| Table 2. Estimated fishing mortality at age. | ||||||||
| Year Age | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| 1977 | 0.098 | 0.359 | 0.571 | 0.684 | 0.797 | 0.950 | 0.994 | 0.994 |
| 1978 | 0.069 | 0.245 | 0.385 | 0.476 | 0.555 | 0.653 | 0.736 | 0.736 |
| 1979 | 0.075 | 0.270 | 0.414 | 0.527 | 0.608 | 0.729 | 0.889 | 0.889 |
| 1980 | 0.061 | 0.222 | 0.345 | 0.430 | 0.518 | 0.620 | 0.761 | 0.761 |
| 1981 | 0.063 | 0.233 | 0.379 | 0.474 | 0.559 | 0.699 | 0.827 | 0.827 |
| 1982 | 0.054 | 0.201 | 0.351 | 0.439 | 0.515 | 0.647 | 0.750 | 0.750 |
| 1983 | 0.054 | 0.208 | 0.383 | 0.477 | 0.555 | 0.705 | 0.793 | 0.793 |
| 1984 | 0.062 | 0.239 | 0.463 | 0.593 | 0.694 | 0.895 | 0.967 | 0.967 |
| 1985 | 0.051 | 0.199 | 0.393 | 0.507 | 0.603 | 0.783 | 0.807 | 0.807 |
| 1986 | 0.045 | 0.166 | 0.333 | 0.449 | 0.546 | 0.681 | 0.696 | 0.696 |
| 1987 | 0.036 | 0.122 | 0.253 | 0.350 | 0.441 | 0.512 | 0.485 | 0.485 |
| 1988 | 0.043 | 0.140 | 0.292 | 0.397 | 0.501 | 0.583 | 0.551 | 0.551 |
| 1989 | 0.039 | 0.123 | 0.253 | 0.335 | 0.409 | 0.452 | 0.405 | 0.405 |
| 1990 | 0.032 | 0.099 | 0.191 | 0.244 | 0.303 | 0.323 | 0.290 | 0.290 |
| 1991 | 0.041 | 0.124 | 0.219 | 0.277 | 0.343 | 0.386 | 0.380 | 0.380 |
| 1992 | 0.049 | 0.144 | 0.237 | 0.293 | 0.368 | 0.417 | 0.421 | 0.421 |
| 1993 | 0.050 | 0.140 | 0.214 | 0.263 | 0.331 | 0.378 | 0.384 | 0.384 |
| 1994 | 0.054 | 0.148 | 0.215 | 0.265 | 0.329 | 0.372 | 0.386 | 0.386 |
| 1995 | 0.075 | 0.202 | 0.281 | 0.345 | 0.426 | 0.477 | 0.514 | 0.514 |
| 1996 | 0.090 | 0.241 | 0.317 | 0.386 | 0.475 | 0.528 | 0.587 | 0.587 |
| 1997 | 0.112 | 0.303 | 0.387 | 0.466 | 0.559 | 0.604 | 0.673 | 0.673 |
| 1998 | 0.107 | 0.285 | 0.353 | 0.423 | 0.508 | 0.536 | 0.606 | 0.606 |
| 1999 | 0.106 | 0.275 | 0.337 | 0.400 | 0.476 | 0.500 | 0.566 | 0.566 |
| 2000 | 0.112 | 0.286 | 0.353 | 0.415 | 0.484 | 0.496 | 0.553 | 0.553 |
| 2001 | 0.133 | 0.330 | 0.417 | 0.487 | 0.549 | 0.566 | 0.641 | 0.641 |
| 2002 | 0.129 | 0.314 | 0.401 | 0.465 | 0.507 | 0.529 | 0.580 | 0.580 |
| 2003 | 0.138 | 0.330 | 0.428 | 0.498 | 0.532 | 0.557 | 0.612 | 0.612 |
| 2004 | 0.162 | 0.374 | 0.478 | 0.565 | 0.610 | 0.632 | 0.706 | 0.706 |
| 2005 | 0.146 | 0.333 | 0.418 | 0.489 | 0.534 | 0.567 | 0.593 | 0.593 |
| 2006 | 0.136 | 0.305 | 0.379 | 0.437 | 0.480 | 0.516 | 0.517 | 0.517 |
| 2007 | 0.153 | 0.332 | 0.415 | 0.479 | 0.504 | 0.578 | 0.571 | 0.571 |
| 2008 | 0.117 | 0.251 | 0.307 | 0.349 | 0.368 | 0.416 | 0.442 | 0.442 |
| 2009 | 0.130 | 0.267 | 0.330 | 0.373 | 0.404 | 0.456 | 0.504 | 0.504 |
| 2010 | 0.120 | 0.236 | 0.294 | 0.329 | 0.366 | 0.400 | 0.463 | 0.463 |
| 2011 | 0.116 | 0.224 | 0.285 | 0.317 | 0.357 | 0.380 | 0.452 | 0.452 |
| 2012 | 0.106 | 0.201 | 0.255 | 0.284 | 0.319 | 0.337 | 0.402 | 0.402 |
| 2013 | 0.093 | 0.176 | 0.219 | 0.241 | 0.275 | 0.292 | 0.351 | 0.351 |
| 2014 | 0.098 | 0.183 | 0.227 | 0.249 | 0.290 | 0.305 | 0.381 | 0.381 |
| 2015 | 0.119 | 0.218 | 0.270 | 0.296 | 0.346 | 0.368 | 0.469 | 0.469 |
| 2016 | 0.117 | 0.211 | 0.264 | 0.288 | 0.335 | 0.363 | 0.460 | 0.460 |
| 2017 | 0.103 | 0.185 | 0.232 | 0.252 | 0.295 | 0.320 | 0.404 | 0.404 |
| 2018 | 0.087 | 0.155 | 0.194 | 0.215 | 0.251 | 0.267 | 0.326 | 0.326 |