| Table 7. Table of predicted catches. | |||
| Year | Estimate | Low | High | 
| 1976 | 5017.382 | 2953.848 | 8522.483 | 
| 1977 | 18536.371 | 8407.625 | 40867.315 | 
| 1978 | 26287.693 | 11722.384 | 58950.708 | 
| 1979 | 29883.053 | 15343.708 | 58199.547 | 
| 1980 | 26110.628 | 14934.869 | 45649.204 | 
| 1981 | 24538.110 | 14638.310 | 41133.086 | 
| 1982 | 24197.583 | 14513.774 | 40342.578 | 
| 1983 | 22527.780 | 12896.235 | 39352.638 | 
| 1984 | 18169.137 | 10294.783 | 32066.492 | 
| 1985 | 9815.921 | 5831.725 | 16522.093 | 
| 1986 | 7306.544 | 4667.561 | 11437.575 | 
| 1987 | 6315.953 | 4382.931 | 9101.503 | 
| 1988 | 17122.503 | 8491.243 | 34527.348 | 
| 1989 | 19348.487 | 11285.361 | 33172.527 | 
| 1990 | 13938.954 | 8849.517 | 21955.373 | 
| 1991 | 10057.525 | 6352.377 | 15923.772 | 
| 1992 | 6239.786 | 3958.187 | 9836.556 | 
| 1993 | 2928.834 | 1844.383 | 4650.914 | 
| 1994 | 3037.186 | 1696.212 | 5438.294 | 
| 1995 | 2460.010 | 1466.071 | 4127.802 | 
| 1996 | 1533.486 | 951.177 | 2472.284 | 
| 1997 | 1212.388 | 759.435 | 1935.499 | 
| 1998 | 999.863 | 517.095 | 1933.351 | 
| 1999 | 933.535 | 567.933 | 1534.490 | 
| 2000 | 1315.394 | 778.407 | 2222.826 | 
| 2001 | 1349.978 | 762.112 | 2391.303 | 
| 2002 | 2397.811 | 1400.165 | 4106.299 | 
| 2003 | 4529.363 | 2802.624 | 7319.973 | 
| 2004 | 4479.368 | 2835.372 | 7076.582 | 
| 2005 | 4730.428 | 3031.156 | 7382.314 | 
| 2006 | 5643.222 | 3645.616 | 8735.412 | 
| 2007 | 8687.311 | 5169.716 | 14598.358 | 
| 2008 | 11176.255 | 6674.844 | 18713.350 | 
| 2009 | 12378.075 | 7302.138 | 20982.451 | 
| 2010 | 11016.424 | 6715.142 | 18072.828 | 
| 2011 | 9278.013 | 6279.948 | 13707.362 | 
| 2012 | 11846.543 | 7778.114 | 18043.009 | 
| 2013 | 13915.574 | 9350.432 | 20709.546 | 
| 2014 | 19800.242 | 12805.075 | 30616.736 | 
| 2015 | 23002.327 | 15510.468 | 34112.901 | 
| 2016 | 23089.176 | 15577.834 | 34222.348 | 
| 2017 | 21036.620 | 14261.625 | 31030.080 | 
| 2018 | 17249.511 | 11955.260 | 24888.261 | 
| 2019 | 14111.330 | 9629.394 | 20679.352 | 
| 2020 | 13061.439 | 8883.355 | 19204.588 | 
| 2021 | 12597.918 | 8374.135 | 18952.112 |