SUBJECT: Instrument Moorings Notice

This information is to update the Notice to National Marine Fisheries 
Service concerning the 1998 NOAA/PMEL/FOCI instrument moorings in the 
Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea FOCI pollock study areas.  Following are 
the locations and deployment times of subsurface moorings in the Gulf 
of Alaska & Shelikof Straits:

Mooring   Deployed  Recovered           Location                         Depth
     
F-98-1    Feb. 1998 Sept. 1998   57 degrees 41.14'N  155 degrees 15.22'  296 meters
F-98-2    Feb. 1998 Sept. 1998   57 degrees 37.14'N  155 degrees 04.49'  248 meters
F-98-3    Feb. 1998 Sept. 1998   57 degrees 29.35'N  154 degrees 48.51'  204 meters
F-98-8    Feb. 1998 Sept. 1998   55 degrees 56.95'N  156 degrees 08.72'  190 meters

Pavlof    May 1998  May 1999     55 degrees 11'N     161 degrees 41'W    101 meters
Bay       

Following are the locations and deployment times of surface and (subsurface) 
moorings in the Bering Sea:

Buoy      Deployed  Recovered         Location                           Depth

F-BSM98-2 Apr. 1998 Sept. 1998   56 degrees 52.5'N   164 degrees 02.9'W  72 meters
     One Surface moored instrument buoy.
     Two Subsurface moorings.

F-BS98-3  Apr. 1998 Sept. 1998   56 degrees 03.1'N 166 degrees 20.13'W   125 meters
     Two subsurface moorings.

One subsurface mooring was deployed in April 1997 southwest of Unimak Pass 
in the Bering Sea.  This mooring has floats and instruments from 150 meters 
to 1000 meters + below the surface.

F-BS98    Apr. 1998 Apr. 1999    53 degrees 24.39'N 168 degrees 50.92'W  1016 meters 

Eight moorings were deployed south of Nunivak Island in May 1998.  One 
surface and 7 subsurface moorings in 50 to 60 meters of water at:

South of Nunivak Island:
F-IF98-1  58 degrees 40.2'    168 degrees 19.2'   Surface mooring
F-IF98-2  58 degrees 37.9'    168 degrees 21.8'   Subsurface mooring
F-IF98-4  58 degrees 49.5'    168 degrees 08.8'   Subsurface mooring  
F-IF98-5  58 degrees 42.2'    168 degrees 05.1'   Subsurface mooring
F-IF98-6  58 degrees 32.8'    168 degrees 15.4'   Subsurface mooring
F-IF98-7  58 degrees 28.5'    168 degrees 32.0'   Subsurface mooring
F-IF98-8  58 degrees 38.2'    168 degrees 33.3'   Subsurface mooring
F-IF98-9  58 degrees 47.5'    168 degrees 23.0'   Subsurface mooring
These moorings will be recovered before November 1998.

Three subsurface moorings are deployed southeast of St. George Island:
     
Buoy      Deployed   Recovered               Location                      Depth

F-SG98-1  April 1998 April 1999   56 degrees 10.95N   169 degrees 19.92W   602 meters
F-SG98-2S April 1998 April 1999   56 degrees 17.68N   169 degrees 20.06W   196 meters
F-SG98-3S April 1998 April 1999   56 degrees 28.01N   169 degrees 20.04W   101 meters

Two subsurface moorings are deployed in the Bristol Bay CRAB study area at:

Buoy           Deployed      Recovered               Location              Depth

KC98-1    April 1998 April 1999   56 degrees 25.05'N  160 degrees 13.02'W   27 meters
KC98-2    April 1998 April 1999   56 degrees 30.02'N  160 degrees 59.98'W   67 meters

Please contact me if you require additional information.  My phone number 
is (206) 526-6180; Email: parker@pmel.noaa.gov.  Thank you.