[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 223 (Friday, November 17, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 69483]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29415]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

 50 CFR Part 660

[Docket No. 000831250-0250-01; 102500C]


Fisheries off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; 
Coastal Pelagic Species Fisheries; Closure of Directed Fishery for 
Pacific Mackerel; Correction

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

ACTION: Correction to the action closing the directed fishery for 
Pacific mackerel.

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SUMMARY: This document contains a correction to the Pacific mackerel 
closure which was published on November 1, 2000.

DATES: Effective November 17, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: James J. Morgan, Southwest Region, 
NMFS, 562-980-4036.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The directed fishery for Pacific mackerel was closed at 12:01 a.m. 
on October 27, 2000, by publication of a document in the Federal 
Register on November 1, 2000 (65 FR 65272). The document contains an 
error that requires correction.

Correction

    In rule FR DOC. 00-28109, on page 65272, in the issue of Wednesday, 
November 1, 2000 (65 FR 65272), make the following correction:
    On page 65272, in the third column, under the heading SUPPLEMENTARY 
INFORMATION, the last sentence is corrected to read as follows:
    ``For the reasons stated here and in accordance with the FMP and 
its implementing regulations at 50 CFR 660.509, the directed fishery 
for Pacific mackerel will be closed October 27, 2000, after which time 
no more than 20 percent by weight of a landing of Pacific sardine, 
northern anchovy, jack mackerel, or market squid may consist of Pacific 
mackerel.''

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

    Dated: November 9, 2000.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-29415 Filed 11-16-00; 8:45 am]
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