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From Bonilla Point (48°35’44’’ N. lat.,

124°43’00’’ W. long.) to the buoy

adjacent to Duntze Rock (48°24’55’’ N.

lat., 124°44’50’’ W. long.) to Tatoosh

Island lighthouse (48°23’30’’ N. lat.,

124°44’00’’ W. long.) to Cape Flattery

(48°22’55’’ N. lat., 124°43’42’’ W. long.),

including Puget Sound. The structuring

objective for this subarea is to provide

a stable sport fishing opportunity and

maximize the season length. Due to

inability to monitor the catch in this

area inseason, a fixed season will be

established preseason based on

projected catch per day and number of

days to achievement of the quota. No

inseason adjustments will be made, and

estimates of actual catch will be made

postseason. The fishery will open in

May and continue at least through July

4, or until a date established preseason

(and published in the sport fishery

regulations) when the quota is predicted

to be taken, or until September 30,

whichever is earlier. The Washington

Department of Fish and Wildlife will

sponsor a public workshop shortly after

the IPHC annual meeting to develop

recommendations to NMFS on the

opening date and weekly structure of

the fishery each year. The daily bag

limit is one fish per person, with no size

limit.

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(iii) Washington south coast subarea.

This sport fishery subarea is allocated

12.3 percent of the Washington sport

allocation, which equals 2.93 percent of

the Area 2A TAC. This subarea is

defined as waters south of the Queets

River (47°31’42’’ N. lat.) and north of

Leadbetter Point (46°38’10’’ N. lat.). The

structuring objective for this subarea is

to maximize the season length, while

providing for a limited halibut fishery.

The fishery opens on May 1, for 7 days

per week and continues until 1,000 lb

(.45 mt) are projected to remain in the

subarea quota. Immediately following

this closure, the area from the Queets

River south to 47°00’00’’ N. lat. and east

of 124°40’00’’ W. long. will reopen for

7 days per week until either the subarea

quota is estimated to have been taken

and the season is closed by the

Commission, or until September 30,

whichever occurs first. The daily bag

limit is one halibut per person, with no

size limit. Sport fishing for halibut is

prohibited in the area south of the

Queets River (47°31’42’’ N. lat.), west of

124°40’00’’ W. long. and north of

47°10’00’’ N. lat.

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(v) Oregon central coast subarea. If

the Area 2A TAC is 388,350 lb (176.2

mt) and above, this subarea extends

from Cape Falcon to the Siuslaw River

at the Florence north jetty (44°01’08’’ N.

lat.) and is allocated 88.4 percent of the

Oregon/California sport allocation,

which is 18.21 percent of the Area 2A

TAC. If the Area 2A TAC is below

388,350 lb (176.2 mt), this sport fishery

subarea extends from Cape Falcon to the

California border and is allocated 95.4

percent of the Oregon/California sport

allocation. The structuring objectives for

this subarea are to provide one or two

periods of fishing opportunity in

productive deeper water areas along the

coast, principally for charter and larger

private boat anglers, and provide a

period of fishing opportunity in

nearshore waters for small boat anglers.

Any poundage remaining in this subarea

quota from earlier seasons will be added

to the last season in this subarea. This

subarea has three seasons as set out in

paragraphs (f)(1)(v)(A) through (C) of

this section. The Council will

recommend opening dates for these

seasons annually at its fall public

meeting. The daily bag limit for all

seasons is two halibut per person, one

with a minimum 32–inch (81.3 cm) size

limit and the second with a minimum

50–inch (127.0 cm) size limit.

(A) The first season is an all-depth

fishery that begins in May and

continues at least 3 days per week

(dependent on TAC) until 68 percent of

the subarea quota is taken.

(B) The second season opens the day

following closure of the first season,

only in waters inside the 30–fathom (55

m) curve, and continues every day until

7 percent of the subarea quota is taken,

or until early August, whichever is

earlier.

(C) The last season begins in early

August, with no depth restrictions, and

continues at least 2 days per week, until

the combined Oregon subarea quotas

south of Falcon are estimated to have

been taken, or September 30, whichever

is earlier.

(vi) Oregon south coast subarea. If the

Area 2A TAC is 388,350 lb (176.2 mt)

and above, this subarea extends from

the Siuslaw River at the Florence north

jetty (44°01’08’’ N. lat.) to the California

border (42°00’00’’ N. lat.) and is

allocated 7.0 percent of the Oregon/

California sport allocation, which is

1.44 percent of the Area 2A TAC. If the

Area 2A TAC is below 388,350 lb (176.2

mt), this subarea will be included in the

Oregon Central sport fishery subarea.

The structuring objective for this

subarea is to create a south coast

management zone designed to

accommodate the needs of both

charterboat and private boat anglers in

this area where weather and bar

crossing conditions very often do not

allow scheduled fishing trips. This

subarea has three seasons as set out in

paragraphs (f)(1)(vi)(A) through (C) of

this section. The Council will

recommend opening dates for these

seasons annually at its fall public

meeting. The daily bag limit for all

seasons is two halibut per person, one

with a minimum 32–inch (81.3 cm) size

limit and the second with a minimum

50–inch (127.0 cm) size limit.

(A) The first season is an all-depth

fishery that begins in May and

continues at least 3 days per week

(dependent on TAC) and continues at

least 3 days per week until 80 percent

of the subarea quota is taken.

(B) The second season opens the day

following closure of the first season,

only in waters inside the 30–fathom (55

m) curve, and continues every day until

the subarea quota is estimated to have

been taken, or early August, whichever

is earlier.

(C) The last season begins in early

August, with no depth restrictions, and

continues at least 3 days per week, until

the combined Oregon subarea quotas

south of Falcon are estimated to have

been taken, or September 30, whichever

is earlier.

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[Docket No. 951208293–5293–01; I.D.

110995B]

RIN 0648–AF01

Atlantic Mackerel, Squid, and

Butterfish Fisheries; Amendment 5;

Correction

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Correction to proposed

regulation.

SUMMARY: This document contains

corrections to proposed regulation (I.D.

110995B), which was published

Wednesday, December 20, 1995 (60 FR

65618). The proposed regulation would

implement Amendment 5 to the Fishery

Management Plan for the Atlantic

Mackerel, Squid, and Butterfish

Fisheries (FMP).

DATES: Comments on the proposed rule

must be received on or before January

29, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Myles Raizin, Fishery Policy Analyst,

508–281–9104.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Need for Correction

As published in the proposed rule to

implement Amendment 5 to the FMP,

the portion of the ‘‘Classification’’

section containing response time for

collection-of-information requirements

inadvertently did not contain the

estimated time it would take for vessel

owners to address logbook

requirements.

Correction of Publication

Accordingly, the publication on

December 20, 1995, of the proposed rule

(I.D. 110995B) for Amendment 5, which

was the subject of FR Doc. 95–30821, is

corrected as follows:

On page 65621, under the

Classification section, in the third

column the first complete paragraph,

the last sentence is corrected to read:

‘‘The response times for these

requirements is estimated to be: 30

minutes per response for vessel permits

and vessel permit appeals; 1 hour per

response for operator permits; 5 minutes

per response for dealer permits; 5

minutes per response for vessel

logbooks; and 2 minutes per response

for the observer notification

requirement.’’

Dated: January 23, 1996.

Gary Matlock,

Program Management Officer, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

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