PacFIN 26-AUG-97 08:35 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 512 2743 928 4183 4194 6072 Dover sole 704 3229 3729 7662 8161 12128 Pacific Whiting 7730 60758 6343 74831 77382 85127 Lingcod 200 512 342 1054 1067 1554 Longspine THDS 179 1239 1545 2963 3083 4816 Shortspine THDS 98 433 421 952 960 1504 V&C Sebastes 580 1962 _ 2542 6331 7783 V&C Yellowtail 237 629 _ 866 4170 4932 V&C Canary rckfsh 99 420 _ 519 689 872 Van & Col POP 122 288 _ 410 582 782 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 275 68 _ 343 475 598 Columbia Dover 169 2317 _ 2486 2298 3479 V&NC Yellowtail 202 375 _ 577 2612 3102 E&SC Yellowtail _ 305 59 364 1512 1820 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 260 1393 1121 2774 2610 3984 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 109 117 465 691 656 3946 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 192 192 330 480 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 319 3711 4030 4158 6339 *Estimates Thru 16AUG 16AUG 16AUG HARD DATA THRU 6/97 7/97 5/97 Hard data for this report was extracted from PacFIN database on 16-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.