[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 22, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 57009-57010]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18072]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 679

[Docket No. 230728-0179]
RIN 0648-BL08


Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Amendment 
122 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and 
Aleutian Islands Management Area; Pacific Cod Trawl Cooperative 
Program; Correction

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

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: On August 8, 2023, NMFS published a final rule to implement 
Amendment 122 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the 
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI FMP). The final 
rule included an incorrect cross reference and inadvertently left out 
two footnotes in a table. This correction fixes these errors.

DATES: Effective on September 7, 2023.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Warpinski, 907-586-7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NMFS final rule to implement Amendment 
122 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and 
Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI FMP) (88 FR 53704) included an 
incorrect cross-reference at Sec.  679.134(e)(3) and inadvertently left 
out two footnotes in table 40 to part 679. NMFS is now correcting the 
final rule to reflect the correct cross-reference to Sec.  679.133(b) 
instead of Sec.  679.133(c) and to include footnotes 1 and 2 in table 
40 to part 679.

Corrections

    In FR Doc. 2023-16526, published August 8, 2023, at 88 FR 53704, 
the following corrections are made:

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1. On page 53743, in the first column, Sec.  679.134(e)(3) is corrected 
to read as follows:


Sec.  679.134  [Corrected]

    (e) * * *
    (3) Groundfish sideboard limits. All groundfish harvests in the 
BSAI and GOA that are subject to a sideboard limit for that groundfish 
species as described under Sec.  679.133(b), except groundfish 
harvested by a vessel when participating in the Central GOA

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Rockfish Program, will be debited against the applicable sideboard 
limit.

Table 40 to Part 679 [Corrected]

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2. On page 53744, table 40 to part 679 is corrected to read as follows:

Table 40 to Part 679--BSAI Halibut PSC Sideboard Limits for AFA Catcher/
                   Processors and AFA Catcher Vessels
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   In the following target      The AFA catcher/
    species categories as       processor halibut      The AFA catcher
       defined at Sec.         PSC sideboard limit   vessel halibut PSC
    679.21(b)(1)(iii) and      in metric tons is .   sideboard limit in
      (e)(3)(iv) . . .                 . .          metric tons is . . .
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All target species            286.................  N/A
 categories.
Pacific cod trawl...........  N/A.................  N/A
Pacific cod hook-and-line or  N/A.................  2
 pot.
Yellowfin sole..............  N/A.................  101
Rock sole/flathead sole/      N/A.................  228
 ``other flatfish'' \1\.
Turbot/Arrowtooth/Sablefish.  N/A.................  0
Rockfish \2\................  N/A.................  2
Pollock/Atka mackerel/        N/A.................  5
 ``other species''.
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\1\ ``Other flatfish'' for PSC monitoring includes all flatfish species,
  except for halibut (a prohibited species), Greenland turbot, rock
  sole, flathead sole, yellowfin sole, and arrowtooth flounder.
\2\ Applicable from July 1 through December 31.


    Dated: August 17, 2023.
Samuel D. Rauch, III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-18072 Filed 8-21-23; 8:45 am]
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