[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 72 (Tuesday, April 15, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 18300-18301]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9588]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Parts 600 and 648

[Docket No. 960612172-7054-02; I.D. 011697A]
RIN 0648-A121


Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Technical Amendment; 
Correction

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

ACTION: Final rule; correction to technical amendment.

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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to a final rule; technical 
amendment [I.D. 011697A] that was published on March 27, 1997. The 
technical amendment corrected and clarified regulations implementing 
the fishery management plans (FMPs) for: Summer flounder, scup, and 
black sea bass; Atlantic sea scallops; Northeast multispecies; Atlantic 
surf clams and ocean quahogs; Atlantic mackerel, squid, and butterfish; 
and Atlantic salmon. These FMPs were consolidated into one part (50 CFR 
part 648).

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 24, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mary M. Tokarcik, Fisheries Management 
Specialist, 508-281-9326.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Need for Correction

    As published, the technical amendment inadvertently revised 
regulatory text that was implemented in Amendment 5 to the Atlantic Sea 
Scallop Fishery (62 FR 1829, January 14, 1997).

Correction to the Publication

    Accordingly, the publication on March 27, 1997 (62 FR 14644), of 
the final rule; technical amendment [I.D. 011697A], which was the 
subject of FR Doc. 97-7714, is corrected as follows:
    1. On page 14645, in the second column, in line nine from the top 
of the page, remove ``(a)(96)'' and insert ``(a)(100)'' and in line 
ten, remove ``(97)'' and insert ``(101)''.
    2. On page 14647, in the third column, instruction 9 to Sec. 648.14 
is corrected, paragraph (a)(96), as published on January 14, 1997, is 
reinstated, and paragraph (a)(101) is added to read as follows:
    ``9. In Sec. 648.14, paragraphs (a)(19), (a)(37), (a)(40), (a)(43), 
(a)(48), (a)(50), (a)(57) introductory text, (a)(57)(i), (a)(86), 
(c)(6), (c)(7), (d)(3), (h)(1), (h)(9), (i)(1), and (x)(1)(iii) are 
revised, paragraphs (a)(100), (a)(101), and (d)(4) are added, paragraph 
(c)(10) is removed and paragraph (r) is removed and reserved as 
follows:''


Sec. 648.14  Prohibitions.

    (a) * * *
    (101) Enter or fish in the Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank and Southern 
New England Regulated Mesh Areas, except as provided in Secs. 648.80 
(a)(2)(iii) and (b)(2)(iii), and for purposes of transiting, provided 
that all gear (other than exempted gear) is stowed in accordance with 
Sec. 648.23(b).
* * * * *

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


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    Dated: April 8, 1997.
Nancy Foster,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 97-9588 Filed 4-14-97; 8:45 am]
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