PacFIN 10-OCT-97 14:48 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 642 3284 1062 4988 4796 6072 Dover sole 794 3771 4463 9028 9413 12128 Pacific Whiting 7568 73161 6159 86888 85110 85127 Lingcod 272 626 429 1327 1274 1554 Longspine THDS 210 1385 1730 3325 3600 4816 Shortspine THDS 115 516 481 1112 1140 1504 V&C Sebastes 603 2368 _ 2971 6971 7783 V&C Yellowtail 275 773 _ 1048 4526 4932 V&C Canary rckfsh 129 493 _ 622 780 872 Van & Col POP 143 345 _ 488 667 782 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 349 72 _ 421 527 598 Columbia Dover 191 2673 _ 2864 2702 3479 V&NC Yellowtail 231 474 _ 705 2849 3102 E&SC Yellowtail _ 360 75 435 1635 1820 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 321 1643 1313 3277 3038 3984 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 690 801 978 2469 2664 3946 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 231 231 372 480 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 366 4576 4942 4750 6339 *Estimates Thru 30SEP 30SEP 30SEP 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.