[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 163 (Thursday, August 24, 2017)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 40075]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17970]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 622

[Docket No. 160906822-7547-02]
RIN 0648-BG33


Fisheries of the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South Atlantic; 
Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region; Amendment 37; 
Correction

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

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: NMFS published a final rule on July 25, 2017, to implement 
management measures described in Amendment 37 to the Fishery Management 
Plan for the Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region 
(Amendment 37). This notification corrects the coordinate contained in 
footnote 2 to Table 1 in the regulatory text to be consistent with the 
same management boundary and coordinate described in other regulations 
applicable to the snapper-grouper fishery.

DATES: This correction notice is effective on August 24, 2017.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Adam Bailey, NMFS Southeast Regional 
Office, telephone: 727-824-5305, email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#39585d5854175b5850555c407957565858175e564f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bcddd8ddd192deddd5d0d9c5fcd2d3dddd92dbd3ca">[email protected]</span></a>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 25, 2017, NMFS published a final 
rule in the Federal Register (82 FR 34584) to implement management 
measures in Amendment 37. The final rule modifies the fishery 
management unit boundaries for hogfish in the South Atlantic by 
establishing two hogfish stocks, a Georgia through North Carolina (GA/
NC) stock and a Florida Keys/East Florida (FLK/EFL) stock; establishes 
a rebuilding plan for the FLK/EFL hogfish stock; specifies fishing 
levels and accountability measures (AMs), and modifies or establishes 
management measures for the GA/NC and FLK/EFL stocks of hogfish. The 
purpose of the final rule is to manage hogfish using the best 
scientific information available while ending overfishing and 
rebuilding the FLK/EFL hogfish stock. The final rule is effective 
August 24, 2017.

Need for Correction

    As explained in the final rule for Amendment 37, NMFS corrected an 
error with the footnotes in Table 1 of Sec.  622.1. After the final 
rule published, NMFS discovered an additional error in one of those 
footnotes addressed in the final rule for Amendment 37. NMFS determined 
that a coordinate describing a management boundary for black sea bass 
and scup in footnote 2 was inaccurate and inconsistent with the same 
management boundary referenced in subpart I of part 622 of the Code of 
Federal Regulations. NMFS publishes this notification to correct that 
mistake. The coordinate in footnote 2 is intended to be 
``35[deg]15.19''', not ``35[deg]15.9'''.

Corrections

    In the Federal Register on July 25, 2017, in FR Doc. 2017-15588:
    1. On p. 34594, instruction 2 is corrected to read as follows:
    ``2. In Sec.  622.1, revise the Table 1 entry for ``FMP for the 
Snapper-Grouper Fishery of the South Atlantic Region,'' revise the 
entry for footnote 2, and add footnote 8 to Table 1 to read as 
follows:''
    2. On page 34594, footnote 2 in Table 1 to Sec.  622.1 is corrected 
to read as follows:
    `` \2\ Black sea bass and scup are not managed by the FMP or 
regulated by this part north of 35[deg]15.19' N. lat., the latitude of 
Cape Hatteras Light, NC.''

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

    Dated: August 21, 2017.
Chris Oliver,
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 2017-17970 Filed 8-23-17; 8:45 am]
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