PacFIN 31-OCT-97 13:15 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 729 3425 1155 5309 5323 6088 Dover sole 800 3835 4601 9236 10497 12129 Pacific Whiting 7231 73756 6280 87267 85115 85127 Lingcod 280 663 420 1363 1420 1554 Longspine THDS 225 1452 1789 3466 4027 4809 Shortspine THDS 117 548 506 1171 1259 1502 V&C Sebastes 593 2525 _ 3118 7251 7618 V&C Yellowtail 296 807 _ 1103 4708 4877 V&C Canary rckfsh 136 530 _ 666 827 867 Van & Col POP 149 372 _ 521 686 753 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 397 79 _ 476 647 683 Columbia Dover 199 2742 _ 2941 3100 3506 V&NC Yellowtail 233 500 _ 733 3174 3292 E&SC Yellowtail _ 367 73 440 1518 1606 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 337 1696 1285 3318 3399 3983 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 750 1065 979 2794 2946 3947 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 242 242 421 483 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 415 4662 5077 5474 6425 *Estimates Thru 25OCT 25OCT 25OCT 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.