[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 19, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 7289]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-3978]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atomospheric Administration

50 CFR Parts 600 and 660

[Docket No. 011231309-1309-01; I.D. 121301B]
RIN 0648-AO69


Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries off the West Coast 
States and in the Western Pacific; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; 
Groundfish Fishery Management Measures; Correction

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

ACTION: Correction to the emergency rule; January through February 2002 
Pacific Coast groundfish fishery management measures.

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SUMMARY: This document contains a correction to the emergency rule for 
the January through February 2002 Pacific Coast groundfish fishery 
management measures published on January 11, 2002.

DATES: Effective February 19, 2002 through February 28, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Yvonne deReynier, NMFS, (206)-526-
6140.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The emergency rule for the January through February 2002 management 
measures for groundfish taken in the U.S. exclusive economic zone and 
state waters off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California, as 
authorized by the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan, was 
published in the Federal Register on January 11, 2002 (67 FR 1540), and 
corrected on January 28, 2002 (67 FR 3820). This emergency rule 
contained an additional error that requires correction.

Corrections

    In the rule FR Doc. 01-32261, in the issue of Friday, January 11, 
2002 (67 FR 1540), make the following corrections:
    1. On page 1544, in the first column, paragraph A.(14)(b)(iii), the 
last sentence is corrected and an additional sentence is added to read 
as follows:
    ``If a vessel uses both small footrope gear and midwater gear for a 
single species during the same cumulative limit period and the midwater 
gear limit is higher than the small footrope gear limit, the small 
footrope gear limit may not be exceeded with small footrope gear and 
counts toward the midwater gear limit. Conversely, if a vessel uses 
both small footrope gear and midwater gear for a single species during 
the same cumulative limit period and the small footrope gear limit is 
higher than the midwater gear limit, the midwater gear limit may not be 
exceeded with midwater gear and counts toward the small footrope gear 
limit.''

    Dated: February 12, 2002.
Rebecca Lent,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
Service.
[FR Doc. 02-3978 Filed 2-15-02; 8:45 am]
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