[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 12, 1996)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 9955-9956]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-5872]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Parts 611, 672, and 676
[Docket No. 960129018-6018-01; I.D. 110295B]
Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska; Limited Access; Foreign
Fishing; Final 1996 Harvest Specifications; Correction
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Final 1996 harvest specifications of groundfish and associated
management measures; correction.
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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to the Final 1996 Harvest
Specifications for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) (I.D.
110295B), which was published in the Federal Register on Monday,
February 5, 1996 (61 FR 4304). Portions of the information contained in
Table 1 of the specifications for the pollock, Atka mackerel, and
shortraker/rougheye species are misleading, inadvertently omitted, or
misspelled.
EFFECTIVE DATE: 1200 hours, Alaska local time (A.l.t.), January 30,
1996, through 2400 hours, A.l.t., December 31, 1996, or until changed
by subsequent notification in the Federal Register.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kaja Brix, NMFS, (907) 586-7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under Sec. 672.20(c)(1)(ii)(B), NMFS
published final 1996 harvest specifications of groundfish on February
5, 1996 (61 FR 4304). For each species identified in Table 1, column 1,
of the final specifications, the following information is provided for
the 1996 fishing year: (1) Regulatory area and/or district as defined
at Sec. 672.2, (2) acceptable biological catch levels, (3) total
allowable catch (TAC) amounts, and (4) overfishing levels.
In the GOA, pollock is apportioned by area, season, and inshore/
offshore components. Regulations at Sec. 672.20(a)(2)(iv) require that
the TAC for pollock in the combined Western/Central (W/C) GOA be
apportioned among Statistical Areas Shumagin (61), Chirikof (62), and
Kodiak (63) in proportion to known distributions of the pollock
biomass. For the pollock species, Table 1 currently indicates that the
overfishing level of 82,000 metric tons (mt) applies only to the
Chirikof area. However, the overfishing level of 82,000 mt for the
pollock species applies to the combined W/C area rather than to only
the Chirikof area. Information contained in Table 1 related to the
pollock species is revised to make clear that the overfishing level of
82,000 mt applies to the W/C GOA.
Need for Correction
The TAC for the Atka mackerel species is divided among the Western,
Central, and Eastern regulatory areas. However, the designation for the
Western regulatory area for Atka mackerel contained in Table 1, column
two, of the specifications was inadvertently omitted. This document
corrects that error.
In Table 1, column 1, the species ``shortraker/rougheye'' is
misspelled. This document corrects the misspelling.
Correction of Publication
Accordingly, the publication on February 5, 1996 (61 FR 4304),
which was the subject of FR doc. 96-2292, is corrected as follows:
On page 4305, Table 1, under the subheading ``Species'', the
information related to ``pollock'' is revised to read as follows:
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Species Area\1\ ABC TAC Overfishing
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Pollock:\2\
Shumagin (W)(61)................. 25,480 25,480 ...........
Chirikof (C)(62)................. 12,840 12,840 ...........
Kodiak (C)(63)................... 13,680 13,680 ...........
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Subtotal................................ W/C (61,62,63)................... 52,000 52,000 82,000
E................................ 2,810 2,810 4,000
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Total................................. ................................. 54,810 54,810 86,400
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On page 4306, Table 1--Continued, under the subheading ``Species''
in the first column, the term ``Short raker/rougheye: \8\'' is revised
to read ``Shortraker/rougheye'' \8\.
On page 4307, Table 1--Continued, under the subheading ``Species'',
``Atka mackerel'' is revised to read as follows:
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Species Area\1\ ABC TAC Overfishing
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Atka mackerel:
W ....... 2,310 ...........
C ....... 925 ...........
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E ....... 5
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Total..................... ......... 3,240 3,240 9,800
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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: March 5, 1996.
Gary Matlock,
Program Management Officer, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-5872 Filed 3-11-96; 8:45 am]
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