PacFIN 05-DEC-97 14:12 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 894 3769 1336 5999 5825 6077 Dover sole 817 3884 5025 9726 11518 12151 Pacific Whiting 7237 73834 6366 87437 85124 85127 Lingcod 282 725 499 1506 1524 1557 Longspine THDS 226 1562 1944 3732 4589 4855 Shortspine THDS 131 582 556 1269 1435 1523 V&C Sebastes 741 2776 _ 3517 7514 7618 V&C Yellowtail 388 897 _ 1285 4825 4877 V&C Canary rckfsh 152 575 _ 727 860 867 Van & Col POP 172 398 _ 570 733 753 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 351 81 _ 432 667 683 Columbia Dover 195 2774 _ 2969 3329 3506 V&NC Yellowtail 302 562 _ 864 3247 3292 E&SC Yellowtail _ 399 87 486 1590 1606 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 341 1756 1367 3464 3763 3985 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 773 1065 1092 2930 3056 3967 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 297 297 460 485 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 440 5499 5939 6051 6438 *Estimates Thru 29NOV 29NOV 29NOV 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.