[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 190 (Wednesday, October 1, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 51380-51381]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25981]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 648

[Docket No. 970318057-7158-02; I.D. 022097C]
RIN 0648-AJ42


Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Fishery Management 
Plan for the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries; 
Recreational Measures for the 1997 Summer Flounder Fishery; 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 issued a final rule which was published in the Federal 
Register on July 11, 1997 (62 FR 37154). This final rule implemented 
management measures for the 1997 summer flounder recreational fishery 
and also made minor technical changes to 50 CFR part 648 that were 
unrelated to the implementing management measures. The technical 
changes included the redesignation of two paragraphs. As a result of 
the redesignation, several errors occured in cross-references to these 
renumbered paragraphs. This document corrects those cross-references.

DATES: Effective July 8, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary Tokarcik, 978-281-9326.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    NMFS is correcting the final regulations published on July 11, 1997 
(62 FR 37154). In addition to implementing management measures for the 
1997 summer flounder recreational fishery, the final rule made minor 
technical changes to 50 CFR part 648 that were unrelated to 
implementing the management measures. The technical changes merely 
corrected omissions and errors that occurred in making earlier 
revisions to the consolidated Northeast fisheries regulations. A final 
rule published on April 1, 1997 (62 FR 15381) was worded as if a 
paragraph (j) was added to Sec. 648.82, when in effect it actually 
inadvertently overwrote the original paragraph (j). In the July 11, 
1997, final rule, paragraph (j) was redesignated as (k) and the 
original (j) was added to Sec. 648.82. In Sec. 648.82, cross-references 
to (j) were revised to reflect its redesignation.

Need for the Correction

    The final rule published July 11, 1997, revised the cross-
references discussed above contained in Sec. 648.82. However, the 
cross-references to paragraph Sec. 648.82(k) were not revised in the 
definition of ``Days-at-Sea (DAS)'' in Sec. 648.2, and paragraphs 
648.4(c)(2)(iii)(B) and 648.10(f)(2). This correction document revises 
those cross-references to reflect accurately the redesignated paragraph 
(k).

Correction

    Accordingly, the publication on July 11, 1997, of the final 
regulations (I.D. 022097C), which was the subject of FR Doc. 97-18117 
is corrected as follows:

Correction to Preamble

    On page 37155, in the third column, fifth paragraph, add the 
following

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sentence to the end of the paragraph: ``The redesignation of paragraph 
(j) as (k) effects three additional cross-references in 50 CFR part 
648. Therefore, the cross-references to paragraph (j) contained in the 
following paragraphs are also revised to reflect paragraph (k). In 
Sec. 648.2, the cross-reference to Sec. 648.82(j)(1)(iv) contained in 
the definition for ``Day(s)-at-Sea (DAS)'' is revised to read 
``Sec. 648.82(k)(1)(v)''. In Sec. 648.4(c)(2)(iii)(B), the cross-
reference to Sec. 648.80(j) is revised to read ``Sec. 648.82(k)''. In 
Sec. 648.10(f)(2), the cross-reference to Sec. 648.82(j)(1)(iii) is 
revised to read ``Sec. 648.82(k)(1)(iv)''.

Correction to Regulatory Text

    On page 37156, in the first column, the following amendatory 
instructions are added after the authority citation to read as follows:
    1a. In Sec. 648.2, the definition for ``Days-at-Sea (DAS)'' is 
revised to read as follows:


Sec. 648.2  Definitions.

* * * * *
    Day(s)-at-Sea (DAS), with respect to the NE multispecies and 
scallop fisheries, except as described in Sec. 648.82(k)(1)(v), means 
the 24-hour periods of time during which a fishing vessel is absent 
from port in which the vessel intends to fish for, possess or land, or 
fishes for, possesses, or lands regulated species or scallops.
* * * * *
    1b. In Sec. 648.4, the first sentence of paragraph (c)(2)(iii)(B) 
is revised to read as follows:


Sec. 648.4  Vessel and individual commercial permits.

* * * * *
    (c) * * *
    (2) * * *
    (iii) * * *
    (B) For vessels fishing for NE multispecies with gillnet gear, with 
the exception of vessels under the Small Vessel permit category, an 
annual declaration as either a Day or Trip gillnet vessel designation 
as described in Sec. 648.82(k). * * *
* * * * *
    1c. In Sec. 648.10, paragraph (f)(2) is revised to read as follows:


Sec. 648.10  DAS notification requirements.

* * * * *
    (f) * * *
    (2) Gillnet call-in. Vessels subject to the gillnet restriction 
described in Sec. 648.82(k)(1)(iv) must notify the Regional 
Administrator of the commencement date of their time out of the NE 
multispecies gillnet fishery using the procedure described in paragraph 
(f)(1) of this section.

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

    Dated: September 25, 1997.
David L. Evans,
Deputy Assistant Administsrator for Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-25981 Filed 9-30-97; 8:45 am]
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