70808 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 229 / Tuesday, November 28, 2000 / Rules and Regulations

2000 (65 FR 52323)] make the following

correction:

On page 52334, column 2, and

starting on line 51 correct the last

sentence in paragraph 66 to read as

follows:

Non-licensees, however, are

precluded from being assignees or

transferees within the first five years of

license grant unless they qualify as

entrepreneurs based on the attribution

rules in effect at the time of filing an

application for assignment or transfer.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 622

[I.D. 112000B]

Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of

Mexico, and South Atlantic; Reef Fish

Fishery of the Gulf of Mexico; Closure

of the Commercial Red Snapper

Component

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Closure.

SUMMARY: NMFS closes the commercial

fishery for red snapper in the exclusive

economic zone (EEZ) of the Gulf of

Mexico. NMFS has determined that the

fall portion of the annual commercial

quota for red snapper will be reached on

December 8, 2000. This closure is

necessary to protect the red snapper

resource.

DATES: Closure is effective noon, local

time, December 8, 2000, until noon,

local time, on February 1, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phil

Steele, telephone: 727-570-5305; fax:

727-570-5583; e-mail:

Phil.Steele@noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The reef

fish fishery of the Gulf of Mexico is

managed under the Fishery

Management Plan for the Reef Fish

Resources of the Gulf of Mexico (FMP).

The FMP was prepared by the Gulf of

Mexico Fishery Management Council

and approved and implemented by

NMFS, under the authority of the

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act, by

regulations at 50 CFR part 622. Those

regulations set the commercial quota for

red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico at

4.65 million lb (2.11 million kg) for the

current fishing year, January 1 through

December 31, 2000. The red snapper

commercial fishing season is split into

two time periods, the first commencing

at noon on February 1 with two-thirds

of the annual quota (3.10 million lb

(1.41 million kg)) available, and the

second commencing at noon on October

1 with the remainder of the annual

quota available. During the commercial

season, the red snapper commercial

fishery opens at noon on the first of

each month and closes at noon on the

10th of each month, until the applicable

commercial quotas are reached.

Under 50 CFR 622.43(a), NMFS is

required to close the commercial fishery

for a species or species group when the

quota for that species or species group

is reached, or is projected to be reached,

by filing a notification to that effect in

the Federal Register. Based on current

statistics, NMFS has determined that the

annual commercial quota of 4.65

million lb (2.11 million kg) for red

snapper will be reached when the

fishery closes at noon on December 8,

2000. Accordingly, the commercial

fishery in the EEZ in the Gulf of Mexico

for red snapper will remain closed until

noon, local time, on February 1, 2001.

The operator of a vessel with a valid reef

fish permit having red snapper aboard

must have landed and bartered, traded,

or sold such red snapper prior to noon,

local time, December 8, 2000.

During the closure, the bag and

possession limits specified in 50 CFR

622.39(b) apply to all harvest or

possession of red snapper in or from the

EEZ in the Gulf of Mexico, and the sale

or purchase of red snapper taken from

the EEZ is prohibited. In addition, the

bag and possession limits for red

snapper apply on board a vessel for

which a commercial permit for Gulf reef

fish has been issued, without regard to

where such red snapper were harvested.

However, the bag and possession limits

for red snapper apply only when the

recreational quota for red snapper has

not been reached and the bag and

possession limits have not been reduced

to zero. The prohibition on sale or

purchase does not apply to sale or

purchase of red snapper that were

harvested, landed ashore, and sold prior

to noon, local time, December 8, 2000,

and were held in cold storage by a

dealer or processor.

Classification

This action is taken under 50 CFR

622.43(a) and is exempt from review

under Executive Order 12866.

Dated: November 21, 2000.

Bruce C. Moorehead,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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