PacFIN 15-APR-97 10:37      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 APR THRU DEC
       Widow Rockfish    262    812    467   1541             1623     6073
           Dover sole    311   1361   1323   2995             4229    12129
      Pacific Whiting      _      1      _      1              871    85127
              Lingcod     13    118     71    202              310     1556
       Longspine THDS     66    488    724   1278             1416     4813
      Shortspine THDS     31    238    175    444              457     1506

         V&C Sebastes    128    467      _    595             2286     7808
       V&C Yellowtail     52    126      _    178             1519     4941
    V&C Canary rckfsh     28     94      _    122              240      872
        Van & Col POP     28     65      _     93              228      785
      V&C UNSP RCKFSH     48     37      _     85               51      602

       Columbia Dover     91    891      _    982             1057     3480

      V&NC Yellowtail     45     53      _     98              965     3101
      E&SC Yellowtail      _     85     12     97              558     1819

     V&C&E&M TWL SABL     83    461    309    853             1066     3986
     V&C&E&M NTW SABL     12     15    188    215              281     3946

    C&E&M Thornyheads      _    371      _    371             1509     4936
       E&M&C Bocaccio      _      _     90     90              196      480
      E&M&C SBTS+URCK      _     33   1267   1300             2059     6340

      *Estimates Thru  05APR  05APR  05APR

       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.