[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 203 (Friday, October 19, 2001)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 679

[Docket No. 980212037-8142-02; I.D. 012798A]
RIN 0648-AJ87


Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Halibut 
Donation Program; Correction

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

ACTION: Final rule; correcting amendments.

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SUMMARY: This document contains a correction to the final rule for the 
Halibut Donation Program that was published in the Federal Register on 
June 12, 1998.

DATES: Effective October 19, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patsy A. Bearden, 907-586-7008.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A final rule was published in the Federal 
Register on 63 FR 32144 (June 12, 1998) to authorize the distribution 
of Pacific halibut taken as bycatch in the specified groundfish trawl 
fisheries off Alaska to economically disadvantaged individuals through 
tax-exempt organizations selected by NMFS to be the authorized 
distributors.
    An error was made by inadvertently omitting a word revision at 
Sec. 679.26 (b)(1)(vi) from ``salmon'' to read ``fish.''

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 679

    Alaska, Fisheries, Recordkeeping and reporting requirements.

    Accordingly, 50 CFR part 679 is corrected by making the following 
correcting amendment:

PART 679--FISHERIES OF THE EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE OFF ALASKA

    1. The authority citation for part 679 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. and 3631 et seq.


Sec. 679.26  [Corrected]

    2. In Sec. 679.26 (b)(1)(vi), remove the word ``salmon'' and 
replace it with the word ``fish.''

    Dated: October 15, 2001.
John Oliver,
Acting Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 01-26451 Filed 10-18-01; 8:45 am]
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