[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 138 (Wednesday, July 19, 1995)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 37043-37044]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-17681]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Parts 216 and 229

[I.D. 052395C]
RIN 0648-AH33


Taking of Marine Mammals Incidental to Commercial Fishing 
Operations; Authorization for Commercial Fisheries; Proposed List of 
Fisheries; Correction

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

ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to the proposed List of 
Fisheries (LOF) contained in a proposed rule that was published on 
Friday, June 16, 1995. NMFS issued a proposed LOF that categorized 
fisheries according to frequency of incidental serious injury and 
mortality of marine mammals. The proposed rule is intended to provide 
for a limited exemption of commercial fisheries from the Marine Mammal 
Protection Act of 1972 (MMPA) moratorium on the taking of marine 
mammals.

DATES: Comments on the proposed rule must be received by July 31, 1995, 
Comments on the proposed LOF must be received by September 14, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Chief, Marine Mammal Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robyn Angliss, Office of Protected 
Resources, 301-713-2322.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 118(c) of the MMPA requires NMFS to 
publish a LOF, along with the marine mammals and number of vessels or 
persons involved in each such fishery. A notice of proposed revisions 
to the last LOF is to be published in the Federal Register on or about 
July 1 of each year for the purpose of receiving public comment, and a 
final LOF is to be published on or about October 1 of each year, which 
would become effective January 1 of the next calendar year. On June 16, 
1995 (60 FR 31666), NMFS published a proposed LOF for calendar year 
1996 in two tables: Table 1--Proposed List of Fisheries (Commercial 
Fisheries in the Pacific Ocean), and Table 2--Proposed List of 
Fisheries (Commercial Fisheries in the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico 
and Caribbean). However, in these two tables, several marine mammal 
species/stocks were inadvertently omitted or misidentified in several 
fisheries. Also, a plus (+) designation indicating a stock is listed as 
threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act was 
inadvertently omitted from several stock and species codes. This 
document corrects these errors.
Correction of Publication

    Accordingly, in proposed rule document FR Doc. 95-14828, beginning 
on page 31666 in the Federal Register issue of Friday, June 16, 1995, 
make the following corrections:
    1. On page 31682, in Table 1, under Category III the entry for ``AK 
salmon troll'' is corrected to read as follows:

                  Table 1.--Proposed List of Fisheries                  
               [Commercial Fisheries in the Pacific Ocean]              
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                           Estimated                                    
                             No. of       Marine mammal species/stocks  
   Fishery description      vessels/                involved            
                            persons                                     
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*                  *                  *                  *              
                  *                  *                  *               
AK salmon troll.........        1,450  1*+, 2*+, 3*, 5, 6, 26*+.        
                                                                        
*                  *                  *                  *              
                  *                  *                  *               
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    2a. On page 31684, in Table 2, under Category I, the entries for 
``Atlantic Ocean, Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico swordfish, tuna, shark 
drift gillnet'' and ``New England multispecies sink gillnet'' are 
corrected, and
    2b. On page 31685, in Table 2,under Category III, the entries for 
``Gulf of Maine, U.S. mid-Atlantic mixed species 

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trap/pot'', ``Gulf of Maine, U.S. mid-Atlantic inshore lobster trap/
pot'', ``Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico blue crab trap/pot'', and U.S. 
South Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean spiny lobster trap/pot are 
corrected to read as follows:

                  Table 2.--Proposed List of Fisheries                  
    [Commercial Fisheries in the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, and    
                               Caribbean]                               
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                           Estimated                                    
                             No. of       Marine mammal species/stocks  
 Description of fishery     vessels/                involved            
                            persons                                     
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Atlantic Ocean,                    75  32*+, 33*+, 38*+, 49, 50*, 51*,  
 Caribbean, Gulf of                     52, 54*, 57, 58, 59*.           
 Mexico swordfish, tuna,                                                
 shark drift gillnet.                                                   
New England multispecies          341  32*+, 33*+, 36, 50*, 51*, 52, 61,
 sink gillnet.                          62, 63.                         
                                                                        
*                  *                  *                  *              
                  *                  *                  *               
*Gulf of Maine, U.S. mid-         100  32*+, 33*+, 36, 61*, 62, 63.     
 Atlantic mixed species                                                 
 trap/pot.                                                              
                                                                        
*                  *                  *                  *              
                  *                  *                  *               
Gulf of Maine, U.S. mid-       10,613  32*+, 33*+, 36, 52, 62.          
 Atlantic inshore                                                       
 lobster trap/pot.                                                      
                                                                        
*                  *                  *                  *              
                  *                  *                  *               
Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of        20,500  32*+, 73, 74, 75, 153*+.         
 Mexico blue crab trap/                                                 
 pot.                                                                   
                                                                        
*                  *                  *                  *              
                  *                  *                  *               
U.S. South Atlantic,              736  32*+, 73, 74, 75, 153*.          
 Gulf of Mexico,                                                        
 Caribbean spiny lobster                                                
 trap/pot.                                                              
                                                                        
*                  *                  *                  *              
                  *                  *                  *               
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    3a. On page 31685, in the key to Tables 1 and 2 the following 
entries are corrected to read as follows:

   Species and Stock Codes for Marine Mammals Occurring in U.S. Waters  
 [Some, but not all stocks listed are taken in the course of commercial 
                           fishing operations]                          
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 Code             Common name                   Stock designation       
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1.....  Steller sea lion...............  Western U.S.*+.                
2.....  Steller sea lion...............  Eastern U.S.*+.                
                                                                        
                  *        *        *        *        *                 
26....  Humpback whale.................  Western North Pacific*+.       
27....  Humpback whale.................  Central North Pacific*+.       
28....  Fin whale......................  N. Pacific*+.                  
                                                                        
                  *        *        *        *        *                 
29....  Northern right whale...........  North Pacific*+.               
31....  Bowhead whale..................  Western Arctic Stock*+.        
32....  North Atlantic right whale.....  Western North Atlantic*+.      
33....  Humpback whale.................  Western North Atlantic*+.      
34....  Fin whale......................  Western North Atlantic*+.      
35....  Sei whale......................  Western North Atlantic*+.      
                                                                        
                  *        *        *        *        *                 
37....  Blue whale.....................  Western North Atlantic*+.      
38....  Sperm whale....................  Western North Atlantic*+.      
                                                                        
                  *        *        *        *        *                 
66....  Sperm whale....................  Northern Gulf of Mexico*+.     
92....  Sperm whale....................  California to Washington*+.    
93....  Humpback whale.................  California/Mexico*+.           
94....  Blue whale.....................  California/Mexico*+.           
95....  Fin whale......................  California to Washington*+.    
                                                                        
                  *        *        *        *        *                 
97....  Sei whale......................  Eastern North Pacific*+.       
                                                                        
                  *        *        *        *        *                 
120...  Blue whale.....................  Hawaii*+.                      
121...  Fin whale......................  Hawaii*+.                      
                                                                        
                  *        *        *        *        *                 
135...  Sperm whale....................  Hawaii*+.                      
                                                                        
                  *        *        *        *        *                 
145...  Hawaiian monk seal.............  Hawaii*+.                      
153...  Florida manatee................  Florida*+.                     
                                                                        
                  *        *        *        *        *                 
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    3b. On page 31687, at the end of the key to Tables 1 and 2 the 
following footnotes are added:

    *Strategic stock.
    +Stock listed as threatened or endangered under the Endangered 
Species Act.

    Dated: July 12, 1995.
Charles Karnella,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 95-17681 Filed 7-14-95; 9:57 am]
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