[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 53 (Friday, March 20, 2009)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 11880-11881]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-6139]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 660

[Docket No. 071003556-81194-02]
RIN 0648-AW08


Fisheries Off West Coast States; Pacific Coast Groundfish 
Fishery; Amendment 15; Correction

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

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: NMFS is correcting a final regulation that appeared in the 
Federal Register on March 10, 2009. The document contained the final 
regulations for a vessel license limitation program for the non-tribal 
sectors of the Pacific whiting fishery. The document was published with 
some errors, including errors in the final date of the application 
period, the final date of appeals period, and the effective date for 
the Pacific whiting vessel license requirement. This document corrects 
those errors.

DATES: These corrections are effective on April 9, 2009.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Becky Renko, phone: 206-526-6110, fax: 
206-526-6736, or e-mail: [email protected], or for permitting 
information, Kevin Ford, phone: 206-526-6115, fax: 206-526-6736, or e-
mail: [email protected].

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In FR Doc. E9-5066, appearing on page 10189 
in the Federal Register on March 10, 2009, the following corrections 
are made:

Corrections to Preamble

    1. On page 10190, in the second column, under the response to 
Comment 4, the application deadline is corrected to read May 11, 2009.
    2. On page 10190, in the second column, under the response to 
Comment 5, the application deadline announced is corrected to read May 
11, 2009.

Corrections to Regulatory Text

Sec.  660.306 [Corrected]
    On page 10192, in the second column, in Sec.  660.306 Prohibitions, 
in paragraph (f)(1), the date of April 9, 2009, is corrected to read 
May 11, 2009.
Sec.  660.333 [Corrected]
    2. On page 10192, in the third column, in Sec.  660.333 Limited 
entry fishery eligibility and registration, in paragraph (a) the date 
of April 9, 2009, is corrected to read May 11, 2009.
Sec.  660.336 [Corrected]
    3. On page 10193, in the first column, in Sec.  660.336 Pacific 
whiting vessel licenses, in paragraph (a)(1) introductory text, the 
date of April 9, 2009, is corrected to read May 11, 2009.
    4. On page 10193, in the third column, in Sec.  660.336 Pacific 
whiting vessel licenses, in paragraph (a)(3)(i), the date of April 9, 
2009, is corrected to read May 11, 2009 wherever it appears.
    5. On page 10194, in the first column, in Sec.  660.336 Pacific 
whiting vessel licenses, in paragraph (a)(3)(ii), the date of April 9, 
2009, is corrected to read May 11, 2009.
    6. On page 10194, in the first column, in Sec.  660.336 Pacific 
whiting vessel licenses, in paragraph (a)(3)(iii), the date of May 11, 
2009, is corrected to read June 15, 2009.
Sec.  660.373 [Corrected]
    7. On page 10194, in the third column, Sec.  660.373 Pacific 
whiting (whiting) fishery management, paragraph (a) is revised to read 
as follows:
    (a) Sectors. In order for a vessel to participate in a particular 
whiting fishery sector after May 11, 2009, that vessel must be 
registered for use with a sector-specific Pacific whiting vessel 
license under Sec.  660.336.
    (1) The catcher/processor sector is composed of catcher/processors, 
which are vessels that harvest and process whiting during a calendar 
year.
    (2) The mothership sector is composed of motherships and catcher 
vessels that harvest whiting for delivery to motherships. Motherships 
are vessels that process, but do not harvest, whiting during a calendar 
year.
    (3) The shore-based sector is composed of vessels that harvest 
whiting for delivery to Pacific whiting shoreside first receivers. 
Notwithstanding the other provisions of 50 CFR Part 660, subpart G, a 
vessel that is 75 feet or less LOA that harvests whiting and, in 
addition to heading and gutting, cuts the tail off and freezes the 
whiting, is not considered to be a catcher/processor nor is it 
considered to be processing fish. Such a vessel is considered a 
participant in the shorebased whiting sector, and is subject to 
regulations and allocations for that sector.
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    Dated: March 16, 2009.
James W. Balsiger,
Acting Assistant Administrator For Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. E9-6139 Filed 3-18-09; 4:15 pm]
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