PacFIN 26-JAN-00 15:47      Pacific Council Groundfish Best Estimate Report

  Total Fleet Best Estimates* of 1999 Cumulative Shoreside Commercial
  Landed Catch. Catch values are in Metric-tons

                                                     1999    1998 TOTALS
                        Wash    Ore  Calif  Total     OY  THRU DEC THRU DEC
           Dover sole    800   4498   3467   8765    8955     7986     7986
       Longspine THDS     31    726    940   1697    3733     2274     2274
      Shortspine THDS     58    331    395    784     805     1219     1219
  TWL Sable (V&C&E&M)    286   1669   1020   2975    3475     2050     2050

  NTW Sable (V&C&E&M)    662   1298    533   2493    2940     1633     1633

 Sablefish Conception      _      _    166    166              204      204

              Lingcod     42    174    136    352     356      349      349

 Pac. Ocean Perch V&C    153    285      _    438     500      584      584

       Widow Rockfish    537   2727    537   3801    3962     3888     3888

      SBTS+URCK (V&C)   1056   2667      _   3723    4588     5047     5047
       Yellowtail V&C    559   1525      _   2084    2407     2127     2127
  Canary rockfish V&C    121    350      _    471     689      804      804
      V&C UNSP RCKFSH    252     78      _    330              656      656

 Sebastes So. (E&M&C)      _    379   1036   1415    1396     3823     3823
  Chilipepper (E&M&C)      _      _    765    765    3651     1429     1429
 Splitnose RF (E&M&C)      _      5    145    150     729     1441     1441
    SBTS+URCK (E&M&C)      _    384   1946   2330             6693     6693
     Bocaccio (E&M&C)      _      4     63     67     150      149      149

      Pacific Whiting   9099  73012   1308  83419   83800    87856    87856

      *Estimates Thru  31DEC  31DEC  31DEC

       HARD DATA THRU  10/99  12/99  10/99

  Hard data for this report was extracted from PacFIN database on 26-JAN-2000.

  OY = Optimum Yield     
  The OYs are commercial (LE and OA) guidelines only, the anticipated
  recreational catches are not included here.  
  
  The OY for Pacific Whiting is the total U.S. coastwide shoreside 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 2517 metric tons and the open-access
  sablefish harvest guideline is 423 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
  E&M&C = Eureka & Monterey & Conception INPFC areas combined

  Sebastes Complex includes all sebastes spp. except widow rockfish, POP, and
  shortbelly rockfish. Thornyheads are also excluded.
  
  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. In the U.S. Vancouver and Columbia areas
  there is also a certain amount of unspecified rockfish (URCK) reported. It is
  assumed that the vast majority of the fish contained within the URCK category
  are within the sebastes complex. So, SBTS+URCK is also the best estimate of
  catch for sebastes complex for the Van&Col area. 

  Sebastes So. includes all sebastes spp. except widow rockfish, POP, shortbelly
  rockfish, chilipepper, and splitnose rockfish. Thornyheads are also excluded.