PacFIN 17-JAN-97 14:53 Pacific Council Groundfish Best Estimate Report Best Estimates* of 1997 Cumulative Shoreside Landed Catch (Metric Tons) 1997 1996 TOTALS Wash Ore Calif Total HG THRU JAN THRU DEC Widow Rockfish 39 41 20 100 331 5729 Dover sole 38 18 80 136 774 11478 Pacific Whiting _ _ _ _ 0 85124 Lingcod 1 2 4 7 80 1472 Longspine THDS 4 9 81 94 216 4587 Shortspine THDS 3 4 19 26 90 1429 V&C Sebastes 13 6 _ 19 364 7625 V&C Yellowtail 5 1 _ 6 257 4888 V&C Canary rckfsh 2 1 _ 3 26 856 Van & Col POP 8 1 _ 9 42 757 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 7 _ _ 7 4 644 Columbia Dover 4 19 _ 23 149 3276 V&NC Yellowtail 4 _ _ 4 181 3057 E&SC Yellowtail _ 1 2 3 76 1806 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 7 13 35 55 164 3772 V&C&E&M NTW SABL _ 1 17 18 41 3875 C&E&M Thornyheads _ _ _ _ 246 4664 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 4 4 34 413 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ _ 91 91 425 5615 *Estimates Thru 11JAN 11JAN 11JAN HARD DATA THRU 10/96 11/96 9/96 Hard data for this report was extracted from PacFIN database on 16-JAN-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.