[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 143 (Thursday, July 25, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 48571-48576]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-18858]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atomospheric Administration

50 CFR Parts 600 and 660

[Docket No. 011231209-2090-01; I.D. 062702C]


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

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

ACTION: Corrections to trip limit adjustments in the Pacific Coast 
groundfish fishery.

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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to trip limit tables in the 
trip limit adjustments in the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery 
published on July 5, 2002.

DATES: Effective July 25, 2002.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carrie Nordeen, NMFS, (206) 526-6140.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Changes to current groundfish management 
measures were recommended by the Pacific Fishery Management Council, in 
consultation with Pacific Coast Treaty Tribes and the States of 
Washington, Oregon, and California, at its June 18-21, 2002, meeting in 
Foster City, CA. Adjustments to trip limits were made to slow the catch 
of overfished species, particularly darkblotched and bocaccio rockfish, 
and keep it within the optimum yield (OY) and acceptable biological 
catch (ABC). The specifications and management measures for the current 
fishing year (January 1 - December 31, 2002) were initially published 
in the Federal Register as an emergency rule for January 1 - February 
28, 2002 (67 FR 1540, January 11, 2002), and as a proposed rule for all 
of 2002 (67 FR 1555, January 11, 2002), then finalized effective March 
1, 2002 (67 FR 10490, March 7, 2002). The final rule was subsequently 
amended at 67 FR 15338, April 1, 2002; at 67 FR 18117, April 15, 2002; 
at 67 FR 30604, May 7, 2002; at 67 FR 40870, June 14, 2002; and at 67 
FR 44778, July 5, 2002.
    Trip limit adjustments published on July 5, 2002, contained errors 
in trip limit tables that require correction. This document corrects 
the errors and re-publishes trip limit tables for groundfish taken with 
limited entry trawl gear, limited entry fixed gear, and open access 
gear.

Corrections

    In the rule FR Doc. 02-16811, in the issue of Friday, July 5, 2002 
(67 FR 44778) make the following corrections:
    1. On pages 44782 - 44784, Tables 3 and 4, respectively, are 
corrected to read as follows:

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    2. On page 44785, Table 5 and its footnotes are corrected to read 
as follows:
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    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: July 19, 2002.
Virginia M. Fay,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-18858 Filed 7-24-02; 8:45 am]
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