[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 6 (Thursday, January 9, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 1296-1297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-477]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 227

[Docket Number 950407093-6298-03; I.D. 012595A]


Endangered and Threatened Species; Threatened Status for Central 
California Coast Coho Salmon Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU); 
Correction

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

ACTION: Correction to final rule.

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SUMMARY: NMFS is making a technical correction to the final rule (61 FR 
56138, October 31, 1996) determining that the Central California Coast 
Coho Salmon Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU) is a threatened 
species. The correction specifies that the ESU consists of all coho 
salmon naturally reproduced in streams between Punta Gorda in Humboldt 
County, CA, and the San Lorenzo River in Santa Cruz County, CA.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 2, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Craig Wingert, NMFS, Southwest 
Region, (310) 980-4021; or Marta

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Nammack, NMFS, Office of Protected Resources, (301) 713-1401.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Need for Correction

    On October 31, 1996, NMFS published a final rule listing the 
Central California Coho Salmon ESU as a threatened species (61 FR 
56138). In the last paragraph of the ``Listing Determination'' section 
of the preamble to the rule (see page 56146, bottom of second column 
and top of third column), NMFS clearly defined the Central California 
Coho Salmon ESU as consisting of ``all coho salmon naturally reproduced 
in streams between Punta Gorda, Humboldt County, CA, and the San 
Lorenzo River, Santa Cruz County, CA.'' However, the definition of the 
listed ESU in the regulatory text codified at section 227.4(h) was 
ambiguous as to the geographic extent of the listed ESU and whether the 
listed ESU specifically included hatchery populations or only naturally 
reproduced populations.

Correction of Publication

    Accordingly, the publication on October 31, 1996, of the final rule 
(I.D. 012595A), which was the subject of FR Doc. 96-56138, is corrected 
as follows:


Sec. 227.4--[Corrected]

    On page 56149, in the third column, in Sec. 227.4, paragraph (h) is 
corrected to read as follows:
* * * * *
    (h) Central California Coast Coho Salmon. Includes all coho salmon 
naturally reproduced in streams between Punta Gorda in Humboldt County, 
CA, and the San Lorenzo River in Santa Cruz County, CA.
* * * * *

    Dated: January 3, 1997.
P. Michael Payne,
Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-477 Filed 1-6-97; 1:43 pm]
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