PacFIN 07-NOV-97 14:14 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 761 3492 1170 5423 5311 6077 Dover sole 801 3850 4659 9310 10504 12151 Pacific Whiting 7232 73756 6280 87268 85115 85127 Lingcod 282 682 431 1395 1421 1557 Longspine THDS 227 1492 1816 3535 4060 4855 Shortspine THDS 119 561 514 1194 1276 1523 V&C Sebastes 608 2604 _ 3212 7251 7618 V&C Yellowtail 303 834 _ 1137 4708 4877 V&C Canary rckfsh 140 544 _ 684 827 867 Van & Col POP 153 382 _ 535 686 753 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 405 79 _ 484 647 683 Columbia Dover 200 2752 _ 2952 3100 3506 V&NC Yellowtail 240 520 _ 760 3174 3292 E&SC Yellowtail _ 378 81 459 1518 1606 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 340 1715 1294 3349 3398 3985 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 752 1076 1001 2829 2962 3967 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 246 246 420 485 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 415 4808 5223 5468 6438 *Estimates Thru 31OCT 31OCT 31OCT HARD DATA THRU 8/97 9/97 8/97 Hard data for this report was extracted from PacFIN database on 31-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.