[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 54 (Tuesday, March 19, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 11165-11166]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6395]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
50 CFR Part 675

[Docket No. 950727194-6005-02; I.D. 062795C]


Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska; Groundfish Fishery of the 
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area; Consolidation of Regulations 
Including Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements; Correction

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

ACTION: Correction to final regulations.

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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to final regulations (I.D. 
062795C) which were published Tuesday, February 13, 1996 (61 FR 5608). 
The regulations related to recordkeeping and reporting information for 
groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands area.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 19, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patsy Bearden, 907-586-7228.


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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The final regulations that are the subject of this correction 
consolidated several sections of regulations in parts 672 and 675, 
corrected errors, clarified vague text, removed outdated requirements, 
as well as simplified and streamlined the remaining regulations, 
including the recordkeeping and reporting requirements.

Need for Correction

    As published, the final regulations contain a change that should 
not have been.

Correction of Publication

    Accordingly, the publication on February 13, 1996, of the final 
regulations (I.D. 062795C), which was the subject of FR Doc. 96-2574, 
is corrected as follows:
    On page 5642, in the first column, in Sec. 675.7, paragraph (m) is 
corrected to read as follows:


Sec. 675.7 Prohibitions.

* * * * *
    (m) With respect to halibut caught with hook-and-line gear deployed 
from a vessel fishing for groundfish, except for vessels fishing for 
Pacific halibut in accordance with part 301 of this title--
    (1) Fail to release the halibut outboard a vessel's rails;
    (2) Release the halibut by any method other than;
    (i) Cutting the gangion;
    (ii) Positioning the gaff on the hook and twisting the hook from 
the halibut; or
    (iii) Straightening the hook by using the gaff to catch the bend of 
the hook and bracing the gaff against the vessel or any gear attached 
to the vessel;
    (3) Puncture the halibut with a gaff or other device; or
    (4) Allow the halibut to contact the vessel, if such contact 
causes, or is capable of causing, the halibut to be stripped from the 
hook.
* * * * *

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: March 12, 1996.
Gary Matlock,
Program Management Officer, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-6395 Filed 3-18-96; 8:45 am]
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