PacFIN 14-NOV-97 13:55 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 NOV THRU DEC Widow Rockfish 780 3580 1219 5579 5825 6077 Dover sole 802 3851 4766 9419 11518 12151 Pacific Whiting 7232 73756 6283 87271 85124 85127 Lingcod 282 697 443 1422 1524 1557 Longspine THDS 229 1497 1878 3604 4589 4855 Shortspine THDS 119 563 531 1213 1435 1523 V&C Sebastes 615 2617 _ 3232 7514 7618 V&C Yellowtail 311 838 _ 1149 4825 4877 V&C Canary rckfsh 141 549 _ 690 860 867 Van & Col POP 154 384 _ 538 733 753 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 407 79 _ 486 667 683 Columbia Dover 200 2752 _ 2952 3329 3506 V&NC Yellowtail 246 522 _ 768 3247 3292 E&SC Yellowtail _ 381 85 466 1590 1606 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 341 1717 1325 3383 3763 3985 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 754 1091 1028 2873 3056 3967 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 267 267 460 485 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 415 4951 5366 6051 6438 *Estimates Thru 08NOV 08NOV 08NOV 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.