PacFIN 10-OCT-97 14:46 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 OCT THRU DEC Widow Rockfish 647 3285 1063 4995 5314 6072 Dover sole 795 3771 4490 9056 10495 12128 Pacific Whiting 7568 73161 6159 86888 85115 85127 Lingcod 272 627 432 1331 1420 1554 Longspine THDS 210 1385 1740 3335 4031 4816 Shortspine THDS 115 516 484 1115 1264 1504 V&C Sebastes 606 2372 _ 2978 7367 7783 V&C Yellowtail 276 774 _ 1050 4734 4932 V&C Canary rckfsh 131 494 _ 625 827 872 Van & Col POP 143 345 _ 488 713 782 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 350 72 _ 422 567 598 Columbia Dover 191 2674 _ 2865 3016 3479 V&NC Yellowtail 233 474 _ 707 2979 3102 E&SC Yellowtail _ 361 75 436 1732 1820 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 323 1643 1319 3285 3399 3984 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 691 801 994 2486 2946 3946 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 235 235 420 480 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 366 4622 4988 5425 6339 *Estimates Thru 04OCT 04OCT 04OCT 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.