[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 58 (Monday, March 27, 2006)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 15045-15046]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 06-2929]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 660

[Docket No. 051014263-6028-03; I.D. 120805A]
RIN 0648-AU00


Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries off West Coast States 
and in the Western Pacific; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; 
Specifications and 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: On February 17, 2006, a final rule was published in the 
Federal Register implementing revisions to the 2006 commercial and 
recreational groundfish fishery management measures for groundfish 
taken in the U.S. (exclusive economic zone) EEZ off the coasts of 
Washington, Oregon, and California. This final rule contained an error 
in the amendatory language for instruction 2.

DATES: Effective March 1, 2006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jamie Goen (Northwest Region, NMFS), 
phone: 206-526-4646; fax: 206-526-6736 and; e-mail: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 17, 2006, (71 FR 8489) a final 
rule was published that implemented revisions to the 2006 commercial 
and recreational groundfish fishery management measures for groundfish 
taken in the U.S. EEZ off the coasts of Washington, Oregon, and 
California. This final rule contained an error in the amendatory 
language for instruction 2.

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Correction

    In FR Doc. 06-1451, in the issue of Friday, February 17, 2006 (71 
FR 8489) beginning on page 8496, in column 3, amendatory instruction 2 
and the regulatory text to paragraph (c)(1)(i) introductory text is 
corrected to read as follows:

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2. In Sec.  660.370 paragraph (c)(1)(i) introductory text is revised, 
and paragraphs (c)(1)(iii), (c)(1)(iv) and (i) are removed to read as 
follows:


Sec.  660.370  Specifications and management measures.

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    (c) * * *
    (1) * * *
    (i) Trip landing and frequency limits, size limits, all gear. Trip 
landing and frequency limits have been designated as routine for the 
following species or species groups: widow rockfish, canary rockfish, 
yellowtail rockfish, Pacific ocean perch, yelloweye rockfish, black 
rockfish, blue rockfish, splitnose rockfish, chilipepper rockfish, 
bocaccio, cowcod, minor nearshore rockfish or shallow and deeper minor 
nearshore rockfish, shelf or minor shelf rockfish, and minor slope 
rockfish; DTS complex which is composed of Dover sole, sablefish, 
shortspine thornyheads, and longspine thornyheads; petrale sole, rex 
sole, arrowtooth flounder, Pacific sanddabs, and the flatfish complex, 
which is composed of those species plus any other flatfish species 
listed at Sec.  660.302; Pacific whiting; lingcod; Pacific cod; spiny 
dogfish; and ``other fish'' as a complex consisting of all groundfish 
species listed at Sec.  660.302 and not otherwise listed as a distinct 
species or species group. Size limits have been designated as routine 
for sablefish and lingcod. Trip landing and frequency limits and size 
limits for species with those limits designated as routine may be 
imposed or adjusted on a biennial or more frequent basis for the 
purpose of keeping landings within the harvest levels announced by 
NMFS, and for the other purposes given in paragraphs (c)(1)(i)(A) and 
(B) of this section.
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    Dated: March 22, 2006.
James W. Balsiger,
Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 06-2929 Filed 3-24-06; 8:45 am]
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