(1) The reader is cautioned that the harvest
estimates contained herein may not agree with sablefish harvest estimates from other
data sources. Since 1990, fish tickets do not contain all of the sablefish catch. Some
EEZ catch may only be recorded on WPRs. To construct the sablefish catch files
contained herein, the authors used fish ticket records for catcher vessels and WPR
records for catcher processors. In doing so, the authors excluded fish ticket records from
catcher processors. The reader should be aware that available fish ticket data and
available WPR data for a catcher processor can vary dramatically by amount of harvest
and management area. Thus the method of blending data used herein may result in
different harvest estimates than other methods of blending fish ticket and WPR data. (2) The reader should be aware that the IFQ
totals by vessel class are estimates based upon the 1995 QS issued by vessel class and the
1995 IFQ per unit of QS in each area. Some QS issued in 1995 did not receive 1995
IFQ. There was no way to identify precisely the actual IFQ issued during 1995 on the
data files provided to the authors. Thus the total IFQ estimates by vessel category may
overestimate the IFQ associated with the QS that was issued during 1995.
However, significant portions of the 1995 IFQ that was set aside for QS in the "reserve
pool" was never issued during 1995, because the issues concerning who should receive
the QS were not resolved during 1995. Thus, the IFQ totals for an area in Table 7.1-2
are lower than the TACs available to the IFQ fishery in Table 7.1-1 due to the 1995 IFQ
that was never issued.