PacFIN 12-SEP-97 14:30 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 SEP THRU DEC Widow Rockfish 548 2888 951 4387 4796 6072 Dover sole 749 3450 3992 8191 9413 12128 Pacific Whiting 8146 72374 6344 86864 85110 85127 Lingcod 237 571 396 1204 1274 1554 Longspine THDS 191 1308 1596 3095 3600 4816 Shortspine THDS 112 454 440 1006 1140 1504 V&C Sebastes 648 2150 _ 2798 6971 7783 V&C Yellowtail 256 709 _ 965 4526 4932 V&C Canary rckfsh 119 451 _ 570 780 872 Van & Col POP 132 309 _ 441 667 782 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 306 68 _ 374 527 598 Columbia Dover 174 2437 _ 2611 2702 3479 V&NC Yellowtail 218 434 _ 652 2849 3102 E&SC Yellowtail _ 328 65 393 1635 1820 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 282 1489 1183 2954 3038 3984 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 695 440 768 1903 2664 3946 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 208 208 372 480 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 319 4054 4373 4750 6339 *Estimates Thru 06SEP 06SEP 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.