[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 206 (Wednesday, October 23, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 54953-54954]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-27076]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
50 CFR Part 679

[I.D. 082796E]


Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Scallop 
Fishery 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. 082796E), which was published

[[Page 54954]]

Tuesday, September 3, 1996 (61 FR 46399).

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0800 hours, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), August 27, 
1996, through 2400 hours, A.l.t., June 30, 1997.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 3, 1996, NMFS published notification in the Federal 
Register announcing closure of the directed fishery for scallops in the 
Kamishak Bay District of Registration Area H (Cook Inlet). The closure 
was intended to be effective through the end of the current fishing 
year, 2400 hours, A.l.t., June 30, 1997. The action was necessary to 
prevent exceeding the total allowable catch (TAC) of scallops in this 
area.

Need for Correction

    In accordance with Sec. 679.62(c), the Director, Alaska Region, 
NMFS, determined that the scallop TAC for this area had been reached 
and NMFS prohibited the taking and retention of scallops in this area 
effective at 0800 hours, A.l.t., August 27, 1996. Under 
Sec. 679.62(a)(2)(ii), annual scallop TACs are specified for the 12-
month time period extending from July 1 through June 30 of the 
following year. Therefore, this closure should only have been effective 
through the end of the current fishing year which expires at 2400 
hours, A.l.t., June 30, 1997. However, the closure notification 
published September 3, 1996, inadvertently extended the closure through 
1159 hours, A.l.t., July 1, 1997.

Correction of Publication

    Accordingly, the publication on September 3, 1996, of the closure 
(I.D. 082796E), which was the subject of FR Doc. 96-22369, is corrected 
as follows:
    On page 46400, in the first column, the EFFECTIVE DATE section 
should read as follows: EFFECTIVE DATE: 0800 hours, Alaska local time 
(A.l.t.), August 27, 1996, through 2400 hours, A.l.t., June 30, 1997.
    On page 46400, in the third column, the third and fourth lines 
should read as follows:
    August 27, 1996, through 2400 hours, A.l.t., June 30, 1997.

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

    Dated: October 16, 1996.
Bruce Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-27076 Filed 10-22-96; 8:45 am]
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