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limit on school size over a 4-year 

consecutive period is not exceeded, and 

closing the General category fishery on 

December 20 will reduce the likelihood 

of overharvest of quota in this 

commercial fishery.

Delaying this action would be 

contrary to the public interest as BFT 

are now available in nearshore waters 

and will soon migrate out of range of the 

commercial and recreational fleets. As 

both the Angling and General categories 

are currently closed, fishery participants 

are not currently able to access the BFT 

while the fish are available and 

accessible in nearshore areas off the 

south Atlantic states. It is in the public 

interest to act quickly to open the 

fisheries while the BFT are available so 

that the short window of fishing 

opportunity is not lost. Therefore, the 

AA finds good cause under 5 U.S.C. 

553(b)(B) to waive prior notice and the 

opportunity for public comment. For all 

of the above reasons and because this 

action relieves a restriction (e.g., 

reopens fisheries), there is good cause 

under 5 U.S.C. 553(d) to waive the delay 

in effectiveness of this action.

This action is being taken under 50 

CFR 635.23(a)(4) and is exempt from 

review under Executive Order 12866.

Authority: 16 U.S.C 971 et seq. and 1801 

et seq.

Dated: December 7, 2004.

Alan D. Risenhoover,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration

50 CFR Part 635

[Docket No. 040910261–4325–02; I.D. 

072704A]

RIN 0648–AS08

Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; 

Atlantic Commercial Shark 

Management Measures; Correction

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce.

ACTION: Final rule; fishing season 

notification; correction.

SUMMARY: This document corrects the 

season closure dates in a final rule 

published November 30, 2004. 

Corrections concern the first trimester 

season closure dates for large coastal 

sharks (LCS) for the Gulf of Mexico and 

the first trimester season closure dates 

for the South Atlantic.

DATES: Effective January 1, 2005.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Chris Rilling by phone: 301–713–2347 

or by fax: 301–713–1917.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

November 30, 2004, NMFS published in 

the Federal Register a final rule that 

established the opening and closure 

dates of the first trimester season for the 

Atlantic commercial shark fishery (69 

FR 69537). In that rule, the closure dates 

for LCS in the Gulf of Mexico and the 

South Atlantic in Table 1 were inverted. 

This document corrects that error.

Correction

Rule FR Doc. 04–26414 published on 

November 30, 2004 (69 FR 69537), to be 

effective January 1, 2005, is corrected as 

follows.

On page 69538, in Table 1, the first 

two rows are corrected to read as 

follows:

Species Group Region First Trimester Season Opening Dates 

First Trimester Season Closure Dates 

Large Coastal Sharks Gulf of Mexico January 1 - February 28, 

2005, 11:30 p.m. local time

February 28, - April 30, 2005, 

11:30 p.m. local time

South Atlantic January 1 - February 15, 

2005, 11:30 p.m. local time

February 15, - April 30, 2005, 

11:30 p.m. local time

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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801, et seq. Dated: December 7, 2004.

Alan D. Risenhoover,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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