Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 36 / Thursday, February 22, 2001 / Rules and Regulations 11119

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334, 336.

§ 73.622 [Amended]

2. Section 73.622(b), the Table of

Digital Television Allotments under

South Carolina, is amended by

removing DTV channel 38 and adding

DTV channel 39 at Sumter.

Federal Communications Commission.

Barbara A. Kreisman,

Chief, Video Services Division, Mass Media

Bureau.

[FR Doc. 01–4324 Filed 2–21–01; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 73

[DA 01–347; MM Docket No. 00–171; RM–

9926]

Radio Broadcasting Services; Wells

and Woodville, TX

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Final rule.

SUMMARY: This document reallots

Channel 234C2 from Woodville, Texas,

to Wells, Texas, and modifies the

license for Station KVLL to specify

operation on Channel 234C2 at Wells in

response to a petition filed by Radio

Woodville, Inc. See 65 FR 59162,

October 4, 2000. The coordinates for

Channel 234C2 at Wells are 31–12–37

and 94–57–15.

DATES: Effective March 26, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kathleen Scheuerle, Mass Media

Bureau, (202) 418–2180.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

summary of the Commission’s Report

and Order, MM Docket No. 00–171,

adopted January 31, 2001, and released

February 9, 2001. The full text of this

Commission decision is available for

inspection and copying during normal

business hours in the Commission’s

Reference Center, 445 12th Street, SW.,

Washington, DC. The complete text of

this decision may also be purchased

from the Commission’s copy

contractors, International Transcription

Services, Inc., 1231 20th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20036, (202) 857–3800,

facsimile (202) 857–3805.

List of Subjects in 47 CFR Part 73

Radio broadcasting.

Part 73 of title 47 of the Code of

Federal Regulations is amended as

follows:

47 CFR PART 73—[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for Part 73

continues to read as follows:

Authority: 47 U.S.C. 154, 303, 334 and 336.

§ 73.202 [Amended]

2. Section 73.202(b), the Table of FM

Allotments under Texas, is amended by

removing Woodville, Channel 234C2

and adding Wells, Channel 234C2.

Federal Communications Commission.

John A. Karousos,

Chief, Allocations Branch, Policy and Rules

Division, Mass Media Bureau.

[FR Doc. 01–4321 Filed 2–21–01; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration

50 CFR Part 660

[Docket No. 000831250-0250-01; I.D.

013100D]

Fisheries off West Coast States and in

the Western Pacific; Coastal Pelagic

Species Fisheries; Change in Pacific

Mackerel Incidental Catch

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Fishing restrictions.

SUMMARY: NMFS announces changes to

the restriction on landings of Pacific

mackerel for individuals participating in

the coastal pelagic species (CPS) fishery

and for individuals involved in other

fisheries who harvest small amounts of

Pacific mackerel. The incidental limit

on landings of 20 percent by weight of

Pacific mackerel in landings of Pacific

sardine, northern anchovy, jack

mackerel, and market squid remains in

effect; however, CPS fishermen may

land up to 1 metric ton (mt) of Pacific

mackerel even if they land no other

species from the trip. Non-CPS

fisherman may land no more than 1 mt

or Pacific mackerel per trip. After the

harvest guideline of 20,740 mt is

reached, all landings of Pacific mackerel

will be restricted to 1 mt per trip. This

action is authorized by the Coastal

Pelagic Species Fishery Management

Plan (FMP) and is intended to ensure

that the fishery achieves, but does not

exceed, the harvest guideline while

minimizing the economic impact on

small businesses.

DATES: Effective February 22, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

James J. Morgan, Southwest Region,

NMFS, 562-980-4036.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS

closed the directed fishery for Pacific

mackerel in the exclusive economic

zone (EEZ) off the Pacific coast at 12:01

a.m on October 27, 2000, and imposed

an incidental landing limit of 20 percent

by weight of Pacific mackerel in

landings of Pacific sardine, jack

mackerel, northern anchovy, and market

squid (65 FR 65272, November 1, 2000,

and 65 FR 69483, November 17, 2000).

At the time of the closure, 17,829 mt of

the 20,740-mt harvest guideline had

been landed. The remaining 2,911 mt

was needed to allow for an incidental

landing of Pacific mackerel by vessels

fishing for other coastal pelagic species

so that restricting the harvest of other

species would not be necessary.

The Pacific Fishery Management

Council’s (Council) Coastal Pelagic

Species Management Team has

reviewed the conduct of the fishery

through November and December,

including the needs of the non-CPS

fisheries. Section 2.4 of the FMP

provides for setting a small incidental

harvest for non-CPS fisheries to

minimize discards, but until this action

no provision had been made for these

harvesters during this fishing season.

There also will be a need to

implement further restriction on

harvests of Pacific mackerel if the

harvest guideline is reached before the

end of the fishing season on June 30,

2001, so that bycatch can be minimized.

As a result, the Council has

recommended that no more than 1 mt of

Pacific mackerel may be landed per trip

by CPS and non-CPS fishermen after the

harvest guideline is reached. This

measure will be implemented when the

harvest guideline is reached, and

announced in the Federal Register. The

NMFS Southwest Regional

Administrator has decided to take this

action in accordance with the FMP and

its implementing rules. This action was

reviewed by members of the Council’s

Coastal Pelagic Species Advisory

Subpanel, the Council, and the State of

California.

For the reasons stated here and in

accordance with the FMP and its

implementing regulations, the following

incidental limits are in effect for

harvesters of Pacific mackerel:

No fishing vessel may land more than

1 mt of Pacific mackerel per fishing trip,

except that fishing vessels with other

CPS on board may land more than 1 mt

of Pacific mackerel in a fishing trip if

the total amount of Pacific mackerel on

board the vessel does not exceed 20