PacFIN 16-MAR-98 08:29      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 MAR THRU DEC
       Widow Rockfish     39     74    135    248             1849     6387
           Dover sole    129    499    477   1105             3110     9990
      Pacific Whiting      _      2      1      3                1    87410
              Lingcod      4     10      8     22              221     1545
       Longspine THDS      1     42    137    180             1384     3944
      Shortspine THDS      4     27     69    100              399     1304

         V&C Sebastes     73    222      _    295              571     4236
       V&C Yellowtail     55     87      _    142              161     1663
    V&C Canary rckfsh     11     28      _     39              114      798
        Van & Col POP     16     36      _     52               96      620
      V&C UNSP RCKFSH     18      _      _     18               44      422

       Columbia Dover     30    308      _    338              920     3053

      V&NC Yellowtail     50     65      _    115               99     1191
      E&SC Yellowtail      _     27      6     33               91      572

     V&C&E&M TWL SABL     17     71     82    170              890     3589
     V&C&E&M NTW SABL      5      2      4     11              202     3130

       E&M&C Bocaccio      _      _     18     18               91      276
      E&M&C SBTS+URCK      _      _    773    773             1638     6062

      *Estimates Thru  07MAR  07MAR  07MAR

       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.