PacFIN 10-MAR-97 09:54 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 207 44 252 503 666 5999 Dover sole 186 715 778 1679 1794 11997 Pacific Whiting _ _ _ _ 0 85127 Lingcod 7 57 48 112 140 1535 Longspine THDS 41 290 446 777 609 4761 Shortspine THDS 20 92 107 219 207 1491 V&C Sebastes 84 262 _ 346 841 7794 V&C Yellowtail 32 64 _ 96 586 4943 V&C Canary rckfsh 18 40 _ 58 60 873 Van & Col POP 23 39 _ 62 95 785 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 34 _ _ 34 11 605 Columbia Dover 42 449 _ 491 399 3480 V&NC Yellowtail 28 27 _ 55 379 3092 E&SC Yellowtail _ 44 7 51 207 1827 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 54 246 185 485 425 3946 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 4 8 99 111 86 3937 C&E&M Thornyheads _ _ _ _ 667 4865 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 61 61 84 448 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ _ 798 798 956 6041 *Estimates Thru 28FEB 28FEB 28FEB 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.