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This report covers select topics in the West Coast Groundfish, Shorebased Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program, for catch and related metrics, during 2013 and previous years for comparison. It should be considered along with the other reports published during 2014 (Agenda Item F. 1. June 2014 PFMC, http://www. pcouncil. org/wp-content/uploads/F4b_SUP_NMFS_Rpt_WC_GF_ShorebasedIFQProgram_JUNE2014BB. pdf; Agenda Item D. 4. b. March Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting (PFMC), included in the Groundfish Management Team(GMT) inseason statement, http://www. pcouncil. org/wp-content/uploads/D4b_SUP_GMT_RPT_MAR2014BB. pdf). Another report may be released for the November PFMC meeting, which would cover quota pound (QP) and quota share (QS) transfer activity, and potentially other topics.

In June, we reported that non-whiting IFQ landings, revenue, and numbers of trips with mid-water gear have been increasing rapidly since 2011 through 2013, with targets of yellowtail and widow rockfish. In contrast, non-trawl IFQ landings and revenue have been consistently dropping over the same period, coinciding with a declining trend in sablefish prices, the primary non-trawl target. Bottom trawl metrics varied little over this period by comparison. Retention rates have remained high, varied little from 2011 to 2013, and continued to be similar early in 2014. Monthly non-whiting effort and catch per unit effort (CPUE) were also tracking close to historical averages, except that January values were unusually high in 2014, coinciding with unusually high Dover sole and longspine thornyhead catch in January …