[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 186 (Monday, September 27, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 51931-51932]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-25068]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 648

[Docket No. 990422103-9209-02; I.D. 031099B]
RIN 0648-AL75


Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder, 
Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries; Recreational Measures for the 1999 
Fisheries; Correction

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

ACTION: Correction.

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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to the effective dates of 
the recreational measures for the 1999 fisheries that was published on 
September 9, 1999, and adds an appropriate justification for the change 
in date in the Classification section.

DATES: Effective September 9, 1999.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    NMFS published a final rule and interim provisions for the 1999 
recreational fisheries for summer flounder, scup, and black sea bass in 
the Federal Register on September 9, 1999 (64 FR 48965). The rule 
delayed the effectiveness of the conservation equivalent measures for 
the summer flounder fishery (Sec. 648.107) until October 12, 1999. 
However, the states have already complied with the requirements of the 
section and the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission has 
certified that the states have implemented conservation equivalent 
measures. Delaying the effectiveness of this regulation would preclude 
the states from tailoring their regulations to meet the needs of their 
individual fisheries and potentially place unnecessary restrictions on 
fishermen.

Corrections

    In FR Doc. 99-23444, published in the Federal Register issue of 
September 9,

[[Page 51932]]

1999, on page 48965, in column 2, correct the ``DATES'' caption to read 
as follows:

DATES: Effective September 9, 1999.
    On page 48966, in column 2, under the heading, ``Classification,'' 
in the second paragraph, insert between the third and fourth sentences, 
the following:
    A 30-day delay in the effective date of the conservation equivalent 
measures for the summer flounder fishery would reduce the flexibility 
of the states to tailor their fisheries for the most effective 
management and could place unnecessary restrictions on fishermen.

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: September 21, 1999.

Andrew A. Rosenberg,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 99-25068 Filed 9-27-99; 8:45 am]
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