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Species

Historic range

Vertebrate population where endangered or threatened

Status When listed Critical

habitat

Special

rules Common name Scientific name

Do ..................... ......do ...................... ......do ...................... All naturally

spawned populations (and their

progeny) in

streams in the

Snake R. Basin of

southeast WA,

northeast OR, and

ID.

T 638 NA NA

Do ..................... ......do ...................... ......do ...................... All naturally

spawned populations (and their

progeny) in

streams and tributaries to the Columbia R. between the Cowlitz

and Wind Rivers,

WA, inclusive, and

the Willamette

and Hood Rivers,

OR, inclusive, excluding the Upper

Willamette River

Basin above Willamette Falls and

excluding the Little and Big White

Salmon Rivers in

WA.

T 638 NA NA

Do ..................... ......do ...................... ......do ...................... All naturally

spawned populations (and their

progeny) in the

Sacramento and

San Joaquin Rivers and their tributaries, excluding

San Francisco

and San Pablo

Bays and their

tributaries.

T 638 NA NA

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Dated: May 11, 1998.

Jamie Rappaport Clark,

Director, Fish and Wildlife Service.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 648

[Docket No. 980318066–8066–01; I.D.

061198B]

Fisheries of the Northeastern United

States; Northeast Multispecies

Fishery; Commercial Cod Harvest

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Reduction of cod landing limit.

SUMMARY: NMFS issues this notification

to announce that the Administrator,

Northeast Region, NMFS (Regional

Administrator), has projected that 892

metric tons (mt) of the target total

allowable catch (TAC) for the Gulf of

Maine (GOM) cod stock will be

harvested as of 2400 hrs, local time,

June 24, 1998, and that vessels fishing

under a non-exempt multispecies daysat-sea (DAS) may not possess more than

400 lb (181.4 kg) of cod per DAS for any

trip ending on or after 0001 hrs, local

time, June 25, 1998.

DATES: Effective 0001 hrs, local time,

June 25, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Susan A. Murphy, Fishery Policy

Analyst, 978–281–9252.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Regulations implementing Framework

Adjustment 25 (63 FR 15326, March 31,

1998) became effective May 1, 1998. To

ensure that GOM cod landings remain

within the target TAC of 1,783 mt

established for the 1998 fishing year,

Framework 25 provides a mechanism to

reduce the 700–lb (317.5–kg) per DAS

landing limit to as low as 400–lb (181.4–

kg) per DAS, based on the rate of catch

and the risk of exceeding the target

TAC. Section 648.86(b)(1)(i) specifies

that this mechanism is triggered when

the Regional Administrator has

projected that 892 mt will be harvested.

Further, this section stipulates that

NMFS will publish notification in the
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Federal Register informing the public of

the date of the reduction.

Based on the available information,

the Regional Administrator has

projected that 892 mt will be reached on

2400 hrs, local time, June 24, 1998.

Given the ratio rate at which this trigger

amount was reached, the Regional

Administrator has determined that the

landing limit must be reduced to the

lowest authorized level. Therefore, the

cod landing limit, pursuant to

§ 648.86(b)(1)(i), has been reduced to

400 lb (181.4 kg) per DAS, except as

provided under § 648.86(b)(1)(ii) and

(b)(2) for any trip ending on or after

0001 hrs, local time, June 25, 1998.

Classification

This action is required by 50 CFR part

648 and is exempt from review under

E.O. 12286.

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

Dated: June 11, 1998.

Gary Matlock,

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 98–16027 Filed 6–12–98; 9:51 am]

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