[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 36 (Wednesday, February 24, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 9088]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-4597]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 648

[Docket No. 981014259-8312-02; I.D. 012299B]


Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder, 
Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries; Adjustments to the 1999 Summer 
Flounder Commercial Quota; Commercial Quota Harvested for Delaware; 
Correction

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

ACTION: Commercial quota adjustment, notice of commercial quota 
harvest; correction.

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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to the adjustment to the 
1999 commercial Summer Flounder Quotas that was published on February 
3, 1999, and adds text that was inadvertently omitted.

DATES: Effective January 28, 1999, through December 31, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul H. Jones, Fisheries Policy 
Analyst, (978) 281-9273.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    NMFS published a document in the Federal Register of February 3, 
1999 (64 FR 5196), announcing preliminary adjustments to the 1999 
summer flounder commercial quotas. The notification also corrected 
errors for Rhode Island's commercial summer flounder allocation 
specified in Table 1.--1999 State Commercial Quotas to the preamble of 
the document published on December 31, 1998 (63 FR 72203). Portions of 
the text describing revisions made to Table 1 of the December 31 
publication were inaccurate and some text was also omitted. However, 
Tables 2 and 3 of the February 3, 1999, publication accurately reflect 
these corrections. Therefore, this document corrects only this text 
portion of the preamble to the February 3, 1999, correction document 
related to the Rhode Island commercial summer flounder allocation.

Corrections

    In FR Doc. 99-2465, published in the Federal Register of February 
3, 1999, on page 5196, in column 3, the first 5 complete paragraphs are 
correctly added and the text that was inadvertently omitted is added to 
read as follows:
    This notification also corrects errors for Rhode Island's 
commercial summer flounder allocation specified in the preamble to 
Table 1.--1999 State Commercial Quotas published on December 31, 1998 
(63 FR 72203).
    In FR Doc. 98-34511, on page 72204, in Table 1.--1999 State 
Commercial Quotas, the commercial state allocation for Rhode Island is 
corrected to read as follows:
    In the third column of the table, under the heading ``Directed'', 
and under the subheading ``Lb'', in the fourth line, ``1,171,379'' is 
corrected to read ``1,172,758''; in the last line, the total 
``7,468,107'' is corrected to read ``7,477,232'' and in the fourth 
column of the table, under the same heading, and under the subheading 
``KG'', in the fourth line, ``53,133'' is corrected to read 
``531,954''; in the last line, the total ``3,387,476'' is corrected to 
read ``3,391,615''.
    In the fifth column of the table, under the heading ``Incidental 
catch'', under the subheading ``Lb'', in the fourth line, ``571,204'' 
is corrected to read ``569,825''; in the last line the total 
``3,642,191'' is corrected to read ``3,633,068'' and in the sixth 
column, under the same heading, under the subheading ``KG'', in the 
fourth line, ``259,094'' is corrected to read ``258,468'' and in the 
last line, the total ``1,652,070'' is corrected to read ``1,647,932''.
    In the seventh column, under the heading ``Total'', under the 
subheading ``Lb'', in the fourth line, ``1,741,583'' is corrected to 
read ``1,742,583''; and under the same heading, under the same 
subheading, in the last line, the total ``11,111,191'' is corrected to 
read ``11,110,300''; and in the eighth column, under the same heading 
and under the subheading ``KG'', in the fourth line, ``789,968'' is 
corrected to read ``790,422'' and in the last line the total 
``5,039,951'' is corrected to read ``5,039,547''. These corrections are 
reflected in Tables 2 and 3 of this document. In addition, Tables 2 and 
3 reflect a quota transfer of 5,000 lb (2,268 kg) from North Carolina 
to Virginia (64 FR 2600, January 15, 1999).

Classification

    This action is required by 50 CFR part 648 and is exempt from 
review under E.O. 12866.

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

    Dated: February 18, 1999.

Rolland A. Schmitten,
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 99-4597 Filed 2-23-99; 8:45 am]
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