| Table 4b. predicted catch at age in numbers (millions) | |||||
| Year\Age | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4+ |
| 1988 | 0.0 | 86.6 | 1189.7 | 549.0 | 178.7 |
| 1989 | 0.0 | 178.1 | 1420.1 | 436.0 | 217.0 |
| 1990 | 0.0 | 164.5 | 1981.7 | 331.7 | 110.3 |
| 1991 | 0.0 | 188.4 | 1807.4 | 479.4 | 86.6 |
| 1992 | 0.0 | 133.1 | 2185.8 | 484.7 | 138.3 |
| 1993 | 0.0 | 99.8 | 1529.1 | 600.3 | 142.9 |
| 1994 | 0.0 | 66.5 | 1453.8 | 550.2 | 231.4 |
| 1995 | 0.0 | 125.9 | 1280.4 | 692.8 | 280.9 |
| 1996 | 0.0 | 182.0 | 1939.6 | 469.1 | 272.6 |
| 1997 | 0.0 | 87.5 | 2273.3 | 566.6 | 147.3 |
| 1998 | 0.0 | 122.4 | 1474.4 | 917.0 | 245.4 |
| 1999 | 0.0 | 114.9 | 1455.0 | 406.1 | 271.7 |
| 2000 | 0.0 | 77.3 | 1384.0 | 418.2 | 125.3 |
| 2001 | 0.0 | 128.3 | 1190.0 | 522.4 | 169.2 |
| 2002 | 0.0 | 145.9 | 1811.1 | 408.3 | 192.2 |
| 2003 | 0.0 | 123.4 | 1860.0 | 563.1 | 136.1 |
| 2004 | 0.0 | 184.3 | 2281.4 | 854.6 | 277.1 |
| 2005 | 0.0 | 135.6 | 2215.5 | 658.9 | 264.9 |
| 2006 | 0.0 | 182.1 | 2025.7 | 816.5 | 260.2 |
| 2007 | 0.0 | 92.3 | 2029.4 | 554.6 | 239.5 |
| 2008 | 0.0 | 73.1 | 1795.2 | 1002.0 | 292.8 |
| 2009 | 0.0 | 37.1 | 1140.9 | 690.0 | 412.6 |
| 2010 | 0.0 | 49.3 | 614.3 | 461.5 | 299.2 |
| 2011 | 0.0 | 84.4 | 1016.6 | 304.6 | 245.6 |
| 2012 | 0.0 | 84.5 | 1353.1 | 362.3 | 117.1 |
| 2013 | 0.0 | 123.4 | 1290.0 | 435.6 | 126.3 |
| 2014 | 0.0 | 728.9 | 1930.3 | 398.6 | 146.4 |
| 2015 | |||||