PacFIN 21-MAR-97 13:06 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 228 787 351 1366 1199 6073 Dover sole 214 877 1029 2120 3203 12129 Pacific Whiting _ _ _ _ 155 85127 Lingcod 8 73 60 141 228 1556 Longspine THDS 44 297 624 965 1084 4813 Shortspine THDS 21 187 147 355 353 1506 V&C Sebastes 99 310 _ 409 1567 7808 V&C Yellowtail 39 78 _ 117 1051 4941 V&C Canary rckfsh 22 59 _ 81 149 872 Van & Col POP 25 46 _ 71 158 785 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 37 37 _ 74 30 602 Columbia Dover 49 596 _ 645 777 3480 V&NC Yellowtail 34 35 _ 69 681 3101 E&SC Yellowtail _ 50 7 57 383 1819 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 59 304 254 617 771 3986 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 7 10 144 161 194 3946 C&E&M Thornyheads _ 371 _ 371 1154 4936 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 78 78 156 480 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 33 1007 1040 1604 6340 *Estimates Thru 15MAR 15MAR 15MAR HARD DATA THRU 12/96 2/97 11/96 Hard data for this report was extracted from PacFIN database on 19-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.