Rule2023-18072
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Amendment 122 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area; Pacific Cod Trawl Cooperative Program; Correction
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Published
August 22, 2023
Effective
September 7, 2023
Issuing agencies
Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
On August 8, 2023, NMFS published a final rule to implement Amendment 122 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI FMP). The final rule included an incorrect cross reference and inadvertently left out two footnotes in a table. This correction fixes these errors.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 22, 2023)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 57009-57010]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18072]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 679
[Docket No. 230728-0179]
RIN 0648-BL08
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Amendment
122 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands Management Area; Pacific Cod Trawl Cooperative
Program; Correction
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: On August 8, 2023, NMFS published a final rule to implement
Amendment 122 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI FMP). The final
rule included an incorrect cross reference and inadvertently left out
two footnotes in a table. This correction fixes these errors.
DATES: Effective on September 7, 2023.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Stephanie Warpinski, 907-586-7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NMFS final rule to implement Amendment
122 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI FMP) (88 FR 53704) included an
incorrect cross-reference at Sec. 679.134(e)(3) and inadvertently left
out two footnotes in table 40 to part 679. NMFS is now correcting the
final rule to reflect the correct cross-reference to Sec. 679.133(b)
instead of Sec. 679.133(c) and to include footnotes 1 and 2 in table
40 to part 679.
Corrections
In FR Doc. 2023-16526, published August 8, 2023, at 88 FR 53704,
the following corrections are made:
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1. On page 53743, in the first column, Sec. 679.134(e)(3) is corrected
to read as follows:
Sec. 679.134 [Corrected]
(e) * * *
(3) Groundfish sideboard limits. All groundfish harvests in the
BSAI and GOA that are subject to a sideboard limit for that groundfish
species as described under Sec. 679.133(b), except groundfish
harvested by a vessel when participating in the Central GOA
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Rockfish Program, will be debited against the applicable sideboard
limit.
Table 40 to Part 679 [Corrected]
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2. On page 53744, table 40 to part 679 is corrected to read as follows:
Table 40 to Part 679--BSAI Halibut PSC Sideboard Limits for AFA Catcher/
Processors and AFA Catcher Vessels
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In the following target The AFA catcher/
species categories as processor halibut The AFA catcher
defined at Sec. PSC sideboard limit vessel halibut PSC
679.21(b)(1)(iii) and in metric tons is . sideboard limit in
(e)(3)(iv) . . . . . metric tons is . . .
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All target species 286................. N/A
categories.
Pacific cod trawl........... N/A................. N/A
Pacific cod hook-and-line or N/A................. 2
pot.
Yellowfin sole.............. N/A................. 101
Rock sole/flathead sole/ N/A................. 228
``other flatfish'' \1\.
Turbot/Arrowtooth/Sablefish. N/A................. 0
Rockfish \2\................ N/A................. 2
Pollock/Atka mackerel/ N/A................. 5
``other species''.
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\1\ ``Other flatfish'' for PSC monitoring includes all flatfish species,
except for halibut (a prohibited species), Greenland turbot, rock
sole, flathead sole, yellowfin sole, and arrowtooth flounder.
\2\ Applicable from July 1 through December 31.
Dated: August 17, 2023.
Samuel D. Rauch, III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-18072 Filed 8-21-23; 8:45 am]
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