PacFIN 08-AUG-97 16:23 Pacific Council Groundfish Best Estimate Report Best Estimates* of 1997 Cumulative Shoreside Total Fleet Landed Catch Catch values are in Metric-tons 1997 1996 TOTALS Wash Ore Calif Total HG THRU JUL THRU DEC Widow Rockfish 451 2567 853 3871 3427 6072 Dover sole 659 3002 3463 7124 7146 12128 Pacific Whiting 5599 46057 5662 57318 51689 85127 Lingcod 182 470 293 945 873 1554 Longspine THDS 165 1179 1481 2825 2685 4816 Shortspine THDS 96 395 404 895 847 1504 V&C Sebastes 552 1769 _ 2321 5409 7783 V&C Yellowtail 203 553 _ 756 3547 4932 V&C Canary rckfsh 92 384 _ 476 587 872 Van & Col POP 110 257 _ 367 515 782 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 282 52 _ 334 412 598 Columbia Dover 128 2096 _ 2224 1965 3479 V&NC Yellowtail 177 315 _ 492 2174 3102 E&SC Yellowtail _ 283 48 331 1314 1820 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 242 1295 1058 2595 2254 3984 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 116 115 468 699 544 3946 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 175 175 293 480 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 273 3491 3764 3625 6339 *Estimates Thru 31JUL 31JUL 31JUL 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.