00-29415. Fisheries off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; Coastal Pelagic Species Fisheries; Closure of Directed Fishery for Pacific Mackerel; Correction

AGENCY:

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

ACTION:

Correction to the action closing the directed fishery for Pacific mackerel.

SUMMARY:

This document contains a correction to the Pacific mackerel closure which was published on November 1, 2000.

DATES:

Effective November 17, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James J. Morgan, Southwest Region, NMFS, 562-980-4036.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

The directed fishery for Pacific mackerel was closed at 12:01 a.m. on October 27, 2000, by publication of a document in the Federal Register on November 1, 2000 (65 FR 65272). The document contains an error that requires correction.

Correction

In rule FR DOC. 00-28109, on page 65272, in the issue of Wednesday, November 1, 2000 (65 FR 65272), make the following correction:

On page 65272, in the third column, under the heading SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION, the last sentence is corrected to read as follows: -

“For the reasons stated here and in accordance with the FMP and its implementing regulations at 50 CFR 660.509, the directed fishery for Pacific mackerel will be closed October 27, 2000, after which time no more than 20 percent by weight of a landing of Pacific sardine, northern anchovy, jack mackerel, or market squid may consist of Pacific mackerel.”

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

Dated: November 9, 2000.

Bruce C. Morehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.