PacFIN 09-MAY-97 15:06 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 286 1143 558 1987 1623 6072 Dover sole 420 1880 1747 4047 4229 12128 Pacific Whiting _ 9 1722 1731 871 85127 Lingcod 56 174 87 317 310 1554 Longspine THDS 94 633 915 1642 1416 4816 Shortspine THDS 40 347 226 613 457 1504 V&C Sebastes 186 681 _ 867 2284 7783 V&C Yellowtail 79 183 _ 262 1519 4931 V&C Canary rckfsh 40 141 _ 181 240 872 Van & Col POP 47 101 _ 148 225 782 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 63 22 _ 85 51 598 Columbia Dover 117 1283 _ 1400 1057 3479 V&NC Yellowtail 71 86 _ 157 965 3101 E&SC Yellowtail _ 122 17 139 558 1820 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 110 642 456 1208 1066 3983 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 29 28 267 324 281 3947 C&E&M Thornyheads 5 591 _ 596 1509 4936 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 112 112 196 480 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 64 1564 1628 2059 6339 *Estimates Thru 30APR 30APR 30APR HARD DATA THRU 2/97 3/97 12/96 Hard data for this report was extracted from PacFIN database on 02-MAY-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.