[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 3, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 30148-30149]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14742]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 679
[Docket No. 971208298-8055-02; I.D. 112097B]
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Correction
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Correction to final 1998 specifications for groundfish.
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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to the Final 1998 Harvest
Specifications for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
which were published on March 16, 1998, and contain an incorrect
fishing season date for Pacific cod nontrawl fisheries and an incorrect
apportionment of halibut mortality to the nontrawl fisheries.
DATES: This action becomes effective June 3, 1998.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alan Kinsolving, 907-586-7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The final 1998 specifications for groundfish of the Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands published on March 16, 1998, announced harvest limits
and associated management measures for groundfish during the 1998
fishing year (63 FR 12689). The specifications contained an incorrect
fishing season date for Pacific cod nontrawl fisheries, and an
incorrect apportionment of halibut mortality to the nontrawl fisheries.
The Council intended the allocation of halibut mortality to the
Nontrawl Fisheries for Pacific cod to be 750 mt, not 777 mt; the dates
for the Pacific cod third seasonal allocation to be September 15
through December 31, not September 14 to December 31; the allocation to
that Pacific cod third season (September 15 through December 31) to be
255 mt, not 282 mt; and the allocation to the ``Other non-trawl''
category to be 83 mt, not 56 mt.
Correction of Publication
The publication on March 16, 1998, of the final regulations (I.D.
112097B), which was the subject of FR Doc. 98-6620 is corrected as
follows:
1. On page 12695, Table 6 (Continued), revise the text under the
heading ``Nontrawl Fisheries'' to read as follows:
Table 6.--1998 Prohibited Species Bycatch Allowances for the BSAI Trawl and Nontrawl Fisheries--Continued
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Nontrawl Fisheries
Pacific cod....................... 750 ........... ........... ........... ........... ...........
Jan. 1-Apr. 30................ 458 ........... ........... ........... ........... ...........
May 1-Sep. 14................. 37 ........... ........... ........... ........... ...........
Sep. 15-Dec. 31............... 255 ........... ........... ........... ........... ...........
Other non-trawl................... 83 ........... ........... ........... ........... ...........
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Groundfish pot & jig.............. (1) ........... ........... ........... ........... ...........
Sablefish hook & line............. (1) ........... ........... ........... ........... ...........
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Total Nontrawl.............. 833 ........... ........... ........... ........... ...........
PSQ Reserve \1\............. 351 129 7,500 349,050 56,250 157,500
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\1\ Exempt.
Dated: May 28, 1998.
Rolland A. Schmitten,
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 98-14742 Filed 6-2-98; 8:45 am]
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