[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 171 (Friday, September 2, 2016)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 60635]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-21156]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 648

[Docket No. 160301164-6694-02 ]
RIN 0648-BF87


Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 
Provisions; Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast 
Skate Complex; Framework Adjustment 3; Correction

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

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: This action corrects two errors in the total allowable landing 
values specified in the final rule to implement Framework Adjustment 3 
to the Northeast Skate Complex Fishery Management Plan published in the 
Federal Register on August 17, 2016.

DATES: Effective September 2, 2016.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William Whitmore, Fishery Policy 
Analyst, phone: 978-281-9182; email: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 17, 2016, we published a final 
rule for Framework Adjustment 3 to the Northeast Skate Complex Fishery 
Management Plan (81 FR 54744). That final rule included two errors in 
the 2016-2017 final specifications that are not consistent with the 
values included in Framework Adjustment 3 and the June 6, 2016, 
proposed rule (81 FR 36251). The specifications in Framework Adjustment 
3 and its proposed rule are correct and will remain.
    The final rule mistakenly stated that the skate complex total 
allowable landings (TAL) is 12,872 mt. A draft version of Framework 3 
specified a TAL of 12,872 mt, but the TAL was later revised through an 
addendum to the Framework after the formula used to calculate the 
proportion of dead skate discards was revised. The correct skate TAL 
for fishing years 2016-2017 is 12,590 mt.
    A typographical error for the Season 1 skate wing TAL was included 
in Table 1 of the final rule. This correction rule adjusts the Season 1 
skate wing TAL from 4,722 mt to the correct value of 4,772 mt, as 
specified in the Framework 3 proposed rule.

Corrections

    In FR Doc. 2016-19601 appearing on page 54744 in the Federal 
Register of Wednesday, August 17, 2016, the following corrections are 
made:
    1. On page 54744, in the third column, the first paragraph under 
Specifications for Fishing Years 2016-2017 is corrected to read as 
follows:
    Specifications including the acceptable biological catch (ABC), 
annual catch limit (ACL), annual catch target (ACT), and total 
allowable landings (TALs) for the skate wing and bait fisheries, as 
well as possession limits, may be specified for up to 2 years. The 
2016-2017 skate complex ABC and ACL is 31,081 metric tons (mt). After 
removing management uncertainty from the ABC, the ACT that remains is 
23,311 mt. After removing discards and state landings from the ACT, the 
TAL that remains is 12,590 mt. Tables 1 and 2 (below) detail TALs and 
possession limits for the skate wing and skate bait fisheries--there 
are no possession limit changes from last year. These specifications 
and possession limits remain in effect until they are replaced.
    2. On pages 54744 and 54745, Table 1 is corrected to read as 
follows:

      Table 1--Total Allowable Landings for Fishing Years 2016-2017
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               Total allowable landings (TAL)                     mt
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Skate Wing Fishery:
  Season 1 (May 1-Aug 31)..................................        4,772
  Season 2 (Sept 1-Apr 30).................................        3,600
Skate Bait Fishery:
  Season 1 (May 1-Jul 31)..................................        1,299
  Season 2 (Aug 1-Oct 31)..................................        1,565
  Season 3 (Nov 1-Apr 30)..................................        1,354
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    Dated: August 24, 2016.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-21156 Filed 9-1-16; 8:45 am]
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