PacFIN 12-SEP-97 14:32 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 532 2887 951 4370 4194 6072 Dover sole 730 3447 3992 8169 8161 12128 Pacific Whiting 8146 72374 6344 86864 77382 85127 Lingcod 223 569 396 1188 1067 1554 Longspine THDS 187 1301 1596 3084 3083 4816 Shortspine THDS 105 454 440 999 960 1504 V&C Sebastes 612 2145 _ 2757 6331 7783 V&C Yellowtail 250 708 _ 958 4170 4932 V&C Canary rckfsh 107 450 _ 557 689 872 Van & Col POP 127 309 _ 436 582 782 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 289 68 _ 357 475 598 Columbia Dover 171 2433 _ 2604 2298 3479 V&NC Yellowtail 213 434 _ 647 2612 3102 E&SC Yellowtail _ 327 65 392 1512 1820 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 270 1486 1183 2939 2610 3984 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 435 345 768 1548 656 3946 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 208 208 330 480 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 319 4054 4373 4158 6339 *Estimates Thru 31AUG 31AUG 31AUG 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.