[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 3, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 30148-30149]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14742]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 679

[Docket No. 971208298-8055-02; I.D. 112097B]


Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Correction

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

ACTION: Correction to final 1998 specifications for groundfish.

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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to the Final 1998 Harvest 
Specifications for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands 
which were published on March 16, 1998, and contain an incorrect 
fishing season date for Pacific cod nontrawl fisheries and an incorrect 
apportionment of halibut mortality to the nontrawl fisheries.

DATES: This action becomes effective June 3, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alan Kinsolving, 907-586-7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The final 1998 specifications for groundfish of the Bering Sea and 
Aleutian Islands published on March 16, 1998, announced harvest limits 
and associated management measures for groundfish during the 1998 
fishing year (63 FR 12689). The specifications contained an incorrect 
fishing season date for Pacific cod nontrawl fisheries, and an 
incorrect apportionment of halibut mortality to the nontrawl fisheries. 
The Council intended the allocation of halibut mortality to the 
Nontrawl Fisheries for Pacific cod to be 750 mt, not 777 mt; the dates 
for the Pacific cod third seasonal allocation to be September 15 
through December 31, not September 14 to December 31; the allocation to 
that Pacific cod third season (September 15 through December 31) to be 
255 mt, not 282 mt; and the allocation to the ``Other non-trawl'' 
category to be 83 mt, not 56 mt.

Correction of Publication

    The publication on March 16, 1998, of the final regulations (I.D. 
112097B), which was the subject of FR Doc. 98-6620 is corrected as 
follows:
    1. On page 12695, Table 6 (Continued), revise the text under the 
heading ``Nontrawl Fisheries'' to read as follows:

    Table 6.--1998 Prohibited Species Bycatch Allowances for the BSAI Trawl and Nontrawl Fisheries--Continued   
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        Nontrawl Fisheries                                                                                      
Pacific cod.......................          750  ...........  ...........  ...........  ...........  ...........
    Jan. 1-Apr. 30................          458  ...........  ...........  ...........  ...........  ...........
    May 1-Sep. 14.................           37  ...........  ...........  ...........  ...........  ...........
    Sep. 15-Dec. 31...............          255  ...........  ...........  ...........  ...........  ...........
Other non-trawl...................           83  ...........  ...........  ...........  ...........  ...........

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Groundfish pot & jig..............          (<SUP>1)  .<SUP>..........  .<SUP>..........  .<SUP>..........  .<SUP>..........  .<SUP>..........
Sablefish hook & line.............          (<SUP>1)  .<SUP>..........  .<SUP>..........  .<SUP>..........  .<SUP>..........  .<SUP>..........
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      Total Nontrawl..............          833  ...........  ...........  ...........  ...........  ...........
      PSQ Reserve \1\.............          351          129        7,500      349,050       56,250     157,500 
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\1\ Exempt.                                                                                                     

    Dated: May 28, 1998.
Rolland A. Schmitten,
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 98-14742 Filed 6-2-98; 8:45 am]
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