PacFIN 28-APR-97 12:39 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 274 1125 532 1931 1623 6072 Dover sole 395 1649 1496 3540 4229 12128 Pacific Whiting _ 8 _ 8 871 85127 Lingcod 47 142 75 264 310 1554 Longspine THDS 79 542 813 1434 1416 4816 Shortspine THDS 34 307 201 542 457 1504 V&C Sebastes 164 593 _ 757 2284 7783 V&C Yellowtail 71 155 _ 226 1519 4931 V&C Canary rckfsh 35 122 _ 157 240 872 Van & Col POP 42 89 _ 131 225 782 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 54 22 _ 76 51 598 Columbia Dover 117 1121 _ 1238 1057 3479 V&NC Yellowtail 64 76 _ 140 965 3101 E&SC Yellowtail _ 102 12 114 558 1820 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 97 554 371 1022 1066 3983 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 24 21 214 259 281 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 19APR 19APR 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.