99-20934. Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES); Eleventh Regular Meeting; Proposed Resolutions and Agenda Items Being Considered; Species Being Considered for ...

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 156 (Friday, August 13, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 44234]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-20934]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Conference of the Parties to the Convention on International 
Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES); Eleventh 
Regular Meeting; Proposed Resolutions and Agenda Items Being 
Considered; Species Being Considered for Amendments to the CITES 
Appendices; Public Meeting; Observer Information

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.

ACTION: Notice, correction.

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    In our July 8, 1999, Federal Register notice entitled ``Conference 
of the Parties to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered 
Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES); Eleventh Regular Meeting; 
Proposed Resolutions and Agenda Items Being Considered; Species Being 
Considered for Amendments to the CITES Appendices; Public Meeting; 
Observer Information'' (64 FR 36893), we make the following correction:
    On page 36909, in the fourth paragraph under item number 6 entitled 
``Atlantic swordfish (Xiphias gladius),'' which appears in the second 
column on the page, the last sentence reading ``The plan also includes 
limited entry for the commercial fishery and a time/area closure to 
reduce juvenile swordfish mortality'' is corrected to read follows: 
``The plan also includes limited entry for the commercial fishery. 
Additionally, the National Marine Fisheries Service is working on 
analyses to implement a time/area closure that would protect small 
swordfish. The National Marine Fisheries Service proposed a time/area 
closure to protect small swordfish in the draft FMP. However, in 
response to comments indicating the ineffectiveness of the proposed 
Florida Straits closure, as well as updated analyses, the National 
Marine Fisheries Service deferred the implementation of a time/area 
closure for protection of small swordfish until a later date, pending 
further analyses and review of more effective, and probably larger, 
time/area closures.''

    Dated: August 2, 1999.
John G. Rogers,
Director.
[FR Doc. 99-20934 Filed 8-12-99; 8:45 am]
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