PacFIN 24-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 709 3252 1123 5084 5323 6088 Dover sole 797 3796 4517 9110 10497 12129 Pacific Whiting 7231 73756 6280 87267 85115 85127 Lingcod 271 637 410 1318 1420 1554 Longspine THDS 217 1392 1769 3378 4027 4809 Shortspine THDS 115 531 499 1145 1259 1502 V&C Sebastes 580 2428 _ 3008 7251 7618 V&C Yellowtail 285 768 _ 1053 4708 4877 V&C Canary rckfsh 135 506 _ 641 827 867 Van & Col POP 148 355 _ 503 686 753 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 392 79 _ 471 647 683 Columbia Dover 198 2717 _ 2915 3100 3506 V&NC Yellowtail 224 471 _ 695 3174 3292 E&SC Yellowtail _ 355 72 427 1518 1606 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 333 1664 1274 3271 3399 3983 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 725 945 950 2620 2946 3947 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 235 235 421 483 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 415 4543 4958 5474 6425 *Estimates Thru 18OCT 18OCT 18OCT HARD DATA THRU 8/97 9/97 8/97 Hard data for this report was extracted from PacFIN database on 21-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.