PacFIN 15-AUG-97 17:40 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 AUG THRU DEC Widow Rockfish 495 2613 890 3998 4194 6072 Dover sole 679 3094 3539 7312 8161 12128 Pacific Whiting 6817 49646 6343 62806 77382 85127 Lingcod 194 488 319 1001 1067 1554 Longspine THDS 176 1190 1478 2844 3083 4816 Shortspine THDS 95 416 408 919 960 1504 V&C Sebastes 552 1829 _ 2381 6331 7783 V&C Yellowtail 227 562 _ 789 4170 4932 V&C Canary rckfsh 97 399 _ 496 689 872 Van & Col POP 119 270 _ 389 582 782 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 260 68 _ 328 475 598 Columbia Dover 156 2175 _ 2331 2298 3479 V&NC Yellowtail 193 322 _ 515 2612 3102 E&SC Yellowtail _ 289 53 342 1512 1820 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 251 1329 1065 2645 2610 3984 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 106 109 457 672 656 3946 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 183 183 330 480 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 319 3524 3843 4158 6339 *Estimates Thru 09AUG 09AUG 09AUG HARD DATA THRU 6/97 7/97 5/97 Hard data for this report was extracted from PacFIN database on 15-AUG-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.