| Table 7. Table of predicted catches. | |||
| Year | Estimate | Low | High |
| 1976 | 2524.011 | 1429.028 | 4458.017 |
| 1977 | 9994.930 | 4657.396 | 21449.457 |
| 1978 | 14748.503 | 6434.622 | 33804.369 |
| 1979 | 20544.683 | 9940.538 | 42460.883 |
| 1980 | 18259.122 | 9907.600 | 33650.485 |
| 1981 | 12117.453 | 7649.296 | 19195.579 |
| 1982 | 16200.438 | 9620.506 | 27280.705 |
| 1983 | 12953.853 | 7538.252 | 22260.107 |
| 1984 | 11941.714 | 6624.519 | 21526.776 |
| 1985 | 6487.926 | 3781.561 | 11131.167 |
| 1986 | 5509.974 | 3392.888 | 8948.074 |
| 1987 | 4692.873 | 3105.194 | 7092.327 |
| 1988 | 9570.394 | 4859.128 | 18849.565 |
| 1989 | 12365.362 | 7023.397 | 21770.400 |
| 1990 | 11048.294 | 6679.987 | 18273.210 |
| 1991 | 8279.194 | 5135.713 | 13346.745 |
| 1992 | 4361.728 | 2657.440 | 7159.022 |
| 1993 | 1879.803 | 1177.236 | 3001.656 |
| 1994 | 1372.137 | 840.332 | 2240.497 |
| 1995 | 1693.412 | 998.491 | 2871.976 |
| 1996 | 940.192 | 563.155 | 1569.657 |
| 1997 | 797.259 | 491.399 | 1293.494 |
| 1998 | 530.240 | 279.655 | 1005.363 |
| 1999 | 681.811 | 393.769 | 1180.555 |
| 2000 | 791.308 | 442.369 | 1415.490 |
| 2001 | 824.463 | 441.112 | 1540.968 |
| 2002 | 1720.437 | 979.107 | 3023.064 |
| 2003 | 2955.522 | 1787.046 | 4888.015 |
| 2004 | 3006.298 | 1833.978 | 4927.993 |
| 2005 | 2743.928 | 1703.202 | 4420.581 |
| 2006 | 3316.188 | 1956.450 | 5620.949 |
| 2007 | 4625.460 | 2551.063 | 8386.655 |
| 2008 | 6144.341 | 3516.804 | 10735.011 |
| 2009 | 7210.807 | 4175.197 | 12453.482 |
| 2010 | 6933.224 | 4183.844 | 11489.337 |
| 2011 | 6097.132 | 4003.293 | 9286.110 |
| 2012 | 7341.630 | 4750.316 | 11346.514 |
| 2013 | 9789.394 | 6409.425 | 14951.768 |
| 2014 | 12507.108 | 7979.171 | 19604.512 |
| 2015 | 15602.209 | 10227.450 | 23801.527 |
| 2016 | 16495.889 | 10668.028 | 25507.464 |
| 2017 | 15303.860 | 10024.882 | 23362.684 |
| 2018 | 12489.341 | 8106.266 | 19242.353 |