PacFIN 29-AUG-97 14:31      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    528   2802    942   4272             4194     6072
           Dover sole    713   3316   3833   7862             8161    12128
      Pacific Whiting   8146  67947   6343  82436            77382    85127
              Lingcod    207    536    355   1098             1067     1554
       Longspine THDS    180   1260   1563   3003             3083     4816
      Shortspine THDS    100    442    426    968              960     1504

         V&C Sebastes    597   2055      _   2652             6331     7783
       V&C Yellowtail    245    685      _    930             4170     4932
    V&C Canary rckfsh    104    432      _    536              689      872
        Van & Col POP    126    292      _    418              582      782
      V&C UNSP RCKFSH    281     68      _    349              475      598

       Columbia Dover    170   2343      _   2513             2298     3479

      V&NC Yellowtail    209    420      _    629             2612     3102
      E&SC Yellowtail      _    315     65    380             1512     1820

     V&C&E&M TWL SABL    264   1431   1151   2846             2610     3984
     V&C&E&M NTW SABL    112    118    467    697              656     3946

       E&M&C Bocaccio      _      _    195    195              330      480
      E&M&C SBTS+URCK      _    319   3840   4159             4158     6339

      *Estimates Thru  23AUG  23AUG  23AUG

       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.