[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 72 (Tuesday, April 15, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 18166-18167]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-8821]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atomospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 660

[Docket No. 021209300-3048-02; I.D. 112502C]


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:  Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY:  This document contains corrections to the final rule 
published on March 7, 2003, for the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery.

DATES:  Effective April 15, 2003.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The specifications and management measures 
for the 2003 fishing year (January 1 - December 31, 2003) were 
initially published in the Federal Register as an emergency rule for 
January 1 - February 28, 2003 (68 FR 908, January 7, 2003), and as a 
proposed rule for March 1 - December 31, 2003 (68 FR 936, January 7, 
2003). The emergency rule was amended at 68 FR 4719, January 30, 2003, 
and the final rule for March 1 - December 31, 2003, was published in 
the Federal Register on March 7, 2003 (68 FR 11182).
    Management measures for the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery, 
effective March 1 - December 31, 2003 (68 FR 11182, March 7, 2003), 
contained remnant sablefish size limit language and typographical and 
transposing errors in the boundary coordinates for the Rockfish 
Conservation Areas (RCA) that require correction. Coordinates for the 
following lines are corrected in this document: the 60-fm (110-m) depth 
contour used between 40[deg]10' N. lat. and 34[deg]27' N. lat. as an 
eastern boundary for the trawl RCA in March through October; the 75-fm 
(137-m) depth contour used north of 40[deg]10' N. lat. as an eastern 
boundary for the trawl RCA in the months of July and August; and the 
100-fm (183-m) depth contour used north of 40[deg]10' N. lat. as an 
eastern boundary for the trawl RCA and as a western boundary for the 
non-trawl RCA. In addition, this correction removes language referring 
to size limits and size limit conversions for sablefish. The 2003 
management measures do not include a size limit for sablefish.

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 Therefore, references to sablefish size limits in paragraph titles and 
the conversion factor for headed versus whole sablefish are not 
necessary and are confusing to the reader. This correction removes 
those references.

Corrections

    In the rule FR Doc. 035166, in the issue of Friday, March 7, 2003 
(68 FR 11182) make the following corrections:
    1. On page 11202, in column 2, section IV. under A. General 
Definitions and Provisions, paragraph (6)(d) is corrected to read as 
follows:
* * * * *
    (6) * * *
    (d) Sablefish weight limit conversions. The following conversion 
applies to both the limited entry and open access fisheries when trip 
limits are effective for those fisheries. For headed and gutted 
(eviscerated) sablefish, the conversion factor established by the State 
where the fish is or will be landed will be used to convert the 
processed weight to round weight for purposes of applying the trip 
limit. (The conversion factor currently is 1.6 in Washington, Oregon, 
and California. However, the State conversion factors may differ; 
fishers should contact fishery enforcement officials in the State where 
the fish will be landed to determine that State's official conversion 
factor.)
* * * * *
    2. On page 11207, in column 1, section IV. under A. General 
Definitions and Provisions, paragraph (19)(e)(ii) is corrected to read 
as follows:
* * * * *
    (18) 48[deg]05.91' N. lat., 125[deg]08.30' W. long.;
    (19) 48[deg]07.00' N. lat., 125[deg]09.80' W. long.;
    (20) 48[deg]06.93' N. lat., 125[deg]11.48' W. long.;
    (21) 48[deg]04.98' N. lat., 125[deg]10.02' W. long.;
* * * * *
    3. On page 11208, in column 2, section IV. under A. General 
Definitions and Provisions, paragraph (19)(e)(iii) is corrected to read 
as follows:
* * * * *
    (64) 47[deg]08.50' N. lat., 124[deg]57.74' W. long.;
    (65) 47[deg]01.92' N. lat., 124[deg]54.95' W. long.;
* * * * *
    4. On page 11212, in column 3, section IV. under A. General 
Definitions and Provisions, paragraph (19)(e)(vii) is corrected to read 
as follows:
* * * * *
    (21) 37[deg]07.58' N. lat., 122[deg]37.64' W. long.;
* * * * *
    (23) 36[deg]48.20' N. lat., 122[deg]03.32' W. long.;
* * * * *
    5. On page 11222, in column 1, section IV. under B. Limited Entry 
Fishery, paragraphs (2)(a) and (b) are corrected to read as follows:
* * * * *
    (2) * * *
    (a) Trawl trip limits. * * *
    (b) Nontrawl (fixed gear) trip limits. * * *
* * * * *

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

    Dated: April 4, 2003.
Rebecca Lent,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 03-8821 Filed 4-14-03; 8:45 am]
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