Fish-ticket Market Categories and Sampled Species
This exposé only applies to Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) reports.
Each rockfish landing may, and usually does, include more than one species. There are many different types of rockfish landings, some very general categories consisting of many species, and others not as general but consisting of two or more species. These landings are recorded on fish-tickets and are identified within the PacFIN system with names such as: "unspecified slope rockfish", "nominal yellowtail rockfish", and "unspecified small reds rockfish". This datum within the fish-ticket table, or file, is known as a fish-ticket market category, or "category" for short.
These rockfish market categories are sampled regularly. One of the results of this sampling are proportions that describe the composition of these various categories in terms of the actual species observed. This rockfish market category sampling occurs in various ports and for distinct harvest gear-types producing proportions for individual species by port (or port group), gear (or gear group), and month (or quarter). For some PacFIN data sources area is also a sampling dimension.
One of the features of the PacFIN system is that it combines monthly summations of rockfish market-categories with corresponding species composition proportions producing the best estimate of catch for individual species where possible. If all possible combinations of market category, gear-type, port, month, and area (where applicable) were actually sampled, then the resulting PacFIN reports would contain catch for only individual scientifically defined species. As it is, there are situations that result in unsampled strata. The fact that there are unsampled strata results in the situation that each PacFIN report potentially includes statistics for both individual species as well as market categories. As an example: the 1999 PFMC reports show a coastwide catch of 3,144 metric-tons of widow rockfish and a coastwide catch of 793 metric-tons of nominal widow rockfish. Another example: the same report shows coastwide catch of 1,724 metric-tons of yellowtail rockfish and a coastwide catch of 1,011 metric-tons of nominal yellowtail rockfish.
The PFMC Quota Species Monitoring (QSM) Best Estimate Report (BER) presents somewhat of a different situation than the standard reports such as 001, 002, etc. Since the purpose of the BER is to provide the best estimate of catch for certain species managed using an optimum yield, or harvest guideline, the estimated catch for an individual species and its corresponding nominal market category are combined when displayed on this report. As an example, for widow rockfish (Sebastes entomelas) shore-side reported catch for 1999 was 3,111 metric-tons and the 1999 catch still classified as nominal widow rockfish catch is 793 metric-tons. These combined together produce the best catch estimate of 3,904 metric-tons for widow rockfish for 1999.
The following list includes all PacFIN market categories for which one or more species composition proportions exist.
February 5, 2009
| SPID | MARKET CATEGORY |
|---|---|
| ARR1 | NOMINAL AURORA ROCKFISH |
| ART1 | NOMINAL ARROWTOOTH FLOUNDER |
| BCC1 | NOMINAL BOCACCIO |
| BGL1 | NOMINAL BLACKGILL ROCKFISH |
| BLK1 | NOMINAL BLACK ROCKFISH |
| BLU1 | NOMINAL BLUE ROCKFISH |
| BNK1 | NOMINAL BANK ROCKFISH |
| BRW1 | NOMINAL BROWN ROCKFISH |
| BRZ1 | NOMINAL BRONZESPOTTED ROCKFISH |
| BYL1 | NOMINAL BLACK-AND-YELLOW ROCKFISH |
| CBZ1 | NOMINAL CABEZON |
| CHL1 | NOMINAL CALIFORNIA HALIBUT |
| CHN1 | NOMINAL CHINA ROCKFISH |
| CLP1 | NOMINAL CHILIPEPPER |
| CML1 | NOMINAL CHAMELEON ROCKFISH |
| CNR1 | NOMINAL CANARY ROCKFISH |
| COP1 | NOMINAL COPPER ROCKFISH |
| CWC1 | NOMINAL COWCOD ROCKFISH |
| DBR1 | NOMINAL DARKBLOTCHED ROCKFISH |
| DVR1 | NOMINAL DOVER SOLE |
| EGL1 | NOMINAL ENGLISH SOLE |
| FLG1 | NOMINAL FLAG ROCKFISH |
| GBL1 | NOMINAL GREENBLOTCHED ROCKFISH |
| GPH1 | NOMINAL GOPHER ROCKFISH |
| GRS1 | NOMINAL GRASS ROCKFISH |
| GSP1 | NOMINAL GREENSPOTTED ROCKFISH |
| GSR1 | NOMINAL GREENSTRIPED ROCKFISH |
| HNY1 | NOMINAL HONEYCOMB ROCKFISH |
| KGL1 | NOMINAL KELP GREENLING |
| KLP1 | NOMINAL KELP ROCKFISH |
| LCD1 | NOMINAL LINGCOD |
| LSP1 | NOMINAL LONGSPINE THORNYHEAD |
| MXR1 | NOMINAL MEXICAN ROCKFISH |
| NUSF | NORTHERN UNSPECIFIED SHELF ROCKFISH |
| NUSP | NORTHERN UNSPECIFIED SLOPE ROCKFISH |
| NUSR | NORTHERN UNSPECIFIED NEAR-SHORE ROCKFISH |
| OLV1 | NOMINAL OLIVE ROCKFISH |
| ORCK | OTHER ROCKFISH |
| PNK1 | NOMINAL PINK ROCKFISH |
| POP1 | GENERAL SHELF/SLOPE ROCKFISH |
| POP2 | NOMINAL POP |
| PTR1 | NOMINAL PETRALE SOLE |
| QLB1 | NOMINAL QUILLBACK ROCKFISH |
| RCK1 | BOCACCIO & CHILIPEPPER ROCKFISH |
| RCK2 | UNSPECIFIED BOLINA ROCKFISH |
| RCK3 | UNSPECIFIED DEEPWATER REDS ROCKFISH |
| RCK4 | UNSPECIFIED REDS ROCKFISH |
| RCK5 | UNSPECIFIED SMALL REDS ROCKFISH |
| RCK6 | UNSPECIFIED ROSEFISH ROCKFISH |
| RCK7 | UNSPECIFIED GOPHER ROCKFISH |
| RCK8 | CANARY & VERMILION ROCKFISH |
| RCK9 | BLACK & BLUE ROCKFISH |
| RDB1 | NOMINAL REDBANDED ROCKFISH |
| REX1 | NOMINAL REX SOLE |
| ROS1 | NOMINAL ROSY ROCKFISH |
| RSL1 | NOMINAL ROCK SOLE |
| RST1 | NOMINAL ROSETHORN ROCKFISH |
| SBL1 | NOMINAL SHORTBELLY ROCKFISH |
| SCR1 | NOMINAL CALIFORNIA SCORPIONFISH |
| SFL1 | NOMINAL STARRY FLOUNDER |
| SHP1 | NOMINAL CALIFORNIA SHEEPHEAD |
| SNS1 | NOMINAL SPLITNOSE ROCKFISH |
| SPK1 | NOMINAL SPECKLED ROCKFISH |
| SQR1 | NOMINAL SQUARESPOT ROCKFISH |
| SSO1 | NOMINAL SAND SOLE |
| SSP1 | NOMINAL SHORTSPINE THORNYHEAD |
| SLT1 | NOMINAL STRIPETAIL ROCKFISH |
| STR1 | NOMINAL STARRY ROCKFISH |
| SWS1 | NOMINAL SWORDSPINE ROCKFISH |
| TGR1 | NOMINAL TIGER ROCKFISH |
| THDS | THORNYHEADS (MIXED) |
| TRE1 | NOMINAL TREEFISH |
| UDAB | UNSPECIFIED SANDDABS |
| UFLT | UNSPECIFIED FLATFISH |
| UPOP | UNSPECIFIED POP GROUP |
| URCK | UNSPECIFIED ROCKFISH |
| USHR | UNSPECIFIED NEAR-SHORE ROCKFISH |
| USLF | UNSPECIFIED SHELF ROCKFISH |
| USLP | UNSPECIFIED SLOPE ROCKFISH |
| UTRB | UNSPECIFIED TURBOTS |
| VRM1 | NOMINAL VERMILLION ROCKFISH |
| WDW1 | NOMINAL WIDOW ROCKFISH |
| YEY1 | NOMINAL YELLOWEYE ROCKFISH |
| YTR1 | NOMINAL YELLOWTAIL ROCKFISH |