| Table 7. Table of predicted catches. | |||
| Year | Estimate | Low | High | 
| 1976 | 3184.734 | 1871.824 | 5418.529 | 
| 1977 | 11751.173 | 5319.399 | 25959.711 | 
| 1978 | 16686.374 | 7423.994 | 37504.757 | 
| 1979 | 18962.258 | 9721.130 | 36988.213 | 
| 1980 | 16583.211 | 9466.400 | 29050.419 | 
| 1981 | 15553.074 | 9265.108 | 26108.502 | 
| 1982 | 15343.163 | 9199.930 | 25588.527 | 
| 1983 | 14247.796 | 8152.670 | 24899.778 | 
| 1984 | 11487.107 | 6507.623 | 20276.780 | 
| 1985 | 6213.030 | 3688.266 | 10466.095 | 
| 1986 | 4633.548 | 2957.981 | 7258.251 | 
| 1987 | 4009.291 | 2777.516 | 5787.334 | 
| 1988 | 10773.522 | 5344.289 | 21718.282 | 
| 1989 | 12177.087 | 7094.770 | 20900.105 | 
| 1990 | 8825.104 | 5591.301 | 13929.217 | 
| 1991 | 6387.946 | 4031.689 | 10121.280 | 
| 1992 | 3971.224 | 2520.884 | 6255.988 | 
| 1993 | 1868.501 | 1176.053 | 2968.654 | 
| 1994 | 1935.784 | 1078.077 | 3475.875 | 
| 1995 | 1563.401 | 930.363 | 2627.172 | 
| 1996 | 975.563 | 605.047 | 1572.974 | 
| 1997 | 770.287 | 483.442 | 1227.329 | 
| 1998 | 636.264 | 329.815 | 1227.452 | 
| 1999 | 595.892 | 362.833 | 978.653 | 
| 2000 | 836.888 | 495.384 | 1413.817 | 
| 2001 | 850.472 | 481.424 | 1502.425 | 
| 2002 | 1510.038 | 881.645 | 2586.318 | 
| 2003 | 2862.487 | 1771.588 | 4625.133 | 
| 2004 | 2833.460 | 1794.470 | 4474.019 | 
| 2005 | 2987.812 | 1915.110 | 4661.363 | 
| 2006 | 3558.798 | 2301.069 | 5503.983 | 
| 2007 | 5459.199 | 3256.677 | 9151.308 | 
| 2008 | 7053.364 | 4219.007 | 11791.864 | 
| 2009 | 7846.178 | 4629.362 | 13298.270 | 
| 2010 | 6998.519 | 4267.333 | 11477.722 | 
| 2011 | 5888.348 | 3986.915 | 8696.609 | 
| 2012 | 7506.679 | 4933.268 | 11422.493 | 
| 2013 | 8805.113 | 5916.128 | 13104.859 | 
| 2014 | 12490.626 | 8089.134 | 19287.077 | 
| 2015 | 14517.756 | 9786.906 | 21535.430 | 
| 2016 | 14572.353 | 9803.939 | 21660.017 | 
| 2017 | 13289.930 | 8968.959 | 19692.612 | 
| 2018 | 10983.941 | 7579.589 | 15917.350 | 
| 2019 | 9024.668 | 6085.473 | 13383.451 | 
| 2020 | 8107.341 | 5374.864 | 12228.955 |