1726 1726 V&C Sebastes 1910 5886 _ 7796 11200 7121 7121 V&C Yellowtail 1458 3486 _ 4944 4497 4497 V&C Canary rckfsh 162 710 _ 872 850 617 617 Van & Col POP 232 553 _ 785 750 803 803 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 464 140 _ 604 713 713 Columbia Dover 241 3239 _ 3480 2850 2727 2727 V&NC Yellowtail 1273 1819 _ 3092 3590 3356 3356 E&SC Yellowtail 4 1703 120 1827 2580 1197 1197 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 367 2081 1505 3953 3803 3626 3626 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 702 1096 1284 3082 3217 3129 3130 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 451 451 1700 791 791 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 290 5807 6097 13200 6595 6595 *Estimates Thru 31DEC 31DEC 31DEC HARD DATA THRU 12/96 12/96 11/96 Hard data for this report was extracted from PacFIN database on 21-FEB-97. 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.