[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 72 (Monday, April 14, 2008)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 20001]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-7908]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 665

RIN 0648-XG90


Fisheries in the Western Pacific; Bottomfish and Seamount 
Groundfish Fisheries; Correction

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

ACTION: Temporary rule; closure; correction notice.

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SUMMARY: This document corrects information regarding a fishery 
closure.

DATES: Effective April 16, 2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Karla Gore, NMFS Pacific Islands 
Region, 808-944-2273.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 7, 2008, NMFS published a notice 
that announced that NMFS is closing the commercial and non-commercial 
fisheries in the Main Hawaiian Islands fishery for seven deepwater 
bottomfish species (``Deep 7'' bottomfish) as a result of reaching the 
total allowable catch (TAC) for the 2007-08 fishing year (73 FR 18718), 
effective on April 16, 2008.
    The effective date of the temporary rule was correctly established 
as April 16, 2008. The SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of that 
document, however, contained an inadvertent error, stating that the TAC 
for the 2007-08 fishing year will be reached on April 17, 2008, and 
that the Main Hawaiian Islands Deep 7 bottomfish fishery will be closed 
from April 17, 2008, through the remainder of the fishing year.
    The document should have read that the TAC would be reached on or 
before April 17, 2008, and that the Main Hawaiian Islands Deep 7 
bottomfish fishery will be closed from April 16, 2008, through the 
remainder of the fishing year (opening again on September 1, 2008).
    This action is required by Sec.  665.72(c) and is exempt from 
review under Executive Order 12866.

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

    Dated: April 9, 2008.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. E8-7908 Filed 4-11-08; 8:45 am]
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