[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 251 (Monday, December 30, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 68672]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-33179]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 679

[Docket No. 960129019-6019-01; I.D. 110896C]


Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod 
by Vessels Using Trawl Gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 
Management Area

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

ACTION: Correction to a closure.

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SUMMARY: This document contains a correction to a closure (I.D. 
110896C) which was published Friday, November 15, 1996 (61 FR 58491).

EFFECTIVE DATE: 1200 hours, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), November 9, 
1996, until 2400 hours, A.l.t., December 31, 1996.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The closure that is the subject of this correction prohibited 
directed fishing for Pacific cod by vessels using trawl gear in the 
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area.

Need for Correction

    As published, the closure contained an incorrect effective date.

Correction of Publication

    Accordingly, the publication on November 15, 1996, of the closure 
(I.D. 110896C), which was the subject of FR Doc. 96-29246, is corrected 
as follows:
    On page 58491, in the third column, the EFFECTIVE DATE is corrected 
to read as follows:

EFFECTIVE DATE: 1200 hours, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), November 9, 
1996, until 2400 hours, A.l.t., December 31, 1996.

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

    Dated: December 23, 1996.
Gary Matlock,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 96-33179 Filed 12-27-96; 8:45 am]
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