| Table 7. Table of predicted catches. | |||
| Year | Estimate | Low | High |
| 1976 | 5076.890 | 2940.046 | 8766.804 |
| 1977 | 19399.034 | 8605.309 | 43731.438 |
| 1978 | 26374.861 | 11675.029 | 59583.005 |
| 1979 | 29296.804 | 15001.454 | 57214.634 |
| 1980 | 24772.721 | 14211.894 | 43181.275 |
| 1981 | 22808.771 | 13593.924 | 38270.042 |
| 1982 | 23311.152 | 14043.244 | 38695.464 |
| 1983 | 21625.660 | 12485.848 | 37455.941 |
| 1984 | 17685.338 | 10137.626 | 30852.506 |
| 1985 | 9582.304 | 5698.961 | 16111.808 |
| 1986 | 7140.853 | 4567.426 | 11164.227 |
| 1987 | 5891.173 | 4039.611 | 8591.401 |
| 1988 | 16371.576 | 7705.516 | 34783.978 |
| 1989 | 18346.834 | 10342.835 | 32544.880 |
| 1990 | 12612.682 | 7777.388 | 20454.134 |
| 1991 | 8735.274 | 5402.046 | 14125.205 |
| 1992 | 5841.157 | 3628.697 | 9402.581 |
| 1993 | 3142.059 | 1920.747 | 5139.948 |
| 1994 | 2769.901 | 1642.127 | 4672.201 |
| 1995 | 2228.462 | 1339.821 | 3706.497 |
| 1996 | 1372.053 | 838.751 | 2244.444 |
| 1997 | 905.397 | 558.653 | 1467.357 |
| 1998 | 724.762 | 399.469 | 1314.946 |
| 1999 | 833.587 | 498.988 | 1392.551 |
| 2000 | 1230.073 | 721.172 | 2098.085 |
| 2001 | 1162.478 | 688.120 | 1963.837 |
| 2002 | 1906.814 | 1111.085 | 3272.423 |
| 2003 | 3914.297 | 2358.495 | 6496.398 |
| 2004 | 3965.251 | 2468.775 | 6368.832 |
| 2005 | 4713.486 | 2962.091 | 7500.428 |
| 2006 | 6359.666 | 3958.279 | 10217.913 |
| 2007 | 9718.235 | 5836.430 | 16181.825 |
| 2008 | 11959.808 | 7131.809 | 20056.203 |
| 2009 | 12635.926 | 7297.032 | 21881.036 |
| 2010 | 10809.529 | 6656.712 | 17553.097 |
| 2011 | 9467.571 | 6385.919 | 14036.335 |
| 2012 | 12762.719 | 8166.520 | 19945.706 |
| 2013 | 13576.981 | 9100.028 | 20256.467 |
| 2014 | 18711.479 | 12233.283 | 28620.236 |
| 2015 | 20720.248 | 13723.663 | 31283.825 |
| 2016 | 19187.214 | 12227.204 | 30109.023 |
| 2017 | 15338.277 | 9618.532 | 24459.318 |