PacFIN 26-SEP-97 13:33 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 3087 993 4680 4796 6072 Dover sole 762 3637 4282 8681 9413 12128 Pacific Whiting 7568 73161 6159 86888 85110 85127 Lingcod 254 599 398 1251 1274 1554 Longspine THDS 206 1353 1686 3245 3600 4816 Shortspine THDS 113 499 469 1081 1140 1504 V&C Sebastes 579 2297 _ 2876 6971 7783 V&C Yellowtail 267 748 _ 1015 4526 4932 V&C Canary rckfsh 125 471 _ 596 780 872 Van & Col POP 135 331 _ 466 667 782 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 334 72 _ 406 527 598 Columbia Dover 185 2607 _ 2792 2702 3479 V&NC Yellowtail 224 457 _ 681 2849 3102 E&SC Yellowtail _ 347 71 418 1635 1820 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 304 1583 1264 3151 3038 3984 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 685 793 971 2449 2664 3946 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 219 219 372 480 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 366 4287 4653 4750 6339 *Estimates Thru 20SEP 20SEP 20SEP HARD DATA THRU 7/97 8/97 6/97 Hard data for this report was extracted from PacFIN database on 22-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.