PacFIN 06-FEB-98 16:20      Pacific Council Groundfish Best Estimate Report

  Best Estimates* of 1998 Cumulative Shoreside Total Fleet Landed Catch
  Catch values are in Metric-tons

                                                     1998    1997 TOTALS
                        Wash    Ore  Calif  Total     HG  THRU JAN THRU DEC
       Widow Rockfish     24     23     48     95              619     6292
           Dover sole     40    136    135    311             1046     9803
      Pacific Whiting      _      1      1      2                0    87409
              Lingcod      2      6      2     10               71     1534
       Longspine THDS      1     12     22     35              477     3879
      Shortspine THDS      2      8     16     26              138     1274

         V&C Sebastes     30     68      _     98              167     4177
       V&C Yellowtail     28     22      _     50               47     1626
    V&C Canary rckfsh      4      6      _     10               24      790
        Van & Col POP      6     16      _     22               35      616
      V&C UNSP RCKFSH      6      _      _      6               21      417

       Columbia Dover      8     77      _     85              252     3052

      V&NC Yellowtail     24     11      _     35               31     1126
      E&SC Yellowtail      _     15      _     15               23      572

     V&C&E&M TWL SABL      5     17     11     33              284     3579
     V&C&E&M NTW SABL      _      _      3      3               55     3130

       E&M&C Bocaccio      _      _      6      6               33      272
      E&M&C SBTS+URCK      _      _    220    220              602     5836

      *Estimates Thru  31JAN  31JAN  24JAN

       HARD DATA THRU  11/97  12/97   9/97

  Hard data for this report was extracted from PacFIN database on 17-JAN-98.

  HG = Harvest Guideline

  The HG for Lingcod and Bocaccio includes a significant recreational component.

  The HG for Pacific Whiting is the total U.S. coastwide allocation.

  The nontrawl (NTW) sablefish catch displayed on this report includes catches
  for both the limited entry and open access fisheries. The nontrawl limited
  entry sablefish harvest guideline is 2754 metric tons and the open access
  sablefish harvest guideline is 463 metric tons. Starting in 1995 this non-
  trawl sablefish catch statistic no longer includes treaty Indian catch.

  V&C = Van&Col = U.S. Vancouver & Columbia INPFC areas combined
  V&C&E&M = U.S. Vancouver & Columbia & Eureka & Monterey INPFC areas combined
  V&NC = U.S. Vancouver & No. Columbia (No. of Cape Lookout) areas combined
  E&SC = Eureka & So. Columbia (So. of Cape Lookout) areas combined
  E&M&C = Eureka & Monterey & Conception INPFC areas combined

  SBTS+URCK = Sebastes Complex plus Unspecified Rockfish. Due to the large
              amount of rockfish catch classified as unspecified rockfish
              (primarily in the Monterey and Conception areas) SBTS+URCK is
              the best estimate of catch for Sebastes Complex for the E&M&C
              area.