[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 81 (Monday, April 28, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 22323-22325]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-10281]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

50 CFR Part 300

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[Docket No. 030124019-3040-02; I.D. 010703B]
RIN 0648-AQ67


Pacific Halibut Fisheries; Catch Sharing Plan; 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 a correction to the final rule 
published on March 7, 2003, for the Pacific halibut fisheries catch 
sharing plan.

DATES:  Effective April 28, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jay Ginter, 907-586-7228 or Jamie 
Goen, 206-526-6140.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The final rule was published in the Federal 
Register on March 7, 2003 (68 FR 10989). The coordinates approximating 
the 100-fathom depth contour that were published under Section 27., 
paragraph (3) contained errors that require correction. The coordinates 
approximating the 100-fathom line in the Pacific halibut final rule 
should match the 100-fathom line coordinates in the final rule for the 
2003 Pacific Coast groundfish specifications and management measures. 
However, the coordinates in the Pacific halibut final rule do not match 
the groundfish final rule because revisions were made to the groundfish 
final rule during the regulatory process without also revising the 
Pacific halibut final rule. In addition, a correction to the groundfish 
final rule citation corrected a transposing error by switching two 
longitude coordinates that were previously out of order in the 100-
fathom line. Therefore, the coordinates are corrected to better reflect 
the 100-fathom depth contour and to match the coordinates published for 
the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery (68 FR 11182, March 7, 2003 and 
corrected at 68 FR 18166, April 15, 2003). The coordinates 
approximating the 100-fathom depth contour are the western boundary for 
an area closed to commercial fixed gear (longline and pot/trap gear) 
fisheries for halibut and groundfish off the Pacific Coast. The closed 
area off Washington, Oregon and northern California (north of 
40[deg]10' N. lat. to the U.S./Canada border) is intended to protect 
yelloweye rockfish, an overfished species.
    This document corrects the errors and republishes the coordinates.

Corrections

    In the rule FR Doc. 03-5171, in the issue of Thursday, March 7, 
2003 (68 FR 10994), page 11001, under 27. Area 2A Non-Treaty Commercial 
Fishery Closed Area, paragraph (3) in column 3 is corrected to read as 
follows:
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    (3) Between the U.S./Canada border and 40[deg]10' N. lat., the RCA 
is defined along a western, offshore boundary approximating 100 fm (183 
m). The 100 fm depth contour used north of 40[deg]10' N. lat. as a 
western boundary for the RCA is defined by straight lines connecting 
all of the following points in the order stated:
    (1) 48[deg]15.00' N. lat., 125[deg]41.00' W. long.;
    (2) 48[deg]14.00' N. lat., 125[deg]36.00' W. long.;
    (3) 48[deg]09.50' N. lat., 125[deg]40.50' W. long.;
    (4) 48[deg]08.00' N. lat., 125[deg]38.00' W. long.;
    (5) 48[deg]05.00' N. lat., 125[deg]37.25' W. long.;

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    (6) 48[deg]02.60' N. lat., 125[deg]34.70' W. long.;
    (7) 47[deg]59.00' N. lat., 125[deg]34.00' W. long.;
    (8) 47[deg]57.26' N. lat., 125[deg]29.82' W. long.;
    (9) 47[deg]59.87' N. lat., 125[deg]25.81' W. long.;
    (10) 48[deg]01.80' N. lat., 125[deg]24.53' W. long.;
    (11) 48[deg]02.08' N. lat., 125[deg]22.98' W. long.;
    (12) 48[deg]02.97' N. lat., 125[deg]22.89' W. long.;
    (13) 48[deg]04.47' N. lat., 125[deg]21.75' W. long.;
    (14) 48[deg]06.11' N. lat., 125[deg]19.33' W. long.;
    (15) 48[deg]07.95' N. lat., 125[deg]18.55' W. long.;
    (16) 48[deg]09.00' N. lat., 125[deg]18.00' W. long.;
    (17) 48[deg]11.31' N. lat., 125[deg]17.55' W. long.;
    (18) 48[deg]14.60' N. lat., 125[deg]13.46' W. long.;
    (19) 48[deg]16.67' N. lat., 125[deg]14.34' W. long.;
    (20) 48[deg]18.73' N. lat., 125[deg]14.41' W. long.;
    (21) 48[deg]19.67' N. lat., 125[deg]13.70' W. long.;
    (22) 48[deg]19.70' N. lat., 125[deg]11.13' W. long.;
    (23) 48[deg]22.95' N. lat., 125[deg]10.79' W. long.;
    (24) 48[deg]21.61' N. lat., 125[deg]02.54' W. long.;
    (25) 48[deg]23.00' N. lat., 124[deg]49.34' W. long.;
    (26) 48[deg]17.00' N. lat., 124[deg]56.50' W. long.;
    (27) 48[deg]06.00' N. lat., 125[deg]00.00' W. long.;
    (28) 48[deg]04.62' N. lat., 125[deg]01.73' W. long.;
    (29) 48[deg]04.84' N. lat., 125[deg]04.03' W. long.;
    (30) 48[deg]06.41' N. lat., 125[deg]06.51' W. long.;
    (31) 48[deg]06.00' N. lat., 125[deg]08.00' W. long.;
    (32) 48[deg]07.08' N. lat., 125[deg]09.34' W. long.;
    (33) 48[deg]07.28' N. lat., 125[deg]11.14' W. long.;
    (34) 48[deg]03.45' N. lat., 125[deg]16.66' W. long.;
    (35) 47[deg]59.50' N. lat., 125[deg]18.88' W. long.;
    (36) 47[deg]58.68' N. lat., 125[deg]16.19' W. long.;
    (37) 47[deg]56.62' N. lat., 125[deg]13.50' W. long.;
    (38) 47[deg]53.71' N. lat., 125[deg]11.96' W. long.;
    (39) 47[deg]51.70' N. lat., 125[deg]09.38' W. long.;
    (40) 47[deg]49.95' N. lat., 125[deg]06.07' W. long.;
    (41) 47[deg]49.00' N. lat., 125[deg]03.00' W. long.;
    (42) 47[deg]46.95' N. lat., 125[deg]04.00' W. long.;
    (43) 47[deg]46.58' N. lat., 125[deg]03.15' W. long.;
    (44) 47[deg]44.07' N. lat., 125[deg]04.28' W. long.;
    (45) 47[deg]43.32' N. lat., 125[deg]04.41' W. long.;
    (46) 47[deg]40.95' N. lat., 125[deg]04.14' W. long.;
    (47) 47[deg]39.58' N. lat., 125[deg]04.97' W. long.;
    (48) 47[deg]36.23' N. lat., 125[deg]02.77' W. long.;
    (49) 47[deg]34.28' N. lat., 124[deg]58.66' W. long.;
    (50) 47[deg]32.17' N. lat., 124[deg]57.77' W. long.;
    (51) 47[deg]30.27' N. lat., 124[deg]56.16' W. long.;
    (52) 47[deg]30.60' N. lat., 124[deg]54.80' W. long.;
    (53) 47[deg]29.26' N. lat., 124[deg]52.21' W. long.;
    (54) 47[deg]28.21' N. lat., 124[deg]50.65' W. long.;
    (55) 47[deg]27.38' N. lat., 124[deg]49.34' W. long.;
    (56) 47[deg]25.61' N. lat., 124[deg]48.26' W. long.;
    (57) 47[deg]23.54' N. lat., 124[deg]46.42' W. long.;
    (58) 47[deg]20.64' N. lat., 124[deg]45.91' W. long.;
    (59) 47[deg]17.99' N. lat., 124[deg]45.59' W. long.;
    (60) 47[deg]18.20' N. lat., 124[deg]49.12' W. long.;
    (61) 47[deg]15.01' N. lat., 124[deg]51.09' W. long.;
    (62) 47[deg]12.61' N. lat., 124[deg]54.89' W. long.;
    (63) 47[deg]08.22' N. lat., 124[deg]56.53' W. long.;
    (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.;
    (66) 47[deg]01.14' N. lat., 124[deg]59.35' W. long.;
    (67) 46[deg]58.48' N. lat., 124[deg]57.81' W. long.;
    (68) 46[deg]56.79' N. lat., 124[deg]56.03' W. long.;
    (69) 46[deg]58.01' N. lat., 124[deg]55.09' W. long.;
    (70) 46[deg]55.07' N. lat., 124[deg]54.14' W. long.;
    (71) 46[deg]59.60' N. lat., 124[deg]49.79' W. long.;
    (72) 46[deg]58.72' N. lat., 124[deg]48.78' W. long.;
    (73) 46[deg]54.45' N. lat., 124[deg]48.36' W. long.;
    (74) 46[deg]53.99' N. lat., 124[deg]49.95' W. long.;
    (75) 46[deg]54.38' N. lat., 124[deg]52.73' W. long.;
    (76) 46[deg]52.38' N. lat., 124[deg]52.02' W. long.;
    (77) 46[deg]48.93' N. lat., 124[deg]49.17' W. long.;
    (78) 46[deg]41.50' N. lat., 124[deg]43.00' W. long.;
    (79) 46[deg]34.50' N. lat., 124[deg]28.50' W. long.;
    (80) 46[deg]29.00' N. lat., 124[deg]30.00' W. long.;
    (81) 46[deg]20.00' N. lat., 124[deg]36.50' W. long.;
    (82) 46[deg]18.00' N. lat., 124[deg]38.00' W. long.;
    (83) 46[deg]17.52' N. lat., 124[deg]35.35' W. long.;
    (84) 46[deg]17.00' N. lat., 124[deg]22.50' W. long.;
    (85) 46[deg]15.02' N. lat., 124[deg]23.77' W. long.;
    (86) 46[deg]12.00' N. lat., 124[deg]35.00' W. long.;
    (87) 46[deg]10.50' N. lat., 124[deg]39.00' W. long.;
    (88) 46[deg]08.90' N. lat., 124[deg]39.11' W. long.;
    (89) 46[deg]00.97' N. lat., 124[deg]38.56' W. long.;
    (90) 45[deg]57.04' N. lat., 124[deg]36.42' W. long.;
    (91) 45[deg]54.29' N. lat., 124[deg]40.02' W. long.;
    (92) 45[deg]47.19' N. lat., 124[deg]35.58' W. long.;
    (93) 45[deg]41.75' N. lat., 124[deg]28.32' W. long.;
    (94) 45[deg]34.16' N. lat., 124[deg]24.23' W. long.;
    (95) 45[deg]27.10' N. lat., 124[deg]21.74' W. long.;
    (96) 45[deg]17.14' N. lat., 124[deg]17.85' W. long.;
    (97) 44[deg]59.51' N. lat., 124[deg]19.34' W. long.;
    (98) 44[deg]49.30' N. lat., 124[deg]29.97' W. long.;
    (99) 44[deg]45.64' N. lat., 124[deg]33.89' W. long.;
    (100) 44[deg]33.00' N. lat., 124[deg]36.88' W. long.;
    (101) 44[deg]28.20' N. lat., 124[deg]44.72' W. long.;
    (102) 44[deg]13.16' N. lat., 124[deg]56.36' W. long.;
    (103) 43[deg]56.34' N. lat., 124[deg]55.74' W. long.;
    (104) 43[deg]56.47' N. lat., 124[deg]34.61' W. long.;
    (105) 43[deg]42.73' N. lat., 124[deg]32.41' W. long.;
    (106) 43[deg]30.92' N. lat., 124[deg]34.43' W. long.;
    (107) 43[deg]17.44' N. lat., 124[deg]41.16' W. long.;
    (108) 43[deg]07.04' N. lat., 124[deg]41.25' W. long.;
    (109) 43[deg]03.45' N. lat., 124[deg]44.36' W. long.;
    (110) 43[deg]03.90' N. lat., 124[deg]50.81' W. long.;

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    (111) 42[deg]55.70' N. lat., 124[deg]52.79' W. long.;
    (112) 42[deg]54.12' N. lat., 124[deg]47.36' W. long.;
    (113) 42[deg]43.99' N. lat., 124[deg]42.38' W. long.;
    (114) 42[deg]38.23' N. lat., 124[deg]41.25' W. long.;
    (115) 42[deg]33.02' N. lat., 124[deg]42.38' W. long.;
    (116) 42[deg]31.89' N. lat., 124[deg]42.04' W. long.;
    (117) 42[deg]30.08' N. lat., 124[deg]42.67' W. long.;
    (118) 42[deg]28.27' N. lat., 124[deg]47.08' W. long.;
    (119) 42[deg]25.22' N. lat., 124[deg]43.51' W. long.;
    (120) 42[deg]19.22' N. lat., 124[deg]37.92' W. long.;
    (121) 42[deg]16.28' N. lat., 124[deg]36.11' W. long.;
    (122) 42[deg]05.65' N. lat., 124[deg]34.92' W. long.;
    (123) 42[deg]00.00' N. lat., 124[deg]35.27' W. long.;
    (124) 42[deg]00.00' N. lat., 124[deg]35.26' W. long.;
    (125) 41[deg]47.04' N. lat., 124[deg]27.64' W. long.;
    (126) 41[deg]32.92' N. lat., 124[deg]28.79' W. long.;
    (127) 41[deg]24.17' N. lat., 124[deg]28.46' W. long.;
    (128) 41[deg]10.12' N. lat., 124[deg]20.50' W. long.;
    (129) 40[deg]51.41' N. lat., 124[deg]24.38' W. long.;
    (130) 40[deg]43.71' N. lat., 124[deg]29.89' W. long.;
    (131) 40[deg]40.14' N. lat., 124[deg]30.90' W. long.;
    (132) 40[deg]37.35' N. lat., 124[deg]29.05' W. long.;
    (133) 40[deg]34.76' N. lat., 124[deg]29.82' W. long.;
    (134) 40[deg]36.78' N. lat., 124[deg]37.06' W. long.;
    (135) 40[deg]32.44' N. lat., 124[deg]39.58' W. long.;
    (136) 40[deg]24.82' N. lat., 124[deg]35.12' W. long.;
    (137) 40[deg]23.30' N. lat., 124[deg]31.60' W. long.;
    (138) 40[deg]23.52' N. lat., 124[deg]28.78' W. long.;
    (139) 40[deg]22.43' N. lat., 124[deg]25.00' W. long.;
    (140) 40[deg]21.72' N. lat., 124[deg]24.94' W. long.;
    (141) 40[deg]21.87' N. lat., 124[deg]27.96' W. long.;
    (142) 40[deg]21.40' N. lat., 124[deg]28.74' W. long.;
    (143) 40[deg]19.68' N. lat., 124[deg]28.49' W. long.;
    (144) 40[deg]17.73' N. lat., 124[deg]25.43' W. long.;
    (145) 40[deg]18.37' N. lat., 124[deg]23.35' W. long.;
    (146) 40[deg]15.75' N. lat., 124[deg]26.05' W. long.;
    (147) 40[deg]16.75' N. lat., 124[deg]33.71' W. long.;
    (148) 40[deg]16.29' N. lat., 124[deg]34.36' W. long.; and
    (149) 40[deg]10.00' N. lat., 124[deg]21.12' W. long.
* * * * *

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 773-773k.

    Dated: April 21, 2003.
Rebecca Lent,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 03-10281 Filed 4-25-03; 8:45 am]
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