[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 163 (Tuesday, August 24, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 46183]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-21946]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 073099B]


Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Groundfish 
of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area; Exempted Fishing Permit; 
Correction

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

ACTION: Issuance of an exempted fishing permit; correction.

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SUMMARY: This document corrects the notification of issuance of 
exempted fishing permit (EFP) 99-03 to Groundfish Forum, Inc. This EFP 
authorizes Groundfish Forum to conduct an experiment in the Bering Sea 
and Aleutian Islands management area that would test the accuracy of 
at-sea observer basket sampling practices, the design and use of 
automated species composition sampling, and the effect of fish 
stratification in trawls on size composition sampling. This 
notification was published in the Federal Register on August 12, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Salveson, 907-586-7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The announcement of the issuance of EFP 99-
03 in the Federal Register on August 12, 1999 (64 FR 43986), contained 
an oversight. When the Groundfish Forum requested that fishing under 
the EFP take place in Bycatch Zone 2 (areas 513, 517, and 521), it 
thought that Statistical Area 519 was included in Zone 2. To correct 
this error, this document adds Statistical Area 519.

Need for Correction

    In FR Doc. 99-20902, published August 12, 1999 (64 FR 43986), on 
page 43986, in the second column, second line from the bottom, after 
``Bycatch Zone 2'' add ``and Statistical Area 519.''

    Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: August 19, 1999.
Gary C. Matlock,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 99-21946 Filed 8-23-99; 8:45 am]
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