PacFIN 28-MAR-97 13:58 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 245 792 411 1448 1199 6073 Dover sole 255 1081 1128 2464 3203 12129 Pacific Whiting _ _ _ _ 155 85127 Lingcod 8 80 67 155 228 1556 Longspine THDS 52 372 667 1091 1084 4813 Shortspine THDS 24 208 159 391 353 1506 V&C Sebastes 111 342 _ 453 1567 7808 V&C Yellowtail 43 85 _ 128 1051 4941 V&C Canary rckfsh 27 64 _ 91 149 872 Van & Col POP 28 50 _ 78 158 785 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 40 37 _ 77 30 602 Columbia Dover 66 742 _ 808 777 3480 V&NC Yellowtail 38 39 _ 77 681 3101 E&SC Yellowtail _ 55 8 63 383 1819 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 68 364 278 710 771 3986 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 8 10 163 181 194 3946 C&E&M Thornyheads _ 371 _ 371 1154 4936 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 80 80 156 480 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 33 1101 1134 1604 6340 *Estimates Thru 22MAR 22MAR 22MAR 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.