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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
50 CFR Part 651

[Docket No. 931076-4052; I.D. 030194A]
RIN 0648-AD33

 

Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Correction

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: This document corrects a final rule published on Tuesday, 
March 1, 1994 (59 FR 9872), which implements Amendment 5 to the Fishery 
Management Plan for the Northeast Multispecies Fishery (FMP).

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 1, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Murphy, Northeast Regional 
Office, 508-281-9252.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Need for Correction

    This document corrects the minimum-mesh net size requirement to be 
5\1/2\ inches (13.97 cm), rather than 6 inches (15.24 cm), for the Gulf 
of Maine/Georges Bank regulated mesh area and the Stellwagen Bank/
Jeffreys Ledge juvenile protection area from March 1, 1994, through 
March 31, 1994. The minimum mesh size requirement for these two areas 
will become 6 inches (15.24 cm) beginning April 1, 1994. The Regional 
Director determined on February 25, 1994, that fishermen need 
additional time to come into compliance with a larger minimum mesh 
requirement of 6 inches (15.24 cm).

Correction of Publication

    Accordingly, the publication on March 1, 1994, of the final rule, 
which was the subject of FR Doc. 94-4610, is corrected as follows:
    1. On page 9874, under the ``SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION'' caption, 
in the second column, before the heading, ``Comments and Responses'', 
add the following heading and paragraph: Delay of 6-inch (15.24-cm) 
Minimum Mesh Requirement.
    The 6-inch minimum mesh requirements in the Gulf of Maine/Georges 
Bank regulated mesh area (see Sec. 651.20(a)(2)) and the Stellwagen 
Bank/Jeffreys Ledge juvenile protection area (see Sec. 651.20(a)(5)) 
are effective beginning April 1, 1994, with a minimum mesh requirement 
of 5\1/2\ inches (13.97 cm) from March 1 through March 31, 1994. The 
Regional Director determined on February 25, 1994, that fishermen need 
additional time to come into compliance with a larger minimum mesh 
requirement of 6 inches (15.24 cm).


Sec. 651.20  [Corrected]

    2. On page 9893, third column, in Sec. 651.20(a)(2), line 2, after 
the phrase ``area, shall be'', insert the following: ``5\1/2\ inches 
(13.97 cm) from March 1, 1994, through March 31, 1994, and beginning 
April 1, 1994,''.
    3. On page 9894, third column, in Sec. 651.20(a)(5), introductory 
text, last line, after the words ``net gear'', and before the period, 
add the words: ``except that from March 1, 1994, through March 31, 
1994, the minimum mesh requirement shall be 5\1/2\ inches (13.97 cm) 
square mesh (hung on the square) in the last 140 bars of the codend and 
extension piece of all mobile net gear.''

    Dated: March 1, 1994.
Samuel W. McKeen,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 94-5078 Filed 3-2-94; 11:22 am]
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