| Table 7. Table of predicted catches. | |||
| Year | Estimate | Low | High |
| 1976 | 5028.539 | 2924.108 | 8647.492 |
| 1977 | 18774.674 | 8424.140 | 41842.658 |
| 1978 | 26276.028 | 11617.460 | 59430.342 |
| 1979 | 29407.239 | 15042.717 | 57488.664 |
| 1980 | 25441.431 | 14541.824 | 44510.678 |
| 1981 | 23861.708 | 14162.029 | 40204.768 |
| 1982 | 23974.231 | 14350.753 | 40051.120 |
| 1983 | 22224.444 | 12733.181 | 38790.456 |
| 1984 | 17936.200 | 10191.147 | 31567.328 |
| 1985 | 9659.429 | 5719.177 | 16314.335 |
| 1986 | 7201.688 | 4592.686 | 11292.805 |
| 1987 | 6190.822 | 4266.334 | 8983.421 |
| 1988 | 16314.808 | 8113.601 | 32805.775 |
| 1989 | 18151.388 | 10661.707 | 30902.451 |
| 1990 | 13196.117 | 8430.022 | 20656.828 |
| 1991 | 9746.345 | 6182.911 | 15363.514 |
| 1992 | 6168.587 | 3955.025 | 9621.043 |
| 1993 | 2915.644 | 1841.621 | 4616.032 |
| 1994 | 3028.227 | 1679.684 | 5459.454 |
| 1995 | 2449.662 | 1461.534 | 4105.852 |
| 1996 | 1498.590 | 943.804 | 2379.489 |
| 1997 | 1225.205 | 775.193 | 1936.457 |
| 1998 | 1066.560 | 563.910 | 2017.256 |
| 1999 | 925.653 | 575.685 | 1488.372 |
| 2000 | 1296.771 | 779.084 | 2158.451 |
| 2001 | 1331.923 | 769.695 | 2304.835 |
| 2002 | 2281.796 | 1335.680 | 3898.085 |
| 2003 | 4517.090 | 2786.464 | 7322.580 |
| 2004 | 4582.351 | 2893.982 | 7255.727 |
| 2005 | 4783.412 | 3069.964 | 7453.189 |
| 2006 | 5369.796 | 3543.272 | 8137.877 |
| 2007 | 8299.217 | 5028.665 | 13696.877 |
| 2008 | 10825.655 | 6557.410 | 17872.119 |
| 2009 | 12152.990 | 7237.058 | 20408.178 |
| 2010 | 10826.459 | 6642.862 | 17644.838 |
| 2011 | 9055.603 | 6163.188 | 13305.442 |
| 2012 | 11592.612 | 7695.913 | 17462.339 |
| 2013 | 13432.473 | 9068.463 | 19896.573 |
| 2014 | 19291.351 | 12570.917 | 29604.542 |
| 2015 | 21979.967 | 14890.364 | 32445.073 |
| 2016 | 21311.818 | 14324.352 | 31707.793 |
| 2017 | 18737.699 | 12424.573 | 28258.626 |
| 2018 | 14525.458 | 9667.133 | 21825.389 |