[Federal Register: April 15, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 72)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 18166-18167]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
[DOCID:fr15ap03-23]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atomospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 660
[Docket No. 021209300-3048-02; I.D. 112502C]
Magnuson-Stevens Act Provisions; Fisheries off the West Coast
States and in the Western Pacific; Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery;
Groundfish Fishery Management Measures; Correction
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: This document contains corrections to the final rule
published on March 7, 2003, for the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery.
DATES: Effective April 15, 2003.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carrie Nordeen or Jamie Goen (NMFS,
Northwest Region), 206-526-6140.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The specifications and management measures
for the 2003 fishing year (January 1 - December 31, 2003) were
initially published in the Federal Register as an emergency rule for
January 1 - February 28, 2003 (68 FR 908, January 7, 2003), and as a
proposed rule for March 1 - December 31, 2003 (68 FR 936, January 7,
2003). The emergency rule was amended at 68 FR 4719, January 30, 2003,
and the final rule for March 1 - December 31, 2003, was published in
the Federal Register on March 7, 2003 (68 FR 11182).
Management measures for the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery,
effective March 1 - December 31, 2003 (68 FR 11182, March 7, 2003),
contained remnant sablefish size limit language and typographical and
transposing errors in the boundary coordinates for the Rockfish
Conservation Areas (RCA) that require correction. Coordinates for the
following lines are corrected in this document: the 60-fm (110-m) depth
contour used between 40[deg]10' N. lat. and 34[deg]27' N. lat. as an
eastern boundary for the trawl RCA in March through October; the 75-fm
(137-m) depth contour used north of 40[deg]10' N. lat. as an eastern
boundary for the trawl RCA in the months of July and August; and the
100-fm (183-m) depth contour used north of 40[deg]10' N. lat. as an
eastern boundary for the trawl RCA and as a western boundary for the
non-trawl RCA. In addition, this correction removes language referring
to size limits and size limit conversions for sablefish. The 2003
management measures do not include a size limit for sablefish.
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Therefore, references to sablefish size limits in paragraph titles and
the conversion factor for headed versus whole sablefish are not
necessary and are confusing to the reader. This correction removes
those references.
Corrections
In the rule FR Doc. 035166, in the issue of Friday, March 7, 2003
(68 FR 11182) make the following corrections:
1. On page 11202, in column 2, section IV. under A. General
Definitions and Provisions, paragraph (6)(d) is corrected to read as
follows:
* * * * *
(6) * * *
(d) Sablefish weight limit conversions. The following conversion
applies to both the limited entry and open access fisheries when trip
limits are effective for those fisheries. For headed and gutted
(eviscerated) sablefish, the conversion factor established by the State
where the fish is or will be landed will be used to convert the
processed weight to round weight for purposes of applying the trip
limit. (The conversion factor currently is 1.6 in Washington, Oregon,
and California. However, the State conversion factors may differ;
fishers should contact fishery enforcement officials in the State where
the fish will be landed to determine that State's official conversion
factor.)
* * * * *
2. On page 11207, in column 1, section IV. under A. General
Definitions and Provisions, paragraph (19)(e)(ii) is corrected to read
as follows:
* * * * *
(18) 48[deg]05.91' N. lat., 125[deg]08.30' W. long.;
(19) 48[deg]07.00' N. lat., 125[deg]09.80' W. long.;
(20) 48[deg]06.93' N. lat., 125[deg]11.48' W. long.;
(21) 48[deg]04.98' N. lat., 125[deg]10.02' W. long.;
* * * * *
3. On page 11208, in column 2, section IV. under A. General
Definitions and Provisions, paragraph (19)(e)(iii) is corrected to read
as follows:
* * * * *
(64) 47[deg]08.50' N. lat., 124[deg]57.74' W. long.;
(65) 47[deg]01.92' N. lat., 124[deg]54.95' W. long.;
* * * * *
4. On page 11212, in column 3, section IV. under A. General
Definitions and Provisions, paragraph (19)(e)(vii) is corrected to read
as follows:
* * * * *
(21) 37[deg]07.58' N. lat., 122[deg]37.64' W. long.;
* * * * *
(23) 36[deg]48.20' N. lat., 122[deg]03.32' W. long.;
* * * * *
5. On page 11222, in column 1, section IV. under B. Limited Entry
Fishery, paragraphs (2)(a) and (b) are corrected to read as follows:
* * * * *
(2) * * *
(a) Trawl trip limits. * * *
(b) Nontrawl (fixed gear) trip limits. * * *
* * * * *
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: April 4, 2003.
Rebecca Lent,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 03-8821 Filed 4-14-03; 8:45 am]
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