PacFIN 15-APR-97 10:33      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    257    812    456   1525             1199     6073
           Dover sole    293   1361   1315   2969             3203    12129
      Pacific Whiting      _      1      _      1              155    85127
              Lingcod     13    118     71    202              228     1556
       Longspine THDS     64    488    721   1273             1084     4813
      Shortspine THDS     30    238    174    442              353     1506

         V&C Sebastes    125    467      _    592             1567     7808
       V&C Yellowtail     49    125      _    174             1051     4941
    V&C Canary rckfsh     28     94      _    122              149      872
        Van & Col POP     28     65      _     93              158      785
      V&C UNSP RCKFSH     47     37      _     84               30      602

       Columbia Dover     78    891      _    969              777     3480

      V&NC Yellowtail     43     53      _     96              681     3101
      E&SC Yellowtail      _     85     10     95              383     1819

     V&C&E&M TWL SABL     79    461    308    848              771     3986
     V&C&E&M NTW SABL     10     14    185    209              194     3946

    C&E&M Thornyheads      _    371      _    371             1154     4936
       E&M&C Bocaccio      _      _     89     89              156      480
      E&M&C SBTS+URCK      _     33   1259   1292             1604     6340

      *Estimates Thru  31MAR  31MAR  31MAR

       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.