PacFIN 17-OCT-97 14:32 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 649 3341 1114 5104 5323 6088 Dover sole 795 3776 4628 9199 10497 12129 Pacific Whiting 7568 73754 6159 87481 85115 85127 Lingcod 273 631 435 1339 1420 1554 Longspine THDS 210 1394 1766 3370 4027 4809 Shortspine THDS 115 521 494 1130 1259 1502 V&C Sebastes 607 2389 _ 2996 7251 7618 V&C Yellowtail 277 767 _ 1044 4708 4877 V&C Canary rckfsh 131 498 _ 629 827 867 Van & Col POP 143 349 _ 492 686 753 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 350 73 _ 423 647 683 Columbia Dover 191 2674 _ 2865 3100 3506 V&NC Yellowtail 233 476 _ 709 3173 3290 E&SC Yellowtail _ 354 76 430 1520 1608 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 325 1654 1334 3313 3399 3983 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 697 876 1025 2598 2946 3947 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 240 240 421 483 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 366 4732 5098 5474 6425 *Estimates Thru 11OCT 11OCT 11OCT HARD DATA THRU 7/97 8/97 6/97 Hard data for this report was extracted from PacFIN database on 16-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.