PacFIN 16-MAY-97 14:58 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 MAY THRU DEC Widow Rockfish 291 1162 568 2021 2111 6072 Dover sole 446 2011 1847 4304 5250 12128 Pacific Whiting _ 9 1722 1731 8209 85127 Lingcod 59 185 93 337 467 1554 Longspine THDS 102 672 963 1737 1835 4816 Shortspine THDS 44 365 251 660 599 1504 V&C Sebastes 205 751 _ 956 3389 7783 V&C Yellowtail 84 191 _ 275 2260 4931 V&C Canary rckfsh 42 166 _ 208 352 872 Van & Col POP 50 115 _ 165 317 782 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 74 22 _ 96 167 598 Columbia Dover 123 1368 _ 1491 1402 3479 V&NC Yellowtail 76 96 _ 172 1386 3101 E&SC Yellowtail _ 119 18 137 835 1820 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 120 695 497 1312 1443 3983 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 37 34 272 343 353 3947 C&E&M Thornyheads 5 591 571 1167 1907 4936 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 105 105 221 480 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 64 1693 1757 2457 6339 *Estimates Thru 10MAY 10MAY 03MAY HARD DATA THRU 2/97 3/97 2/97 Hard data for this report was extracted from PacFIN database on 15-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.