| Table 2. Estimated fishing mortality at age. | |||||||
| Year Age | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| 1998 | 0.008 | 0.089 | 0.339 | 0.677 | 0.790 | 1.697 | 1.697 |
| 1999 | 0.009 | 0.101 | 0.378 | 0.746 | 0.854 | 1.803 | 1.803 |
| 2000 | 0.011 | 0.115 | 0.419 | 0.827 | 0.954 | 2.018 | 2.018 |
| 2001 | 0.012 | 0.125 | 0.445 | 0.873 | 1.050 | 2.332 | 2.332 |
| 2002 | 0.013 | 0.128 | 0.427 | 0.793 | 0.942 | 2.241 | 2.241 |
| 2003 | 0.013 | 0.131 | 0.428 | 0.771 | 0.907 | 2.067 | 2.067 |
| 2004 | 0.014 | 0.146 | 0.473 | 0.823 | 0.937 | 2.156 | 2.156 |
| 2005 | 0.016 | 0.164 | 0.500 | 0.813 | 0.838 | 1.759 | 1.759 |
| 2006 | 0.018 | 0.189 | 0.547 | 0.794 | 0.753 | 1.454 | 1.454 |
| 2007 | 0.018 | 0.201 | 0.573 | 0.783 | 0.722 | 1.330 | 1.330 |
| 2008 | 0.018 | 0.212 | 0.590 | 0.775 | 0.690 | 1.232 | 1.232 |
| 2009 | 0.020 | 0.232 | 0.615 | 0.760 | 0.643 | 1.103 | 1.103 |
| 2010 | 0.021 | 0.262 | 0.674 | 0.828 | 0.665 | 1.043 | 1.043 |
| 2011 | 0.023 | 0.307 | 0.788 | 1.009 | 0.752 | 1.080 | 1.080 |
| 2012 | 0.023 | 0.314 | 0.793 | 1.069 | 0.774 | 1.052 | 1.052 |
| 2013 | 0.023 | 0.304 | 0.718 | 0.973 | 0.698 | 0.943 | 0.943 |
| 2014 | 0.023 | 0.298 | 0.652 | 0.828 | 0.616 | 0.840 | 0.840 |
| 2015 | 0.023 | 0.302 | 0.643 | 0.819 | 0.603 | 0.804 | 0.804 |
| 2016 | 0.022 | 0.295 | 0.622 | 0.825 | 0.614 | 0.810 | 0.810 |
| 2017 | 0.022 | 0.297 | 0.626 | 0.875 | 0.643 | 0.833 | 0.833 |
| 2018 | 0.022 | 0.289 | 0.614 | 0.913 | 0.666 | 0.848 | 0.848 |
| 2019 | 0.022 | 0.282 | 0.626 | 0.985 | 0.714 | 0.901 | 0.901 |
| 2020 | 0.022 | 0.283 | 0.618 | 0.978 | 0.711 | 0.900 | 0.900 |