PacFIN 01-AUG-97 13:08 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 JUL THRU DEC Widow Rockfish 426 2227 821 3474 3427 6072 Dover sole 645 2939 3189 6773 7146 12128 Pacific Whiting 5092 36870 5377 47339 51689 85127 Lingcod 171 456 242 869 873 1554 Longspine THDS 164 1158 1402 2724 2685 4816 Shortspine THDS 94 389 380 863 847 1504 V&C Sebastes 532 1704 _ 2236 5409 7783 V&C Yellowtail 199 519 _ 718 3547 4932 V&C Canary rckfsh 91 375 _ 466 587 872 Van & Col POP 109 244 _ 353 515 782 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 268 52 _ 320 412 598 Columbia Dover 124 2064 _ 2188 1965 3479 V&NC Yellowtail 173 287 _ 460 2174 3102 E&SC Yellowtail _ 276 39 315 1314 1820 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 237 1257 974 2468 2254 3984 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 111 113 435 659 544 3946 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 159 159 293 480 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 273 3108 3381 3625 6339 *Estimates Thru 26JUL 26JUL 26JUL HARD DATA THRU 4/97 6/97 4/97 Hard data for this report was extracted from PacFIN database on 18-JUL-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.