PacFIN 10-MAR-97 11:15 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 83 13 113 209 331 5999 Dover sole 96 325 339 760 774 11997 Pacific Whiting _ _ _ _ 0 85127 Lingcod 5 12 15 32 80 1535 Longspine THDS 19 133 210 362 216 4761 Shortspine THDS 10 37 50 97 90 1491 V&C Sebastes 36 71 _ 107 364 7794 V&C Yellowtail 14 19 _ 33 257 4943 V&C Canary rckfsh 7 5 _ 12 26 873 Van & Col POP 12 13 _ 25 42 785 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 15 _ _ 15 4 605 Columbia Dover 24 208 _ 232 149 3480 V&NC Yellowtail 12 9 _ 21 181 3092 E&SC Yellowtail _ 12 4 16 76 1827 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 23 109 88 220 164 3946 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 1 4 39 44 41 3937 C&E&M Thornyheads _ _ _ _ 246 4865 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 19 19 34 448 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ _ 351 351 425 6041 *Estimates Thru 25JAN 22JAN 25JAN HARD DATA THRU 12/96 12/96 11/96 Hard data for this report was extracted from PacFIN database on 07-MAR-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.