PacFIN 01-DEC-97 09:19 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 885 3715 1326 5926 5825 6077 Dover sole 815 3881 4932 9628 11518 12151 Pacific Whiting 7237 73834 6366 87437 85124 85127 Lingcod 282 723 490 1495 1524 1557 Longspine THDS 226 1559 1917 3702 4589 4855 Shortspine THDS 131 581 544 1256 1435 1523 V&C Sebastes 727 2737 _ 3464 7514 7618 V&C Yellowtail 368 875 _ 1243 4825 4877 V&C Canary rckfsh 152 574 _ 726 860 867 Van & Col POP 172 398 _ 570 733 753 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 351 81 _ 432 667 683 Columbia Dover 195 2771 _ 2966 3329 3506 V&NC Yellowtail 286 548 _ 834 3247 3292 E&SC Yellowtail _ 390 87 477 1590 1606 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 340 1753 1356 3449 3763 3985 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 772 1064 1080 2916 3056 3967 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 291 291 460 485 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 440 5368 5808 6051 6438 *Estimates Thru 22NOV 22NOV 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.