[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 228 (Monday, November 29, 1999)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 66587]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-30912]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 648

[Docket No. 990226056-9213-02; I.D. 122498C]
RIN 0648-AL31


Northeast Multispecies Fishery; Amendment 9 to the Northeast 
Multispecies Fishery Management Plan; Correction

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

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: The final rule to implement measures contained in Amendment 9 
to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan (FMP) was 
published on Friday, October 15, 1999. The final rule contained an 
error in the numbering of a paragraph related to vessel and individual 
commercial permits. This document corrects the error.

DATES: Effective November 15, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Regina L. Spallone, Fishery Policy 
Analyst, 978-281-9221 or e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The final rule to implement measures contained in Amendment 9 to 
the Northeast Multispecies FMP was published on October 15, 1999 (64 FR 
55821). In Sec. 648.4 of the final rule, amendatory instruction 3 
indicated that paragraph (c)(2)(iii)(A) was revised. This amendatory 
instruction should have indicated that paragraph (c)(2)(iii) was 
revised. This correction to the final rule corrects the error contained 
in the October 15, 1999, final rule. Amendatory instruction 3 and the 
related regulatory text is reprinted in its entirety to avoid any 
confusion on the part of the reader.

Correction

    Accordingly, the publication on October 15, 1999, of the final rule 
to implement Amendment 9 to the Northeast Multispecies FMP (I.D. 
122498C), which was the subject of document FR Doc. 99-26839, is 
corrected as follows:
    On page 55825, second column, amendatory instruction 3 and the 
numbering of the regulatory text are corrected to read as follows:
    3. In Sec. 648.4, paragraph (c)(2)(iii) is revised to read as 
follows:


Sec. 648.4  Vessel and individual commercial permits.

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    (c) * * *
    (2) * * *
    (iii) An application for a limited access multispecies permit must 
also contain the following information: For vessels fishing for NE 
multispecies with gillnet gear, with the exception of vessels fishing 
under the Small Vessel permit category, an annual declaration as either 
a Day or Trip gillnet vessel designation as described in 
Sec. 648.82(k). A vessel owner electing a Day gillnet designation must 
indicate the number of gillnet tags that he/she is requesting and must 
include a check for the cost of the tags. A permit holder letter will 
be sent to the owner of each eligible gillnet vessel informing him/her 
of the costs associated with this tagging requirement and directions 
for obtaining tags. Once a vessel owner has elected this designation, 
he/she may not change the designation or fish under the other gillnet 
category for the remainder of the fishing year. Incomplete 
applications, as described in paragraph (e) of this section, will be 
considered incomplete for the purpose of obtaining authorization to 
fish in the NE multispecies gillnet fishery and will be processed 
without a gillnet authorization.
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    Authority: 16 U.S. C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: November 22, 1999.
Andrew A. Rosenberg,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 99-30912 Filed 11-26-99; 8:45 am]
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