| Table 2. Estimated fishing mortality at age. | |||||||
| Year Age | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 
| 1998 | 0.013 | 0.131 | 0.524 | 0.751 | 0.933 | 1.771 | 1.771 | 
| 1999 | 0.014 | 0.132 | 0.512 | 0.755 | 0.943 | 1.787 | 1.787 | 
| 2000 | 0.015 | 0.133 | 0.512 | 0.737 | 0.962 | 1.881 | 1.881 | 
| 2001 | 0.016 | 0.139 | 0.515 | 0.715 | 0.946 | 2.109 | 2.109 | 
| 2002 | 0.017 | 0.149 | 0.511 | 0.702 | 0.894 | 2.241 | 2.241 | 
| 2003 | 0.017 | 0.156 | 0.524 | 0.693 | 0.910 | 2.119 | 2.119 | 
| 2004 | 0.018 | 0.162 | 0.547 | 0.702 | 0.889 | 2.123 | 2.123 | 
| 2005 | 0.018 | 0.177 | 0.544 | 0.735 | 0.896 | 1.786 | 1.786 | 
| 2006 | 0.018 | 0.199 | 0.555 | 0.801 | 0.912 | 1.487 | 1.487 | 
| 2007 | 0.018 | 0.219 | 0.581 | 0.873 | 0.968 | 1.302 | 1.302 | 
| 2008 | 0.017 | 0.229 | 0.643 | 0.948 | 1.002 | 1.186 | 1.186 | 
| 2009 | 0.017 | 0.239 | 0.719 | 0.966 | 0.993 | 1.113 | 1.113 | 
| 2010 | 0.017 | 0.254 | 0.822 | 0.978 | 0.994 | 1.059 | 1.059 | 
| 2011 | 0.016 | 0.277 | 0.877 | 1.059 | 0.955 | 1.033 | 1.033 | 
| 2012 | 0.016 | 0.291 | 0.891 | 1.105 | 0.965 | 0.958 | 0.958 | 
| 2013 | 0.017 | 0.296 | 0.919 | 1.093 | 0.838 | 0.950 | 0.950 | 
| 2014 | 0.017 | 0.307 | 0.923 | 1.029 | 0.782 | 0.918 | 0.918 | 
| 2015 | 0.017 | 0.305 | 0.920 | 1.025 | 0.757 | 0.859 | 0.859 | 
| 2016 | 0.017 | 0.307 | 0.886 | 1.004 | 0.739 | 0.825 | 0.825 | 
| 2017 | 0.017 | 0.304 | 0.876 | 0.983 | 0.736 | 0.810 | 0.810 | 
| 2018 | 0.017 | 0.295 | 0.861 | 0.995 | 0.742 | 0.808 | 0.808 | 
| 2019 | 0.017 | 0.280 | 0.892 | 1.008 | 0.757 | 0.823 | 0.823 | 
| 2020 | 0.017 | 0.285 | 0.835 | 1.018 | 0.765 | 0.828 | 0.828 |