NOAA/NMFS/NWFSC TM-31: Data Collection -- Groundfish: Table 3.10

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NOAA-NMFS-NWFSC TM-31: Data Collection -- Groundfish (cont):

Table 3.10
Number of age structure samples retained at Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW, Newport office) for (A) regulated species, pre-1980 to 1992 and other (B) miscellaneous species, various years from pre-1980 to 1985. ^a


	A		Year^d
Species^b	Agency^c	Pre-80	80	81	82	83	84	85	86	87	88	89	90	91	92	Unk^e

Pac. oc. perch	ODFW	4,300	600	900	1,600	1,000	800	1,100	1,700	1,150	200	550	400	225		100
Widow	ODFW		400	550	500	1,100	1,410	1,850	2,090	2,870	1,850	50			3,400
Yellowtail^f	ODFW	3,240	360	440	1,040	360	700	1,940	440

Canary	ODFW	1,150	525	125	900	1,485	3,125	2,500	1,750	1,436	330	50	1,110	1,719	1,339	15
	WDFW		700	1,200	750	1,050	900	900		1,400	1,250	3,180	650	50	850
	NMFS														280

S. thornyhead	ODFW	105	31	30	29			1						8	1,529
L. thornyhead	ODFW	75												32	2,147	2,000
Arrowtooth^f	ODFW	77

Dover	ODFW					430		400			2,300				4,026	2,380
	WDFW							3,600	1,100	900	500	900	850	800
English	ODFW	2,400	540	690	950	605	350	405	575	125				2,002	803
Petrale	ODFW	750	200	1,000	2,175	150		300	915	855	790	600	450	700	741
Sablefish	ODFW				6	300		100	8							10


B
			Number of age
	Species	Year	structure samples

	Rougheye rockfish	1985	53

	Shortraker rockfish	1975	1
		1982	2
		1983	15
		1984	6
		1985	63

	Darkblotched rockfish	1979	63
		1982	95
		Unk	600

	Redstripe rockfish	1982	850

	Yellowmouth rockfish	1979	34
		Unk	1200

	Black rockfish	1992	1,800

	Blue rockfish	1992	400

	Yelloweye rockfish	1992	13

	Rosy rockfish	1992	36

	Bocaccio	1992	1

	Pacific grenadier	1992	1,300

^aFigures presented in the table represent the number of age structure samples (specimens) retained at ODFW (Newport office); however, not all samples have been, or are even currently planned to be, examined for age determination. The figures for the number of samples are approximate only. In some cases, the number of samples for a year actually represents a series of years. For example, the 2,300 otolith samples of Dover sole in 1988 includes fish collected in 1986 and 1987. Age structures represent interopercles for English sole and otoliths for all other species.

^bSpecies are as follows: Pac. oc. perch is Pacific ocean perch, widow is widow rockfish, yellowtail is yellowtail rockfish, canary is canary rockfish, S. thornyhead is shortspine thornyhead, L. thornyhead is longspine thornyhead, Arrowtooth is arrowtooth flounder, Dover is Dover sole, English is English sole, and Petrale is petrale sole.

^cAgency denotes the fishery agency that collected and analyzed the age structure samples: WDFW is the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and NMFS is the National Marine Fisheries Service (Tiburon Laboratory).

^dA year with a missing value denotes no age structure samples were collected for the given species.

^eThe acronym Unk denotes the number of age structure samples for which the year of collection was unknown.

^fAge structure samples from the most recent years are retained at WDFW (Olympia office).