[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 12, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 9955-9956]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5872]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Parts 611, 672, and 676

[Docket No. 960129018-6018-01; I.D. 110295B]


Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska; Limited Access; Foreign 
Fishing; Final 1996 Harvest Specifications; Correction

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

ACTION: Final 1996 harvest specifications of groundfish and associated 
management measures; correction.

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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to the Final 1996 Harvest 
Specifications for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) (I.D. 
110295B), which was published in the Federal Register on Monday, 
February 5, 1996 (61 FR 4304). Portions of the information contained in 
Table 1 of the specifications for the pollock, Atka mackerel, and 
shortraker/rougheye species are misleading, inadvertently omitted, or 
misspelled.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 1200 hours, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), January 30, 
1996, through 2400 hours, A.l.t., December 31, 1996, or until changed 
by subsequent notification in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kaja Brix, NMFS, (907) 586-7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under Sec. 672.20(c)(1)(ii)(B), NMFS 
published final 1996 harvest specifications of groundfish on February 
5, 1996 (61 FR 4304). For each species identified in Table 1, column 1, 
of the final specifications, the following information is provided for 
the 1996 fishing year: (1) Regulatory area and/or district as defined 
at Sec. 672.2, (2) acceptable biological catch levels, (3) total 
allowable catch (TAC) amounts, and (4) overfishing levels.
    In the GOA, pollock is apportioned by area, season, and inshore/
offshore components. Regulations at Sec. 672.20(a)(2)(iv) require that 
the TAC for pollock in the combined Western/Central (W/C) GOA be 
apportioned among Statistical Areas Shumagin (61), Chirikof (62), and 
Kodiak (63) in proportion to known distributions of the pollock 
biomass. For the pollock species, Table 1 currently indicates that the 
overfishing level of 82,000 metric tons (mt) applies only to the 
Chirikof area. However, the overfishing level of 82,000 mt for the 
pollock species applies to the combined W/C area rather than to only 
the Chirikof area. Information contained in Table 1 related to the 
pollock species is revised to make clear that the overfishing level of 
82,000 mt applies to the W/C GOA.

Need for Correction

    The TAC for the Atka mackerel species is divided among the Western, 
Central, and Eastern regulatory areas. However, the designation for the 
Western regulatory area for Atka mackerel contained in Table 1, column 
two, of the specifications was inadvertently omitted. This document 
corrects that error.
    In Table 1, column 1, the species ``shortraker/rougheye'' is 
misspelled. This document corrects the misspelling.

Correction of Publication

    Accordingly, the publication on February 5, 1996 (61 FR 4304), 
which was the subject of FR doc. 96-2292, is corrected as follows:
    On page 4305, Table 1, under the subheading ``Species'', the 
information related to ``pollock'' is revised to read as follows:

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                  Species                                Area\1\                  ABC        TAC     Overfishing
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Pollock:\2\                                                                                                     
                                            Shumagin (W)(61).................     25,480     25,480  ...........
                                            Chirikof (C)(62).................     12,840     12,840  ...........
                                            Kodiak (C)(63)...................     13,680     13,680  ...........
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  Subtotal................................  W/C (61,62,63)...................     52,000     52,000      82,000 
                                            E................................      2,810      2,810       4,000 
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    Total.................................  .................................     54,810     54,810      86,400 
                                                                                                                
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    On page 4306, Table 1--Continued, under the subheading ``Species'' 
in the first column, the term ``Short raker/rougheye: \8\'' is revised 
to read ``Shortraker/rougheye'' \8\.
    On page 4307, Table 1--Continued, under the subheading ``Species'', 
``Atka mackerel'' is revised to read as follows:

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            Species              Area\1\     ABC      TAC    Overfishing
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Atka mackerel:                                                          
                                W          .......    2,310  ...........
                                C          .......      925  ...........

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                                E          .......        5             
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    Total.....................  .........    3,240    3,240      9,800  
                                                                        
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    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: March 5, 1996.
Gary Matlock,
Program Management Officer, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-5872 Filed 3-11-96; 8:45 am]
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