[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 222 (Tuesday, November 18, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 61457]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-30256]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 679

[I.D. 092297C]


Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Pacific Cod 
in the Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska Modification of a 
Closure; Correction

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

ACTION: Correction to a modification of a closure.

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SUMMARY: This document contains a correction to a cross reference 
incorrectly stated in a closure notification (I.D. 092297C), which was 
published September 29, 1997.

DATES: Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), October 1, 1997, 
until 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas Pearson, 907-486-6919.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    On September 29, 1997, NMFS published a notification in the Federal 
Register that opened directed fishing for Pacific cod, by vessels 
catching Pacific cod for processing by the offshore component, in the 
Central Regulatory Area of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) effective on 
October 1, 1997, A.l.t. This action was necessary to fully utilize the 
total allowable catch (TAC) of Pacific cod in the GOA Central 
Regulatory Area.

Need for Correction

    This action corrects an erroneous cross reference that gives the 
authority that establishes the inshore/offshore apportionments 
(applicable through December 31, 1998) of Pacific cod in all GOA 
regulatory areas.

Correction of Publication

    Accordingly, the publication on September 29, 1997, of the 
modification of a closure (I.D. 092297C), which was the subject of FR 
Doc. 97-25777, is corrected as follows:
    On page 50888, in the third column, the second paragraph, the first 
sentence, the cross reference ``679.20(d)(1)(iii)(A)'' is corrected to 
read ``679.20(a)(6)(iii).''

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

    Dated: November 12, 1997.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-30256 Filed 11-17-97; 8:45 am]
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