PacFIN 27-FEB-98 15:43      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 FEB THRU DEC
       Widow Rockfish     26     42     73    141             1296     6387
           Dover sole     62    263    212    537             1940     9990
      Pacific Whiting      _      2      1      3                0    87410
              Lingcod      2      8      4     14              140     1545
       Longspine THDS      1     17     41     59              898     3944
      Shortspine THDS      2     14     28     44              257     1304

         V&C Sebastes     35    127      _    162              368     4236
       V&C Yellowtail     29     48      _     77              102     1663
    V&C Canary rckfsh      5     13      _     18               72      798
        Van & Col POP      8     24      _     32               71      620
      V&C UNSP RCKFSH      7      _      _      7               31      422

       Columbia Dover      8    141      _    149              533     3053

      V&NC Yellowtail     26     33      _     59               65     1191
      E&SC Yellowtail      _     20      _     20               52      572

     V&C&E&M TWL SABL      7     37     28     72              558     3589
     V&C&E&M NTW SABL      1      _      3      4              118     3130

       E&M&C Bocaccio      _      _     16     16               68      276
      E&M&C SBTS+URCK      _      _    503    503             1106     6062

      *Estimates Thru  21FEB  21FEB  21FEB

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

  Hard data for this report was extracted from PacFIN database on 23-FEB-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.