| Table 7. Table of predicted catches. | |||
| Year | Estimate | Low | High | 
| 1976 | 5008.422 | 2887.085 | 8688.451 | 
| 1977 | 18359.121 | 8049.645 | 41872.322 | 
| 1978 | 26261.722 | 11284.382 | 61117.928 | 
| 1979 | 30061.861 | 14936.899 | 60502.219 | 
| 1980 | 26454.446 | 14669.706 | 47706.320 | 
| 1981 | 25081.592 | 14482.963 | 43436.295 | 
| 1982 | 24490.179 | 14279.361 | 42002.503 | 
| 1983 | 22912.698 | 12695.273 | 41353.324 | 
| 1984 | 18451.751 | 10097.192 | 33718.990 | 
| 1985 | 9936.938 | 5743.278 | 17192.748 | 
| 1986 | 7365.873 | 4599.538 | 11795.988 | 
| 1987 | 6486.041 | 4401.640 | 9557.514 | 
| 1988 | 18084.796 | 8389.426 | 38984.770 | 
| 1989 | 20984.269 | 11509.064 | 38260.238 | 
| 1990 | 14954.009 | 9093.107 | 24592.517 | 
| 1991 | 11088.171 | 6650.465 | 18487.059 | 
| 1992 | 6834.234 | 4075.191 | 11461.240 | 
| 1993 | 3012.217 | 1780.020 | 5097.386 | 
| 1994 | 2949.647 | 1624.665 | 5355.207 | 
| 1995 | 2415.091 | 1385.562 | 4209.601 | 
| 1996 | 1486.294 | 880.084 | 2510.066 | 
| 1997 | 1238.725 | 743.587 | 2063.562 | 
| 1998 | 1045.605 | 503.241 | 2172.498 | 
| 1999 | 964.371 | 566.103 | 1642.832 | 
| 2000 | 1150.122 | 655.350 | 2018.434 | 
| 2001 | 832.323 | 494.061 | 1402.179 | 
| 2002 | 1535.407 | 897.716 | 2626.080 | 
| 2003 | 3644.047 | 2187.268 | 6071.077 | 
| 2004 | 4264.334 | 2562.049 | 7097.656 | 
| 2005 | 4640.778 | 2824.562 | 7624.835 | 
| 2006 | 5078.037 | 3219.469 | 8009.537 | 
| 2007 | 7552.475 | 4463.880 | 12778.096 | 
| 2008 | 10173.175 | 5996.790 | 17258.146 | 
| 2009 | 11580.308 | 6743.247 | 19887.088 | 
| 2010 | 10330.789 | 6187.470 | 17248.602 | 
| 2011 | 8814.569 | 5853.148 | 13274.333 | 
| 2012 | 11477.744 | 7484.384 | 17601.796 | 
| 2013 | 14510.008 | 9383.405 | 22437.520 | 
| 2014 | 20953.774 | 12956.340 | 33887.706 | 
| 2015 | 24379.754 | 15788.223 | 37646.567 | 
| 2016 | 24136.446 | 15618.722 | 37299.339 | 
| 2017 | 21314.341 | 13664.644 | 33246.464 | 
| 2018 | 16350.192 | 10392.429 | 25723.417 |