PacFIN 14-MAR-97 14:12 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 MAR THRU DEC Widow Rockfish 212 371 280 863 1199 5999 Dover sole 193 857 893 1943 3203 11997 Pacific Whiting _ _ _ _ 155 85127 Lingcod 7 72 52 131 228 1535 Longspine THDS 43 354 518 915 1084 4761 Shortspine THDS 21 106 125 252 353 1491 V&C Sebastes 87 269 _ 356 1567 7794 V&C Yellowtail 33 73 _ 106 1052 4943 V&C Canary rckfsh 18 56 _ 74 149 873 Van & Col POP 24 47 _ 71 158 785 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 34 28 _ 62 30 605 Columbia Dover 44 583 _ 627 777 3480 V&NC Yellowtail 29 31 _ 60 682 3092 E&SC Yellowtail _ 47 7 54 383 1827 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 56 291 211 558 771 3946 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 5 9 124 138 194 3937 C&E&M Thornyheads _ 177 _ 177 1154 4865 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 68 68 156 448 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 12 897 909 1604 6041 *Estimates Thru 01MAR 08MAR 08MAR HARD DATA THRU 12/96 1/97 11/96 Hard data for this report was extracted from PacFIN database on 13-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.