[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 169 (Thursday, August 29, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 45367-45368]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-22056]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 679

[I.D. 080296B]


Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Atka 
Mackerel Closure; Correction

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

ACTION: Correction to a Closure Notification.

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SUMMARY: This document contains a correction to a closure notification 
(I.D. 080296B), which was published Thursday, August 8, 1996 (61 FR 
41363).

EFFECTIVE DATE: 1200 hours, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), August 6, 1996, 
until 2400 hours, A.l.t., December 31, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Furuness, 907-586-7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Background

    On August 8, 1996, NMFS published notification in the Federal 
Register announcing closure of the directed fishery for Atka mackerel 
in the Central Aleutian District of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 
management area (BSAI), which was intended to become effective on 
August 4, 1996, but, because it was not filed with the Office of the 
Federal Register in a timely manner, became effective on August 6, 
1996. The action was necessary to prevent exceeding the total allowable 
catch of Atka mackerel in this area.

Need for Correction

    The closure notification for the Atka mackerel directed fishery for 
Central Aleutian District inadvertently included the Bering Sea subarea 
of the BSAI in the announcement. The Bering Sea subarea and the Eastern 
Aleutian District of the BSAI were closed to directed fishing for Atka 
mackerel on August 2, 1996 (61 FR 41363, August 8, 1996), in a separate 
notification.

Correction of Publication

    Accordingly, the publication on August 8, 1996, of the closure 
(I.D. 080296B), which was the subject of FR Doc. 96-20257, is corrected 
as follows:
    On page 41363, in the second column, the first sentence of the 
Summary should read as follows:
    NMFS is closing the directed fishery for Atka mackerel in the 
Central Aleutian District of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 
management area (BSAI).
    On page 41363, in the second column, the EFFECTIVE DATE line of the 
preamble should read as follows:
    EFFECTIVE DATE: 1200 hours, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), August 6, 
1996, until 2400 hours, A.l.t., December 31, 1996.

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

    Dated: August 23, 1996.
Richard H. Schaefer,
Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and Management, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-22056 Filed 8-28-96; 8:45 am]
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