PacFIN 22-APR-97 16:58 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 APR THRU DEC Widow Rockfish 272 1094 532 1898 1623 6072 Dover sole 376 1346 1496 3218 4229 12128 Pacific Whiting _ 1 _ 1 871 85127 Lingcod 28 116 75 219 310 1554 Longspine THDS 74 453 813 1340 1416 4816 Shortspine THDS 32 265 201 498 457 1504 V&C Sebastes 154 484 _ 638 2284 7783 V&C Yellowtail 67 115 _ 182 1519 4931 V&C Canary rckfsh 32 89 _ 121 240 872 Van & Col POP 37 66 _ 103 225 782 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 51 22 _ 73 51 598 Columbia Dover 107 931 _ 1038 1057 3479 V&NC Yellowtail 60 54 _ 114 965 3101 E&SC Yellowtail _ 79 12 91 558 1820 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 92 453 371 916 1066 3983 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 20 14 214 248 281 3947 C&E&M Thornyheads 5 591 _ 596 1509 4936 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 100 100 196 480 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 64 1357 1421 2059 6339 *Estimates Thru 12APR 05APR 12APR HARD DATA THRU 2/97 3/97 12/96 Hard data for this report was extracted from PacFIN database on 20-APR-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.