PacFIN 30-MAY-97 14:02 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 285 1491 638 2414 2111 6072 Dover sole 495 2123 2271 4889 5250 12128 Pacific Whiting _ 9 3318 3327 8209 85127 Lingcod 96 220 117 433 467 1554 Longspine THDS 103 856 1100 2059 1835 4816 Shortspine THDS 56 266 291 613 599 1504 V&C Sebastes 241 891 _ 1132 3389 7783 V&C Yellowtail 97 245 _ 342 2261 4932 V&C Canary rckfsh 49 186 _ 235 352 872 Van & Col POP 59 143 _ 202 317 782 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 94 19 _ 113 167 598 Columbia Dover 115 1426 _ 1541 1399 3479 V&NC Yellowtail 89 120 _ 209 1387 3102 E&SC Yellowtail _ 154 22 176 834 1820 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 133 794 630 1557 1442 3984 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 53 49 347 449 354 3946 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 112 112 221 480 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 127 2069 2196 2457 6339 *Estimates Thru 24MAY 24MAY 24MAY HARD DATA THRU 3/97 4/97 2/97 Hard data for this report was extracted from PacFIN database on 19-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.