PacFIN 10-MAR-97 10:15 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 FEB THRU DEC Widow Rockfish 118 27 151 296 666 5999 Dover sole 120 480 473 1073 1794 11997 Pacific Whiting _ _ _ _ 0 85127 Lingcod 5 43 21 69 140 1535 Longspine THDS 21 187 274 482 609 4761 Shortspine THDS 11 61 68 140 207 1491 V&C Sebastes 51 174 _ 225 841 7794 V&C Yellowtail 18 39 _ 57 586 4943 V&C Canary rckfsh 12 15 _ 27 60 873 Van & Col POP 14 26 _ 40 95 785 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 21 _ _ 21 11 605 Columbia Dover 24 301 _ 325 399 3480 V&NC Yellowtail 15 17 _ 32 379 3092 E&SC Yellowtail _ 26 5 31 207 1827 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 30 160 111 301 425 3946 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 2 6 65 73 86 3937 C&E&M Thornyheads _ _ _ _ 667 4865 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 38 38 84 448 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ _ 537 537 956 6041 *Estimates Thru 08FEB 08FEB 08FEB 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.