[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 14, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 2184-2185]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-802]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 648

[Docket No. 971015246-7293-02; I.D. 100897D]
RIN 0648-AK44


Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder, 
Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries; 1998 Final Specifications; 
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 that implemented the final 
specifications for the 1998 summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass 
fisheries (62 FR 66304, December 18, 1997). Several errors were made in 
Table 4, which specified the 1998 black sea bass quarterly coastwide 
quotas and quarterly trip limits. This document revises Table 4 to the 
preamble of the above final rule. The dates for the final rule remain 
unchanged.

DATES: The amendments to Secs. 648.14(u)(1), 648.100(a), 648.143(a), 
and Sec. 648.144(a)(1)(i) were effective January 1, 1998. The final 
specifications for the 1998 summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass 
fisheries and notifications of commercial quota harvest were effective 
January 1, 1998, through December 31, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Regina L. Spallone, Fishery Policy 
Analyst, (978-281-9221).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The title of Table 4 needs to be clarified 
to indicate that the table specifies the allocations and trip limits 
for the commercial black sea bass fishery. In fact, 49 percent of the 
total harvest limit for black sea bass is allocated to the commercial 
sector as a quota, and 51 percent is allocated to the recreational 
sector as a coastwide harvest limit. The commercial quota is further 
allocated to

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4 quarters based on the percentages specified in the regulations. The 
percent allocations and the trip limits specified in Table 4 are 
correct.

Correction

    NMFS is correcting Table 4 published in the final rule document 97-
33076 (December 18, 1997, 62 FR 66304), on page 66307 to read as 
follows:

          Table 4.--1998 Black Sea Bass Quarterly Coastwide Commercial Quotas and Quarterly Trip Limits         
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                                                                                               Trip limits      
                    Quarter                      Percent (%)     Pounds      (kg) \1\  -------------------------
                                                                                            Lbs          (kg)   
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1. (Jan-Mar)...................................        38.64    1,168,860      530,186       11,000        4,990
2. (Apr-Jun)...................................        29.26      885,115      401,481        7,000        3,175
3. (Jul-Sep)...................................        12.33      372,983      169,182        3,000        1,361
4. (Oct-Dec)...................................        19.77      598,043      271,268        4,000        1,814
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    Total......................................       100.00    3,025,000    1,372,117  ...........  ...........
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\1\ Kilograms are as converted from pounds and do not add to the converted total due to rounding.               

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

    Dated: January 8, 1998.
Rolland A. Schmitten,
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 98-802 Filed 1-13-98; 8:45 am]
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