| Table 7. Table of predicted catches. | |||
| Year | Estimate | Low | High | 
| 1976 | 3935.348 | 2738.413 | 5655.451 | 
| 1977 | 9810.782 | 5489.498 | 17533.741 | 
| 1978 | 12879.839 | 6879.150 | 24114.933 | 
| 1979 | 15808.898 | 9236.012 | 27059.435 | 
| 1980 | 14872.688 | 9328.123 | 23712.901 | 
| 1981 | 15282.397 | 9965.448 | 23436.144 | 
| 1982 | 14081.700 | 9246.970 | 21444.242 | 
| 1983 | 12698.124 | 8116.514 | 19865.962 | 
| 1984 | 10113.853 | 6390.030 | 16007.752 | 
| 1985 | 5928.665 | 4001.185 | 8784.663 | 
| 1986 | 4829.582 | 3384.726 | 6891.211 | 
| 1987 | 4575.945 | 3399.437 | 6159.630 | 
| 1988 | 9573.105 | 5392.181 | 16995.784 | 
| 1989 | 11933.670 | 7267.530 | 19595.721 | 
| 1990 | 8560.236 | 5596.282 | 13093.986 | 
| 1991 | 5193.849 | 3570.158 | 7555.986 | 
| 1992 | 3476.795 | 2400.175 | 5036.343 | 
| 1993 | 2639.568 | 1741.895 | 3999.851 | 
| 1994 | 2539.845 | 1767.289 | 3650.116 | 
| 1995 | 1769.046 | 1249.276 | 2505.068 | 
| 1996 | 1075.828 | 752.585 | 1537.908 | 
| 1997 | 619.064 | 420.971 | 910.373 | 
| 1998 | 435.240 | 229.973 | 823.722 | 
| 1999 | 431.018 | 259.937 | 714.701 | 
| 2000 | 846.062 | 441.089 | 1622.851 | 
| 2001 | 1073.323 | 505.725 | 2277.961 | 
| 2002 | 1516.104 | 698.468 | 3290.878 | 
| 2003 | 2164.713 | 1159.633 | 4040.919 | 
| 2004 | 2044.437 | 1125.869 | 3712.442 | 
| 2005 | 2109.990 | 1167.383 | 3813.710 | 
| 2006 | 2136.720 | 1293.461 | 3529.734 | 
| 2007 | 2420.674 | 1317.716 | 4446.832 | 
| 2008 | 3744.716 | 1983.980 | 7068.065 | 
| 2009 | 5330.147 | 3186.107 | 8916.982 | 
| 2010 | 5595.226 | 3632.100 | 8619.408 | 
| 2011 | 5225.770 | 3690.994 | 7398.731 | 
| 2012 | 6860.895 | 4720.948 | 9970.855 | 
| 2013 | 7987.234 | 5650.832 | 11289.648 | 
| 2014 | 11124.756 | 7584.216 | 16318.129 | 
| 2015 | 13352.501 | 9401.468 | 18963.984 | 
| 2016 | 13885.214 | 9738.032 | 19798.576 | 
| 2017 | 12845.828 | 9084.614 | 18164.259 | 
| 2018 | 10309.357 | 7488.476 | 14192.852 | 
| 2019 | 8659.188 | 6184.630 | 12123.853 | 
| 2020 | 7937.458 | 5534.221 | 11384.301 |