[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 52 (Thursday, March 18, 1999)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Page 13392]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-6629]
[[Page 13392]]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 648
[Docket No. 981223319-8319-01; I.D. 112598B]
RIN 0648-AJ44
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Northeast
Multispecies and Monkfish Fisheries; Monkfish Fishery Management Plan;
Correction
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Proposed rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: This document corrects errors contained in Table 2 of the
preamble to the proposed rule to implement measures contained in the
Monkfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP) published Tuesday, February 16,
1999.
DATES: Comments on the proposed rule must be received on or before
March 26, 1999.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: E. Martin Jaffe, Fishery Policy
Analyst, 978-281-9272.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The proposed rule to implement measures contained in the Monkfish
FMP was published on Tuesday, February 16, 1999 (64 FR 7601). Table 2
of the preamble to the proposed rule contains information related to
monkfish permit categories, qualification criteria for permit
categories, and days at sea (DAS) allocations for vessels on a monkfish
DAS. Subject to certain restrictions, a vessel would qualify for a
limited access monkfish permit if the vessel landed equal to or greater
than 50,000 lb (22,680 kg) tail-weight or 166,000 lb (75,298 kg) whole-
weight during the qualification period. However, Table 2 of the
February 16 document indicated that only a vessel landing greater than
the amount indicated would qualify. Also, a vessel not qualifying for
Category A or C permit that is less than 51 gross registered tons and a
vessel of any size that has a multispecies DAS permit would qualify for
a limited access monkfish permit if the vessel landed equal to or
greater than 7,500 lb (3,402 kg) tail-weight or 24,900 lb (11,295 kg)
whole weight during the qualification period. Table 2 of the February
16 document indicated that a vessel would qualify only if it landed
more than the amount indicated. In addition, the formatting of the
second column of Table 2 makes the second column difficult to read.
Correction
Accordingly, the publication on February 16, 1999, of the proposed
rule to implement the Monkfish FMP (I.D. 112598B), which was the
subject of document FR Doc. 99-3506, is corrected as follows:
On page 7604, Table 2, is republished to read as follows:
Table 2.--Monkfish Permit Categories, Qualification Criteria for Permit Categories, and DAS Allocations for
Vessels on a Monkfish DAS
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Qualification criteria \1\ for permit categories
Permit category (landed weight expressed in pounds) DAS allocation \2\
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A........................ Category A: Vessels which do not possess a Category A: 40 DAS
multispecies or scallop limited access permit must
have landed equal to or greater than 50,000 lb tail-
weight or 166,000 lb whole weight of monkfish
during the qualifying period.
B........................ Category B: Vessels less than 51 GRT which do not Category B: 40 DAS
possess a multispecies or scallop limited access
permit and do not qualify for a Category A Permit
must have landed monkfish equal to or greater than
7,500 lb tail-weight or 24,900 lb whole weight of
monkfish during the qualifying period.
C........................ Category C: Vessels which possess a multispecies or Category C: Up to 40 DAS &
scallop limited access permit must meet landing vessel must also be on a
criteria as required for Permit Category A. multispecies or scallop DAS
D........................ Category D: Vessels which possess a multispecies Category D: Up to 40 DAS &
limited access permit and vessels less than 51 GRT vessel must also be on a
which possess a scallop limited access permit that multispecies or scallop DAS
do not qualify for a Category C Permit must meet
landing criteria as required for Permit Category B.
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\1\ Vessel must have landed monkfish during qualifying period, i.e., February 28, 1991, through February 27,
1995, in the amounts indicated.
\2\ DAS allocations indicated are for fishing years 1999, 2000, and 2001. For fishing years 2002 and thereafter,
monkfish DAS would be set to zero (0), unless other action is taken by the NEFMC and MAFMC and implemented by
NMFS.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: March 12, 1999.
Rolland A. Schmitten,
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 99-6629 Filed 3-17-99; 8:45am]
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