PacFIN 08-OCT-97 08:45 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 638 3151 1012 4801 4796 6072 Dover sole 793 3698 4366 8857 9413 12128 Pacific Whiting 7568 73161 6159 86888 85110 85127 Lingcod 271 613 406 1290 1274 1554 Longspine THDS 210 1360 1710 3280 3600 4816 Shortspine THDS 115 503 476 1094 1140 1504 V&C Sebastes 601 2313 _ 2914 6971 7783 V&C Yellowtail 274 751 _ 1025 4526 4932 V&C Canary rckfsh 127 480 _ 607 780 872 Van & Col POP 143 333 _ 476 667 782 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 349 72 _ 421 527 598 Columbia Dover 191 2629 _ 2820 2702 3479 V&NC Yellowtail 230 457 _ 687 2849 3102 E&SC Yellowtail _ 353 75 428 1635 1820 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 320 1604 1289 3213 3038 3984 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 690 797 976 2463 2664 3946 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 222 222 372 480 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 366 4418 4784 4750 6339 *Estimates Thru 27SEP 27SEP 27SEP HARD DATA THRU 7/97 8/97 6/97 Hard data for this report was extracted from PacFIN database on 01-OCT-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.