[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 17 (Wednesday, January 26, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 4169-4172]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-1841]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Parts 600 and 660

[Docket No. 991223347-9347-01; I.D. 120299C]


Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Foreign Fishing; Fisheries off 
West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Pacific Coast Groundfish 
Fishery; Annual Specifications and Management Measures; Corrections

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

ACTION:  Corrections to the 2000 specifications for the Pacific Coast 
groundfish fishery.

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SUMMARY:  This document contains corrections to the 2000 groundfish 
fishery specifications and management measures for the Pacific Coast 
groundfish fishery, which were published on January 4, 2000.

DATES:  Effective January 26, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Kate King or Yvonne deReynier, NMFS, 
206-526-6140.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The 2000 fishery specifications and management measures for 
groundfish taken in the U.S. exclusive economic zone and state waters 
off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California, as authorized by 
the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan, were published in 
the Federal Register on January 4, 1999 (65 FR 221). The specifications 
contained a number of errors that need to be corrected.

Corrections

    In rule FR Doc. 99-33966 beginning on page 221, in the issue of 
Tuesday, January 4, 2000 (65 FR 221), make the following corrections:
    1. On page 239, in the second column, in paragraph (11), delete the 
paragraph and replace it with ``(11) Operating in both limited entry 
and open access fisheries. The open access trip limit applies to any 
fishing conducted with open access gear, even if the vessel has a valid 
limited entry permit with an endorsement for another type of gear. A 
vessel that operates in both the open access and limited entry 
fisheries is not entitled to two separate trip limits for the same 
species. If a vessel has a limited entry permit and uses open access 
gear, and the open access limit is smaller than the limited entry 
limit, then the open access limit cannot be exceeded and counts toward 
the limited entry limit. If a vessel has a limited

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entry permit and uses open access gear, and the open access limit is 
larger than the limited entry limit, the smaller limited entry limit 
applies, even if taken entirely with open access gear''.
    2. On page 241, in the first column in paragraph A(16)(c), the 
first sentence should read ``Special provisions will be made for ``B'' 
platoon vessels later in the year so that the amount of fish made 
available in 2000 to both ``A'' and ''B'' vessels is the same''
    3. Table 2 starting on page 241 is corrected to read as follows:

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    4. On page 241, in the third column, in paragraph A(20)(b), the 
first sentence should read ``Shelf rockfish consists of canary 
rockfish, shortbelly rockfish,

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widow rockfish (Sebastes entomelas,) yellowtail rockfish, bocaccio, 
chilipepper, cowcod, and the minor shelf rockfish species listed in 
Table 2''.
    5. On page 247, in the second column, in paragraph D(1)(a)(i), 
remove ``Cape Mendocino'' and replace it with ``40 deg.10' N. lat.".
    6. On page 247, in the third column, in paragraph (D)((1)(b), 
delete ``Cape Mendocino'' and replace it with ``40 deg.10' N. lat.".
    7. On page 247, in the third column, in paragraph (D)(2), 
``34'' is corrected to read ``34 inches''.
    8. On page 248, in the third column, in paragraph B. (3), 
``limited'' is corrected to read ``limit''.
    9. On page 248, in the third column, in paragraph (B)(4) the 
paragraph should read ``Other rockfish are subject to the same trip 
limits as the limited entry fishery as published in this document. The 
limits will not change unless the tribal limits are separately 
changed.''

    Dated: January 20, 2000.
Andrew A. Rosenberg,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 00-1841 Filed 1-25-00; 8:45 am]
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