[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 24 (Friday, February 4, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 5442-5443]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-2455]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 679

[Docket No. 991223349-9349-01; I.D. 122199A]


Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea 
and Aleutian Islands Area; Interim Harvest Specifications for 
Groundfish; Correction

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

ACTION:  Correction.

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SUMMARY:  NMFS is correcting the Interim 2000 Harvest Specifications 
for groundfish of the Bering Sea and

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Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI).

DATES:  Effective 0001 hrs, Alaska local time, January 1, 2000, until 
the effective date of final 2000 harvest specifications for groundfish, 
which will be published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Mary Furuness, 907-586-7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:  NMFS manages the groundfish fishery in the 
BSAI exclusive economic zone according to the Fishery Management Plan 
for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area 
(FMP) prepared by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council under 
authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management 
Act. Regulations governing fishing by U.S. vessels in accordance with 
the FMP at subpart H of 50 CFR part 600 and CFR part 679.

Correction

    In the rule, Interim 2000 Harvest Specifications for Groundfish of 
the BSAI, published on January 3, 2000 (65 FR 60) FR DOC 99-34030, page 
62, under Table 1 INTERIM 2000 TAC AMOUNTS FOR GROUNDFISH AND 
APPORTIONMENTS THEREOF FOR THE BERING SEA AND ALEUTIAN ISLANDS 
MANAGEMENT AREA, 3rd column ``Interim TAC,'' at the stub 
entry ``Atka mackerel,'' (1) remove the figure ``14,306'' assigned to 
Other gear, and add the figure ``7,153'' in its place, and (2) under 
3rd column ``Interim TAC'' at the stub entry ``Total interim 
TAC,'' remove the figure ``635,888'' and add the figure ``628,735'' in 
its place.

Classification

    This action is required by Sec. 679.20 and is exempt from review 
under E.O. 12866.

    Authority:  16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: January 31, 2000.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-2455 Filed 2-3-00; 8:45 am]
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