[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 211 (Tuesday, November 2, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 59129-59130]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-28538]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 660

[Docket No. 981231333-8333-01; I.D. 092999C]


Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; 
Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Trip Limit Adjustments; Correction

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

ACTION: Corrections to trip limits/fishing restrictions.

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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to fishing restrictions 
which were published in the Federal Register on October 8, 1999.

DATES: Effective November 2, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Becky Renko, NMFS, 206-526-6110.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 8, 1999, at 64 FR 54786, NMFS 
announced changes to current management measures for the Pacific Coast 
Groundfish Fishery Management Plan. Tables 3 and 6 contained errors 
that need to be corrected. Due to the extent of the changes, we are 
correcting Tables 3 and 6 and republishing them here.

Corrections

    In rule FR Doc. 99-26100 beginning on page 54786, in the issue of 
Friday, October 8, 1999 (64 FR 54786), tables 3 and 6 are set out in 
their entirety as set forth here:

                                                                       Table 3: Sebastes Complex and Its Component Species
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                                                                                                  Cumulative Trip Limits (in pounds)
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                                                       Sebastes complex (north and                   Sebastes other  Canary rockfish \1\ (north and                                  Length of
                           Cumulative trip limit        south of Cape Mendocino)       Yellowtail         than          south of Cape Mendocino)                                    cumulative
         Phase                    periods           --------------------------------  rockfish \1\   yellowtail and -------------------------------- Bocaccio\1\  (south of Cape    trip limit
                                                                                     (north of Cape    canary \1\                                            Mendo-cino)          period (month)
                                                          North           South        Mendocino)    (north of Cape       North           South
                                                                                                       Mendocino)
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I.....................  Jan 1-Mar 31...............  24,000 (10,886   13,000 (5,897   15,000 (6,804                    9,000 (4,082    9,000 (4,082  750 per month (340 kg).....
                                                                kg)             kg)             kg)                             kg)             kg)
II....................  Apr 1-May 31...............  25,000 (11,340    6,500 (2,948   13,000 (5,897                    9,000 (4,082    6,500 (2,948  750 per month (340 kg).....               2
                                                                kg)             kg)             kg)                             kg)             kg)
                        Jun 1-Jul 31...............  30,000 (13,608    3,500 (1,588   16,000 (7,257                   14,000 (6,350    3,500 (1,588  1,000 \2\ (454 kg).........               2
                                                                kg)             kg)             kg)                             kg)             kg)
                        Aug 1-Sep 30...............  35,000 (15,876    3,500 (1,588   20,000 (9,072   10,000 (4,536   14,000 (6,350    3,500 (1,588  1,000 \2\ (454 kg).........  ..............
                                                                kg)             kg)             kg)             kg)             kg)             kg)
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II...............  Oct 1-31..............  500 coastwide.........             300             500  500 coastwide........             500               1
I................  Nov 1-30..............  500 coastwide.........             300             500  500 coastwide........             500               1
                   Dec 1-31..............  500 coastwide.........             300             500  500 coastwide........             500              1
                                           (227 kg)..............        (136 kg)        (227 kg)  (227 kg).............        (227 kg)
\1\ Also counts toward the overall Sebastes complex limit.
\2\ No more than 500 lb (227 kg) of bocaccio may be landed per trip, which counts towards the cumulative trip limits for bocaccio and the Sebastes
  complex south of Cape Mendocino.

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                                        Table 6: DTS Complex (coastwide)
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                                                Cumulative Trip Limits (in pounds)
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                Cumulative trip                      Longspine      Shortspine     Trawl-caught     cumulative
    Phase        limit periods      Dover sole      thornyhead      thornyhead      sablefish *     trip limit
                                    cumulative      cumulative      cumulative      cumulative        period
                                    trip limit      trip limit      trip limit      trip limit       (months)
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I............  Jan 1-Mar 31.....          70,000          12,000           3,000          13,000               3
                                     (31,752 kg)      (5,443 kg)      (1,361 kg)      (5,897 kg)
II...........  Apr 1-May 31.....  25,000 (11,340           8,000           2,000          12,000               2
                                             kg)                                      (5,443 kg)
               June 1-July 31...          20,000           8,000           2,000                               2
               Aug 1-Sept 30....          20,000           8,000           2,000          10,000               2
                                      (9,072 kg)      (3,629 kg)        (907 kg)      (4,536 kg)
III..........  Oct 1-31.........          22,000           4,000           1,000           7,000               1
               Nov 1-30.........          22,000           4,000           1,000           7,000               1
               Dec 1-31.........          22,000           4,000           1,000           7,000               1
                                      (9,979 kg)      (1,814 kg)        (454 kg)      (3,175 kg)
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* At any time of year unless otherwise announced, no more than 500 lb (227 kg) per trip may be trawl-caught
  sablefish smaller than 22 inches (56 cm) TL. (See paragraph IV.A.(6) regarding length measurement.)
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    Dated: October 26, 1999.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-28538 Filed 11-1-99; 8:45 am]
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