| Table 7. Table of predicted catches. | |||
| Year | Estimate | Low | High |
| 1976 | 4214.295 | 2395.339 | 7414.517 |
| 1977 | 13041.308 | 6311.452 | 26947.161 |
| 1978 | 20483.476 | 9158.625 | 45811.767 |
| 1979 | 28185.604 | 14311.904 | 55508.213 |
| 1980 | 25611.273 | 14161.079 | 46319.723 |
| 1981 | 21202.364 | 12894.863 | 34861.964 |
| 1982 | 21850.667 | 13129.811 | 36363.941 |
| 1983 | 17793.245 | 10337.240 | 30627.089 |
| 1984 | 15947.148 | 8912.518 | 28534.197 |
| 1985 | 9359.138 | 5445.380 | 16085.833 |
| 1986 | 7741.512 | 4860.112 | 12331.198 |
| 1987 | 6588.761 | 4356.610 | 9964.576 |
| 1988 | 13700.062 | 6809.447 | 27563.428 |
| 1989 | 17970.308 | 10194.951 | 31675.674 |
| 1990 | 14540.720 | 8892.506 | 23776.488 |
| 1991 | 9506.778 | 5867.245 | 15403.962 |
| 1992 | 5711.313 | 3515.951 | 9277.461 |
| 1993 | 2808.058 | 1733.970 | 4547.476 |
| 1994 | 2354.062 | 1408.751 | 3933.700 |
| 1995 | 1939.630 | 1156.534 | 3252.967 |
| 1996 | 1429.238 | 868.706 | 2351.451 |
| 1997 | 1165.281 | 703.344 | 1930.605 |
| 1998 | 914.097 | 485.466 | 1721.177 |
| 1999 | 855.889 | 507.231 | 1444.205 |
| 2000 | 1101.070 | 628.032 | 1930.402 |
| 2001 | 1335.514 | 702.996 | 2537.141 |
| 2002 | 2576.947 | 1451.753 | 4574.231 |
| 2003 | 4188.839 | 2528.636 | 6939.069 |
| 2004 | 4001.582 | 2473.596 | 6473.433 |
| 2005 | 4151.455 | 2593.402 | 6645.547 |
| 2006 | 4886.315 | 3013.533 | 7922.949 |
| 2007 | 6309.956 | 3690.920 | 10787.429 |
| 2008 | 8765.244 | 5080.062 | 15123.733 |
| 2009 | 10845.850 | 6203.467 | 18962.373 |
| 2010 | 10506.406 | 6259.106 | 17635.836 |
| 2011 | 9107.544 | 5872.418 | 14124.907 |
| 2012 | 11399.857 | 7272.061 | 17870.689 |
| 2013 | 13659.788 | 8853.029 | 21076.380 |
| 2014 | 17963.150 | 11308.313 | 28534.297 |
| 2015 | 22575.141 | 14590.871 | 34928.482 |
| 2016 | 23642.662 | 15218.119 | 36730.919 |
| 2017 | 22269.188 | 14415.339 | 34402.018 |
| 2018 | 16982.516 | 11006.758 | 26202.615 |