[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 51 (Thursday, March 14, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 10477]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: X96-20314]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 227


Threatened Fish and Wildlife

Correction

    In title 50 of the Code of Federal Regulations, parts 200 to 599, 
revised as of October 1, 1995, page 147, Sec. 227.72 is corrected by 
moving paragraphs (B) and (C) in the first column to page 146 to appear 
after paragraph (e)(2)(iii)(A). The corrected text for paragraph 
(e)(2)(iii) reads as follows:


Sec. 227.72  Exceptions to prohibitions.

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    (e)* * *
    (2)* * *
    (iii) Gear requirement--summer flounder trawlers--(A) TED 
requirement. Except as provided in paragraph (e)(2)(iii)(B) of this 
section, any summer flounder trawler in the summer flounder fishery-sea 
turtle protection area must have an approved TED (as defined in 
Sec. 217.12 of this subchapter) installed in each net that is rigged 
for fishing. A net is rigged for fishing if it is in the water, or if 
it is shackled, tied, or otherwise connected to any trawl door or 
board, or to any tow rope, cable, pole or extension, either on board or 
attached in any manner to the summer flounder trawler.
    (B) Monitoring. Summer flounder trawlers must carry onboard a NMFS-
approved observer if requested upon written notification from the 
Director Southeast Region, NMFS, or the Director, Northeast Region, 
NMFS, sent to the address specified for the vessel in either the NMFS 
or state fishing permit application, or to the address specified for 
registration or documentation purposes, or upon written notification 
otherwise served on the owner or operator of the vessel. Owners and 
operators must comply with the terms and conditions specified in such 
written notification. All NMFS-approved observers will report any 
violations of this section, or other applicable regulations and laws; 
such information may be used for enforcement purposes.
    (C) Additional sea turtle conservation measures. The Assistant 
Administrator may impose other such restrictions upon summer flounder 
trawlers as he or she deems necessary or appropriate to protect sea 
turtles and ensure compliance, pursuant to the procedures of paragraph 
(e)(6) of this section. Such measures may include, but are not limited 
to, a requirement to use TEDs in areas other than summer flounder 
fishery-sea turtle protection area, a requirement to use limited tow-
times, and closure of the fishery.

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