PacFIN 02-MAY-97 13:29 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 279 1137 551 1967 1623 6072 Dover sole 414 1829 1699 3942 4229 12128 Pacific Whiting _ 9 1348 1357 871 85127 Lingcod 53 151 84 288 310 1554 Longspine THDS 90 615 902 1607 1416 4816 Shortspine THDS 38 338 224 600 457 1504 V&C Sebastes 177 646 _ 823 2284 7783 V&C Yellowtail 76 168 _ 244 1519 4931 V&C Canary rckfsh 38 131 _ 169 240 872 Van & Col POP 46 98 _ 144 225 782 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 59 22 _ 81 51 598 Columbia Dover 117 1246 _ 1363 1057 3479 V&NC Yellowtail 69 82 _ 151 965 3101 E&SC Yellowtail _ 109 15 124 558 1820 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 105 616 438 1159 1066 3983 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 27 23 260 310 281 3947 C&E&M Thornyheads 5 591 _ 596 1509 4936 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 110 110 196 480 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 64 1526 1590 2059 6339 *Estimates Thru 26APR 26APR 26APR HARD DATA THRU 2/97 3/97 12/96 Hard data for this report was extracted from PacFIN database on 30-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.