| Table 7. Table of predicted catches. | |||
| Year | Estimate | Low | High |
| 1976 | 5038.418 | 2913.823 | 8712.145 |
| 1977 | 18914.457 | 8430.000 | 42438.514 |
| 1978 | 26274.943 | 11561.315 | 59714.024 |
| 1979 | 29279.341 | 14926.070 | 57435.064 |
| 1980 | 25195.353 | 14375.844 | 44157.813 |
| 1981 | 23643.355 | 13973.839 | 40003.912 |
| 1982 | 23886.797 | 14254.717 | 40027.386 |
| 1983 | 22206.258 | 12691.620 | 38853.817 |
| 1984 | 17939.001 | 10175.505 | 31625.729 |
| 1985 | 9633.218 | 5689.240 | 16311.297 |
| 1986 | 7162.856 | 4558.312 | 11255.595 |
| 1987 | 6119.767 | 4202.989 | 8910.694 |
| 1988 | 16090.877 | 7986.945 | 32417.442 |
| 1989 | 17613.303 | 10357.102 | 29953.211 |
| 1990 | 12663.876 | 8095.404 | 19810.470 |
| 1991 | 9497.386 | 6005.966 | 15018.456 |
| 1992 | 6062.510 | 3893.237 | 9440.480 |
| 1993 | 2893.459 | 1834.498 | 4563.703 |
| 1994 | 3075.973 | 1690.791 | 5595.968 |
| 1995 | 2463.977 | 1467.317 | 4137.607 |
| 1996 | 1478.175 | 935.285 | 2336.186 |
| 1997 | 1202.699 | 763.347 | 1894.925 |
| 1998 | 1047.654 | 561.223 | 1955.688 |
| 1999 | 917.568 | 573.107 | 1469.063 |
| 2000 | 1288.355 | 777.595 | 2134.603 |
| 2001 | 1314.343 | 765.280 | 2257.339 |
| 2002 | 2214.892 | 1295.456 | 3786.886 |
| 2003 | 4421.569 | 2721.592 | 7183.393 |
| 2004 | 4508.923 | 2844.473 | 7147.331 |
| 2005 | 4704.324 | 3020.921 | 7325.802 |
| 2006 | 5218.829 | 3461.066 | 7869.303 |
| 2007 | 8094.255 | 4933.674 | 13279.552 |
| 2008 | 10659.305 | 6489.189 | 17509.243 |
| 2009 | 12068.841 | 7213.694 | 20191.725 |
| 2010 | 10728.500 | 6601.920 | 17434.430 |
| 2011 | 8931.803 | 6092.719 | 13093.843 |
| 2012 | 11503.374 | 7645.567 | 17307.756 |
| 2013 | 13227.379 | 8942.287 | 19565.864 |
| 2014 | 19193.828 | 12469.265 | 29544.888 |
| 2015 | 21540.011 | 14526.501 | 31939.701 |
| 2016 | 20339.099 | 13496.254 | 30651.390 |
| 2017 | 16902.453 | 10922.850 | 26155.528 |