[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 149 (Friday, August 3, 2007)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 43193-43198]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 660

[Docket No. 060824226-6322-02]
RIN 0648-AV69


Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries Off West Coast States; 
Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery; Biennial Specifications and 
Management Measures; Inseason Adjustments; Correction

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

ACTION: Final rule; inseason adjustments to groundfish anagement 
measures; correction.

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SUMMARY: This final rule corrects publication errors in the final rule 
announcing inseason changes to management measures in the commercial 
Pacific Coast groundfish fishery, which were published in the Federal 
Register on July 5, 2007, and are effective August 1, 2007. This 
correction reinstates several trip limits in the limited entry 
commercial groundfish trawl fishery that were inadvertently omitted in 
the final rule. These changes ensure that the trip limits, intended to 
allow fisheries to access more abundant groundfish stocks while 
protecting overfished and depleted stocks, remain in place.

DATES: Effective 0001 hours (local time) August 1, 2007.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gretchen Arentzen (Northwest Region, 
NMFS), phone: 206-526-6147, fax: 206-526-6736 and e-mail 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Electronic Access

    This final rule is accessible via the Internet at the Office of the 
Federal Register's Web site at http://www.gpoaccess.gov/fr/index.html. 
Background information and documents are available at the Pacific 
Fishery Management Council's (Council's) Web site at http://www.pcouncil.org/.

Background

    This correction reinstates several limited entry trawl commercial 
trip limits that were published in a proposed rule on September 29, 
2006 (71 FR 57764) and implemented in a final rule on December 29, 2006 
(71 FR 78638). Trip limits are an important management measure used in 
the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery to allow fisheries to access more 
abundant groundfish stocks while protecting overfished and depleted 
stocks. The trip limits that are the subject of this correction are 
contained in Tables 3 (North) and 3 (South) to part 660 subpart G.

Need for the Correction

    Due to a formatting error, these trip limits were inadvertently 
omitted during the publication of inseason changes on July 5, 2007 (72 
FR 36617), which are effective August 1, 2007.

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 660

    Fisheries and fishing.

    Dated: July 31, 2007.
James P. Burgess,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.

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50 CFR part 660 is corrected by making the following correcting 
amendments:

PART 660--FISHERIES OFF WEST COAST STATES

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1. The authority citation for part 660 continues to read as follows:

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

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2. Tables 3 (North) and 3 (South) to part 660 subpart G are revised to 
read as follows:
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