PacFIN 19-SEP-97 15:53 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 600 2934 979 4513 4796 6072 Dover sole 768 3508 4140 8416 9413 12128 Pacific Whiting 7568 73170 6154 86892 85110 85127 Lingcod 253 577 382 1212 1274 1554 Longspine THDS 206 1316 1648 3170 3600 4816 Shortspine THDS 114 483 457 1054 1140 1504 V&C Sebastes 578 2225 _ 2803 6971 7783 V&C Yellowtail 265 723 _ 988 4526 4932 V&C Canary rckfsh 127 459 _ 586 780 872 Van & Col POP 141 320 _ 461 667 782 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 337 72 _ 409 527 598 Columbia Dover 204 2492 _ 2696 2702 3479 V&NC Yellowtail 223 441 _ 664 2849 3102 E&SC Yellowtail _ 337 69 406 1635 1820 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 308 1527 1226 3061 3038 3984 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 682 784 931 2397 2664 3946 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 211 211 372 480 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 366 4142 4508 4750 6339 *Estimates Thru 13SEP 13SEP 13SEP HARD DATA THRU 7/97 8/97 6/97 Hard data for this report was extracted from PacFIN database on 16-SEP-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.