PacFIN 05-SEP-97 13:55 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 529 2849 951 4329 4194 6072 Dover sole 726 3396 3982 8104 8161 12128 Pacific Whiting 8146 72297 6344 86787 77382 85127 Lingcod 220 554 395 1169 1067 1554 Longspine THDS 186 1290 1593 3069 3083 4816 Shortspine THDS 104 449 438 991 960 1504 V&C Sebastes 606 2116 _ 2722 6331 7783 V&C Yellowtail 249 700 _ 949 4170 4932 V&C Canary rckfsh 106 439 _ 545 689 872 Van & Col POP 127 300 _ 427 582 782 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 286 68 _ 354 475 598 Columbia Dover 170 2394 _ 2564 2298 3479 V&NC Yellowtail 212 428 _ 640 2612 3102 E&SC Yellowtail _ 324 65 389 1512 1820 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 268 1465 1180 2913 2610 3984 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 392 137 734 1263 656 3946 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 206 206 330 480 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 319 4036 4355 4158 6339 *Estimates Thru 30AUG 30AUG 30AUG 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.