[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 40 (Tuesday, February 29, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 10722-10723]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-4776]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 679

[Docket No. 991128352-0012-02; I.D. 011100D]


Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Emergency 
Interim Rule to Implement Major Provisions of the American Fisheries 
Act: Correction

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

ACTION: Emergency interim rule; revisions to 2000 harvest 
specifications; sideboard directed fishing closures; correction.

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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to the emergency interim 
rule to implement major provisions of the American Fisheries Act (AFA) 
and revise interim 2000 harvest specifications.

DATES: Effective January 21, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kent Lind, 907-586-7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS manages the groundfish fisheries off 
Alaska according to the Fishery Management Plans (FMPS) for the 
Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area (BSAI) 
and Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) prepared by the North 
Pacific Fishery Management Council under the authority of the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Regulations governing 
fishing by U.S. vessels in accordance with the FMPs are at subpart H of 
50 CFR part 600 and at 50 CFR part 679.

Correction

    In the emergency interim rule, To Implement Major Provisions of the 
American Fisheries Act, published in the Federal Register on January 
28, 2000 (65 FR 4520), FR DOC 00-1832, page 4533, under Table 5--
INTERIM 2000 BSAI AFA CATCHER VESSEL (CV) SIDEBOARDS. AMOUNTS ARE 
EXPRESSED IN METRIC TONS--Continued:
    1. In the 3rd column, under ``Ratio of 1995-1997 AFA CV catch to 
1995-1997 TAC'', remove the fourth entry ``0.7291'' and add in its 
place ``0.7703''; and in the 5th column, ``2000 catcher vessel 
sideboards'', remove the fourth entry ``30,588'' and add in its place 
``32,316''.
    2. In Table 5, add the following entry at the end of the table to 
read as follows:

 Table 5.--Interim 200 BSAI AFA Catcher Vessel (CV) Sideboards. Amounts are Expressed in Metric Tons--Continued
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                                                                             Ratio of
                                                                            1995-1997                    2000
                                                         Fishery by area/     AFA CV        2000       catcher
                        Species                         season/processor/    catch to   Initial TAC  vessel side-
                                                               gear         1995-1997                   boards
                                                                               TAC
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Flathead Sole.........................................      BS trawl gear       0.0490       44,755        2,193
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    3. In Table 6, the entry ``Pollock'' and footnote 1 are correctly 
revised to read as follows:

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       TABLE 6.--Interim 2000 GOA AFA Catcher Vessel (CV) Sideboards. Amounts are Expressed in Metric Tons
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                                                                             Ratio of
                                                                            1995-1997                    2000
                                                  Apportionments and          AFA CV                   catcher
                  Species                    allocations by area/season/     catch to     2000 TAC      vessel
                                                    processor/gear          1995-1997                 sideboard
                                                                               TACX
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Pollock1..................................  A Season (W/C areas only)....
                                            Shelikof Strait..............       0.1672       13,991         2339
                                            Shumagin (610)...............       0.6238        7,498         4677
                                            Chirikof (620) (outside             0.1262          546           69
                                             Shelikof).
                                            Kodiak (630) (outside               0.1984        5,325         1056
                                             Shelikof).
                                            B Season (W/C areas only)....
                                            Shelikof Strait..............       0.1672        6,996         1170
                                            Shumagin (610)...............       0.6238        3,749         2339
                                            Chirikof (620) (outside             0.1262          273           34
                                             Shelikof).
                                            Kodiak (630) (outside               0.1984        2,662          528
                                             Shelikof).
                                            C Season (W/C areas only)....
                                            Shumagin (610)...............       0.6238       11,505         7177
                                            Chirikof (620)...............       0.1262        6,847          864
                                            Kodiak (630).................       0.1984        9,008         1787
                                            D Season (W/C areas only)....
                                            Shumagin (610)...............       0.6238        9,588         5981
                                            Chirikof (620)...............       0.1262        5,706          720
                                            Kodiak (630).................       0.1984        7,506         1489
 
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\1\ Pollock sideboards amounts are based on pollock harvest restrictions implemented under the emergency interim
  rule published February 25, 2000 (65 FR 3892) that implements Steller sea lion RPA measures for the BSAI and
  GOA pollock fisheries.

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    Dated: February 23, 2000.
Andrew A. Rosenberg,
Deputy Asst. Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
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