[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 22, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 44073-44085]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-21205]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 679

[Docket No. 010112013-1168-06; I.D. 011101B]
RIN 0648-A082


Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Steller Sea 
Lion Protection Measures and 2001 Harvest Specifications and Associated 
Management Measures for the Groundfish Fisheries Off Alaska; Correction

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

ACTION: Emergency interim rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: This document corrects the July 17, 2001, emergency interim 
rule by adding footnote reference numbers and their corresponding 
footnotes, which were inadvertently omitted or published with errors to 
tables in the preamble and in the regulatory text.

DATES: Effective July 18, 2001, through December 31, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melanie Brown, NMFS, 907-586-7228 or 
e-mail at [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The emergency interim rule that was 
published July 17, 2001 (66 FR 37167), implements Steller sea lion 
protection measures and announces final 2001 harvest specifications for 
the groundfish fisheries of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area 
and the Gulf of Alaska. As published, the final regulations contain 
errors that need to be corrected in Tables 7 and 27 to the preamble and 
in Tables 21 through 24 to 50 CFR part 679 by adding footnote reference 
numbers and footnotes.
    Table 7 to the preamble inadvertently omitted a footnote. Table 27 
to the

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preamble, which lists the final 2001 GOA groundfish harvest limitations 
(sideboards), inadvertently omitted entries for pollock C Season and D 
Season. That portion of Table 27 is reprinted in this document.
    Tables 21 through 24 to 50 CFR part 679 are corrected by this 
document and are reprinted in their entirety.

Correction

    Accordingly, in the emergency interim rule published on July 17, 
2001 (66 FR 37167), FR Doc. 01-17850, is corrected as follows:
    1. In Table 7 to the preamble, page 37173:
    a. In the first column under the fourth entry from the top, ``Hook-
and-line Catcher Processors ( 60 ft LOA)'' add a footnote 
reference number ``3'' to read: ``Hook-and-line Catcher Processors 
( 60 ft LOA)\3\'', and
    b. Add the footnote at the end of Table 7 to read as follows: 
``\3\Harvest of Pacific cod made by catcher processors less than 60 ft 
LOA using hook-and-line gear will accrue to the 80 percent allocation 
under Sec.  679.20(a)(7)(i)(C)(1)(i) when the other non-trawl halibut 
mortality bycatch allowance becomes available on August 1, 2001.''
    2. In Table 27 to the preamble, page 37176:
    a. Correct the spelling of the second entry ``Pacific code'' to 
read: ``Pacific cod''.
    b. The following entries, which were inadvertently omitted from 
``Pollock'', ``C Season (W/C areas only)'' are added in this document. 
This portion of Table 27 should be inserted between the entries 
``Pollock'' and ``Pacific cod'':

Table 27--Final 2001 GOA Non-Exempt AFA Catcher Vessel (CV) Groundfish Harvest Limitations (Sideboards). (Values
                                                   are in mt)
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                                                                             Ratio of
                                                                            1995-1997                 2001 Non-
                                                  Apportionments and        Non-Exempt                Exempt AFA
                  Species                     allocations by area/season/     AFA CV      2001 TAC     catcher
                                                    processor/gear           catch to                   vessel
                                                                            1995-1997                 sideboard
                                                                               TAC
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*                  *                  *                  *                  *                  *
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Pollock                                      C Season (W/C areas only)
                                             August 20 - September 15
                                             Shumagin (610)                     0.6238       10,998        6,861
                                             Chirikof (620)                     0.1262        6,546          826
                                             Kodiak (630)                       0.1984        8,610        1,708
                                             D Season (W/C areas only)
                                             October 1-November 1
                                             Shumagin (610)                     0.6238        9,165        5,717
                                             Chirikof (620)                     0.1262        5,465          688
                                             Kodiak (630)                       0.1984        7,175        1,424
                                             Annual
                                             WYK (640)                          0.3642        2,235          814
                                             SEO (650)                          0.3642        6,460        2,353
*                  *                  *                  *                  *                  *
                                                        *
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Table 21 to 50 CFR Part 679  [Corrected]

    3. Table 21 to part 679, beginning on page 37183, is correctly 
revised to read as follows:
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Table 22 to 50 CFR Part 679  [Corrected]

    4. Table 22 to part 679, beginning on page 37187, is correctly 
revised to read as follows:
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Table 23 to Part 679  [Corrected]

    5. Table 23 to part 679, beginning on page 37189, is correctly 
revised to read as follows:
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Table 24 to Part 679  [Corrected]

    6. Table 24 to part 679, beginning on page 37192, is correctly 
revised to read as follows:
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    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: August 14, 2001.
William T. Hogarth,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
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