PacFIN 12-DEC-97 14:59 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 DEC THRU DEC Widow Rockfish 900 3801 1336 6037 6077 6077 Dover sole 818 3889 5025 9732 12151 12151 Pacific Whiting 7237 73834 6366 87437 85127 85127 Lingcod 283 727 499 1509 1557 1557 Longspine THDS 227 1573 1944 3744 4855 4855 Shortspine THDS 132 585 556 1273 1523 1523 V&C Sebastes 751 2813 _ 3564 7618 7618 V&C Yellowtail 400 911 _ 1311 4877 4877 V&C Canary rckfsh 152 576 _ 728 867 867 Van & Col POP 173 398 _ 571 753 753 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 353 81 _ 434 683 683 Columbia Dover 195 2779 _ 2974 3506 3506 V&NC Yellowtail 312 572 _ 884 3292 3292 E&SC Yellowtail _ 403 87 490 1606 1606 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 344 1765 1367 3476 3985 3985 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 774 1065 1092 2931 3113 3967 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 297 297 485 485 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 440 5499 5939 6438 6438 *Estimates Thru 06DEC 30NOV 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.