PacFIN 07-APR-97 08:30 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 255 801 443 1499 1199 6073 Dover sole 285 1191 1287 2763 3203 12129 Pacific Whiting _ _ _ _ 155 85127 Lingcod 13 95 71 179 228 1556 Longspine THDS 64 417 716 1197 1084 4813 Shortspine THDS 30 221 172 423 353 1506 V&C Sebastes 124 375 _ 499 1567 7808 V&C Yellowtail 48 99 _ 147 1051 4941 V&C Canary rckfsh 28 82 _ 110 149 872 Van & Col POP 28 56 _ 84 158 785 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 47 37 _ 84 30 602 Columbia Dover 73 780 _ 853 777 3480 V&NC Yellowtail 42 45 _ 87 681 3101 E&SC Yellowtail _ 65 10 75 383 1819 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 78 404 303 785 771 3986 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 10 13 182 205 194 3946 C&E&M Thornyheads _ 371 _ 371 1154 4936 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 89 89 156 480 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 33 1247 1280 1604 6340 *Estimates Thru 29MAR 29MAR 29MAR 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.