PacFIN 21-NOV-97 13:47 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 846 3622 1326 5794 5825 6077 Dover sole 810 3870 4932 9612 11518 12151 Pacific Whiting 7237 73834 6366 87437 85124 85127 Lingcod 282 713 490 1485 1524 1557 Longspine THDS 224 1530 1917 3671 4589 4855 Shortspine THDS 130 572 544 1246 1435 1523 V&C Sebastes 687 2691 _ 3378 7514 7618 V&C Yellowtail 332 864 _ 1196 4825 4877 V&C Canary rckfsh 136 568 _ 704 860 867 Van & Col POP 167 389 _ 556 733 753 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 345 81 _ 426 667 683 Columbia Dover 194 2762 _ 2956 3329 3506 V&NC Yellowtail 257 542 _ 799 3247 3292 E&SC Yellowtail _ 386 87 473 1590 1606 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 338 1737 1356 3431 3763 3985 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 772 1062 1080 2914 3056 3967 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 291 291 460 485 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 440 5368 5808 6051 6438 *Estimates Thru 15NOV 15NOV 15NOV HARD DATA THRU 9/97 10/97 8/97 Hard data for this report was extracted from PacFIN database on 19-NOV-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.