[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 153 (Friday, August 8, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 47264-47265]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-20286]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 648

[Docket No. 030514123-3162-02; I.D. 041003B]
RIN 0648-AQ76


Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast 
Multispecies Fishery; Framework Adjustment 38 to the Northeast 
Multispecies Fishery Management Plan; Correcting Amendment

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

ACTION: Final rule; correcting amendment.

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SUMMARY: NMFS issued a final rule to implement measures contained in 
Framework Adjustment 38 (Framework 38) to the Northeast (NE) 
Multispecies Fishery Management Plan (FMP) to exempt a fishery from the 
Gulf of Maine (GOM) Regulated Mesh Area mesh size regulations. The 
final rule implementing Framework 38 was published in the Federal 
Register on July 9, 2003. One of the coordinates contained in the Gulf 
of Maine (GOM) Grate Raised Footrope Trawl Whiting Fishery Exemption 
Area table was incorrect. NMFS published a correcting amendment on July 
25, 2003. However, in the correction document, the headings in the 
three columns of the table, GOM Grate Raised Footrope Trawl Whiting 
Fishery Exemption Area, are incorrect. This document corrects those 
errors.

DATES: This regulation is effective August 8, 2003.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: E. Martin Jaffe, Fishery Policy 
Analyst, 978-281-9272.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Need for the Correction

    The final rule implementing measures contained in Framework 38 to 
the FMP was published in the Federal Register on July 9, 2003 (68 FR 
40810), and became effective on the date of publication. The North 
Latitude coordinate for Point GRF5 (44[deg] 58.5') in the table, GOM 
Grate Raised Footrope Trawl Whiting Fishery Exemption Area, contained 
in Sec.  648.80(a)(16), was incorrect in the final rule document. A 
final rule; correcting amendment was published in the Federal Register 
on July 25, 2003 (68 FR 43974). That document corrected the North 
Latitude coordinate for Point GRF5, which is 43[deg] 58.8'. However, in 
the correction document published July 25, 2003, the headings contained 
in the table in Sec.  648.80(a)(16) were incorrect.
    Therefore, because the final rule published on July 25, 2003, which 
was the subject of FR Doc. 03-18894, contained incorrect table headings 
in Sec.  648.80(a)(16), on page 43974, in the first column of the table 
the column heading ``Point N.'' is removed and in its place ``Point'' 
is added. In the second column of the table the column heading 
``Lat.W.'' is removed and in its place ``N. Lat.'' is added. In the 
third column the heading ``Long.'' is removed and in its place ``W. 
Long.'' is added.
    This document corrects the table under Sec.  648.80(a)(16) as 
follows:

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 648

    Fishing, Fisheries, Reporting and recordkeeping requirements.

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For the reasons stated in the preamble, 50 CFR part 648 is correctly 
amended to read as follows:

PART 648--FISHERIES OF THE NORTHEASTERN UNITED STATES

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1. The authority citation for part 648 continues to read as follows:

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

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2. In Sec.  648.80, the table contained in paragraph (a)(16) is 
corrected to read as follows:


Sec.  648.80  Multispecies regulated mesh areas and restrictions on 
gear and methods of fishing.

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    (a) * * *
    (16) * * *

     GOM GRATE RAISED FOOTROPE TRAWL WHITING FISHERY EXEMPTION AREA
                      (July 1 through November 30)
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                  Point                       N. Lat.        W. Long.
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GRF1....................................     43[deg] 15'   70[deg] 35.4'
GRF2....................................     43[deg] 15'     70[deg] 00'
GRF3....................................   43[deg] 25.2'     70[deg] 00'
GRF4....................................   43[deg] 41.8'     69[deg] 20'
GRF5....................................   43[deg] 58.8'     69[deg] 20'
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    Dated: August 4, 2003.
Rebecca Lent,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 03-20286 Filed 8-7-03; 8:45 am]
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