National Marine Fisheries Service              Prepared: 08/14/00 at  2:04 PM
 P.O. Box 21668                                       NMFS/AKR Fish Management

       1998 GULF OF ALASKA GROUNDFISH DISCARDS IN ROUND METRIC TONS 
     Data are from Weekly Production and Observer Reports through 12/26/98

                                 SHORESIDE         MOTHERSHIP     CATCHER-PROC
                            --------------------   ------------   ------------
                            TOTAL  AT-SEA  PLANT   TOTAL          TOTAL       
                            CATCH  DISC    DISC    CATCH  DISC    CATCH   DISC
WEST,CENT PLCK           
 Pollock 610                29172     459     0      55      0      74      34
 Pollock 620                49072     562     0       0      0      27       7
 Pollock 630                38926     245     0       0      0     110      39

WESTERN GULF             
 Arrowtooth Flounder          437     424     0       0      0    2558    2032
 Deep Water Flatfish            6       4     0       0      0      10       5
 Shallow Water Flatfish       205     198     0       0      0      66      27
 Flathead Sole                 52      36     0       0      0     503     105
 Rex Sole                       6       5     0       0      0     434      11
 Pacific Ocean Perch           23       4     0       0      0     823      81
 Shortraker/Rougheye           37      32     0       0      0      92      34
 Pelagic Shelf Rockfish        38      36     0       0      0      21       1
 Northern Rockfish             53      52     0       0      0      24      17
 Other Rockfish                10       8     0       0      0      37       1
 Pacific Cod - Inshore      16250     138     0       0      0    3397      71
 Pacific Cod - Offshore         0       0     0       0      0     164      20
 Sablefish (Hook & Line)      870      57     0       1      0     509      14
 Sablefish (Trawl)              2       2     0       0      0      42      16
 Thornyhead                    58       6     0       0      0     180      26

CENTRAL GULF             
 Arrowtooth Flounder         3831    3392     0       4      4    5774    4721
 Deep Water Flatfish         1887      27     0       0      0     297     163
 Shallow Water Flatfish      3046     286     0       3      3     155      57
 Flathead Sole                851      79     0       1      1     316      68
 Rex Sole                     207      16     0       0      0    1988      40
 Pacific Ocean Perch         2368      79     0       0      0    5084    1059
 Shortraker/Rougheye          271     153     0       0      0     596      57
 Pelagic Shelf Rockfish       682      39     0       0      0    1795      71
 Northern rockfish           1565      49     0       0      0    1403     438
 Other Rockfish               140      40     0       0      0     583     475
 Pacific Cod - Inshore      36227    1150     0       0      0    1801     143
 Pacific Cod - Offshore         0       0     0     387     43    3018      53
 Sablefish (Hook & Line)     3977     177     0       0      0     667      37
 Sablefish (Trawl)            574     155     0       0      0     672     139
 Thornyhead                   454      86     0       0      0     260      24

EASTERN GULF             
 Arrowtooth Flounder          260     259     0       0      0     136     111
 Deep Water Flatfish           63      10     0       0      0      26      16
 Shallow Water Flatfish        91      34     0       0      0       0       0
 Flathead Sole                  6       3     0       0      0       2       0
 Rex Sole                      25       2     0       0      0      11       1
 Pacific Ocean Perch           10       1     0       0      0     600      18
 Shortraker/Rougheye          512     180     0       0      0     226      15
 Other Rockfish                32       6     0       0      0      81      42
 Pelagic Shelf Rockfish        46       1     0       0      0     529       1
 Pacific Cod - Inshore        857     109     0       0      0       1       0
 Pacific Cod - Offshore         0       0     0       0      0      13       0
 Pollock                     6358      39     0       0      0      10       5
 Northern Rockfish              1       1     0       0      0      10       4
 Sablefish (Trawl)              7       2     0       0      0      63       0
 Thornyhead                   412      20     0       0      0      51       1

WEST YAKUTAT             
 Sablefish (Hook & Line)     1696      30     0       0      0     150       7

SOUTHEAST                
 Demersal Shelf Rockfish      347      36     0       0      0       0       0
 Sablefish (Hook & Line)     3271     152     0       0      0     174       7

ENTIRE GOA               
 Other Species               3012    2396     0       0      0     766     765
 Atka Mackerel                151     151     0       0      0     166      13
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 TOTALS:                   208454   11428     0     451     51   36495   11092