[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 10 (Friday, January 15, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 2620]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-1015]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 622
[I.D. 120998C]
RIN 0648-AK31
Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic;
Reef Fish Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Amendment 16A; Correction
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Correction to notice of availability of an amendment to a
fishery management plan.
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SUMMARY: NMFS corrects a notice of availability of Amendment 16A to the
Fishery Management Plan for the Reef Fish Resources of the Gulf of
Mexico to indicate the availability of a minority report. The minority
report opposes Amendment 16A as inconsistent with national standards 2,
4, 5, 6, 7, and 8, and specifically raises concerns regarding the
proposed prohibition of the use of fish traps in the exclusive economic
zone of the Gulf of Mexico south of 25 deg.03' N. lat. after February
7, 2001.
ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the minority report should be sent to
the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council, 3018 U.S. Highway 301
North, Suite 1000, Tampa, FL 33619-2266, Phone: 813-228-2815; Fax: 813-
225-7015.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Sadler, 727-570-5305.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Correction
In FR document 98-33603, on page 70093, in the issue of Friday,
December 18, 1998, make the following correction:
On page 70093, in the second column, in the ADDRESSES section, on
the ninth line, ``analysis, should ...'' should read ``analysis, and
requests for copies of a minority report, signed by two Council
members, should...''
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: January 9, 1999.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-1015 Filed 1-14-99; 8:45 am]
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