PacFIN 19-DEC-97 10:26 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 940 3788 1312 6040 6077 6077 Dover sole 823 3903 4979 9705 12151 12151 Pacific Whiting 7243 73834 6336 87413 85127 85127 Lingcod 287 729 475 1491 1557 1557 Longspine THDS 231 1615 1931 3777 4855 4855 Shortspine THDS 132 564 551 1247 1523 1523 V&C Sebastes 833 2870 _ 3703 7618 7618 V&C Yellowtail 466 953 _ 1419 4877 4877 V&C Canary rckfsh 173 584 _ 757 867 867 Van & Col POP 182 402 _ 584 753 753 V&C UNSP RCKFSH 355 81 _ 436 683 683 Columbia Dover 218 2786 _ 3004 3506 3506 V&NC Yellowtail 394 607 _ 1001 3292 3292 E&SC Yellowtail _ 410 84 494 1606 1606 V&C&E&M TWL SABL 349 1776 1351 3476 3985 3985 V&C&E&M NTW SABL 833 1065 1094 2992 3113 3967 E&M&C Bocaccio _ _ 304 304 485 485 E&M&C SBTS+URCK _ 452 5328 5780 6438 6438 *Estimates Thru 13DEC 13DEC 06DEC HARD DATA THRU 10/97 11/97 9/97 Hard data for this report was extracted from PacFIN database on 17-DEC-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.