[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 6 (Thursday, January 9, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 1296-1297]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-477]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 227
[Docket Number 950407093-6298-03; I.D. 012595A]
Endangered and Threatened Species; Threatened Status for Central
California Coast Coho Salmon Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU);
Correction
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Correction to final rule.
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SUMMARY: NMFS is making a technical correction to the final rule (61 FR
56138, October 31, 1996) determining that the Central California Coast
Coho Salmon Evolutionarily Significant Unit (ESU) is a threatened
species. The correction specifies that the ESU consists of all coho
salmon naturally reproduced in streams between Punta Gorda in Humboldt
County, CA, and the San Lorenzo River in Santa Cruz County, CA.
EFFECTIVE DATE: December 2, 1996.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Craig Wingert, NMFS, Southwest
Region, (310) 980-4021; or Marta
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Nammack, NMFS, Office of Protected Resources, (301) 713-1401.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Need for Correction
On October 31, 1996, NMFS published a final rule listing the
Central California Coho Salmon ESU as a threatened species (61 FR
56138). In the last paragraph of the ``Listing Determination'' section
of the preamble to the rule (see page 56146, bottom of second column
and top of third column), NMFS clearly defined the Central California
Coho Salmon ESU as consisting of ``all coho salmon naturally reproduced
in streams between Punta Gorda, Humboldt County, CA, and the San
Lorenzo River, Santa Cruz County, CA.'' However, the definition of the
listed ESU in the regulatory text codified at section 227.4(h) was
ambiguous as to the geographic extent of the listed ESU and whether the
listed ESU specifically included hatchery populations or only naturally
reproduced populations.
Correction of Publication
Accordingly, the publication on October 31, 1996, of the final rule
(I.D. 012595A), which was the subject of FR Doc. 96-56138, is corrected
as follows:
Sec. 227.4--[Corrected]
On page 56149, in the third column, in Sec. 227.4, paragraph (h) is
corrected to read as follows:
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(h) Central California Coast Coho Salmon. Includes all coho salmon
naturally reproduced in streams between Punta Gorda in Humboldt County,
CA, and the San Lorenzo River in Santa Cruz County, CA.
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Dated: January 3, 1997.
P. Michael Payne,
Acting Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-477 Filed 1-6-97; 1:43 pm]
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