[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 167 (Wednesday, August 28, 2002)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 55166-55170]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-21813]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atomospheric Administration

50 CFR Parts 600 and 660

[Docket No. 011231309-2090-03; 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; Correction

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

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

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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to the trip limit 
adjustments published on July 5, 2002, for the Pacific Coast groundfish 
fishery, and to the limited entry trawl trip limit table for Pacific 
Ocean perch, widow rockfish, yellowtail rockfish, and whiting.

DATES: Effective 0001 hours local time August 28, 2002, through the 
effective

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date of the 2003 specifications and management measures, unless 
modified, superceded, or rescinded through a publication in the Federal 
Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jamie Goen (NMFS, Northwest Region), 
206-526-6140.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:   
    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), as a proposed rule for all of 2002 (67 
FR 1555, January 11, 2002), and as a final rule 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; at 67 FR 44778, July 
5, 2002; at 67 FR 48571, July 25, 2002; and at 67 FR 50835, August 6, 
2002.
    Trip limit adjustments published on July 5, 2002, contained 
technical errors and errors in the limited entry trawl trip limit table 
that require correction. The limited entry trawl trip limit table is 
corrected to close Pacific Ocean perch north of 40 deg.10' N. latitude 
(lat.) on September 1, 2002, as scheduled for all trawl fisheries north 
of 40 deg.10' N. lat. The whiting footnote for the ``per trip'' limit 
inside 100 fathoms in the Eureka area is also corrected to reflect the 
trawl closure north of 40 deg.10' N. lat. on September 1, 2002. At its 
June 17-21, 2002, meeting, the Pacific Fishery Management Council 
decided to close trawl fisheries north of 40 deg.10' N. lat. to protect 
several overfished species, including darkblotched rockfish. In 
addition, mid-water trawl limits for widow rockfish and yellowtail 
rockfish north of 40 deg.10' N. lat. are corrected to close on 
September 1, 2002. (Widow and yellowtail rockfish commonly co-occur 
with Pacific whiting). As a result, the mid-water trawl trip limits for 
widow and yellowtail rockfish were put in place to accommodate 
interception of these species by vessels fishing for whiting during the 
whiting primary season. Therefore, the widow and yellowtail rockfish 
mid-water trawl fisheries were essentially closed when the whiting 
primary season ended on July 17, 2002 (67 FR 47470, July 19, 2002). 
This document corrects the errors and re-publishes the limited entry 
trawl trip limit table.

Corrections

    In the rule FR Doc. 02-16811, in the issue of Friday, July 5, 2002 
(67 FR 444778) make the following corrections:
    1. On page 44781, in column 2, under NMFS Actions, the amendatory 
paragraph No. 1. is corrected to read as follows:
    ``1. On page 10511, in column 1, in section IV. under A. General 
Definitions and Provisions, paragraph 6(d) is revised to read as 
follows:''
    2. On pages 44782--44783, Table 3 is corrected to read as follows:
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    3. On page 44786, in column 1, the paragraph (designation 
``(i)(a)'' is corrected to read as ``(2)(a)''.
    4. On page 44786, in column 1, the amendatory paragraph No. 6 is 
corrected to read as follows:
    ``6. On page 10521, in column 3, in Section IV., under D. 
Recreational Fishery, paragraph (1)(a)(ii) is revised and on page 
10522, in columns 1 and 2, under D. Recreational Fishery, paragraph 
(1)(a)(iii) is revised and paragraph (1)(b)(ii) is revised to read as 
follows:''

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

    Dated: August 22, 2002.
Virginia M. Fay,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-21813 Filed 8-27-02; 8:45 am]
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