Fishery conservation and management: Alaska; fisheries of Exclusive Economic Zone— Black and blue rockfish; correction,

[Federal Register: September 23, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 184)]

[Rules and Regulations]

[Page 50801]

From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 679

[Docket no. 971112269-8047-02; I.D. 102997A]

RIN 0648-AK13

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Management Authority for Black and Blue Rockfish; Correction

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

ACTION: Correction to final rule.

SUMMARY: This document contains a correction to the final rule pertaining to Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska published in the Federal Register on March 6, 1998.

DATES: This action becomes effective September 23, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Alan Kinsolving, 907-586-7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

A final rule was published in the Federal Register on March 6, 1998, that implemented Amendment 46 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska (FMP) by removing black and blue rockfish from the complex of species managed under the FMP (63 FR 11167). That document contained an error.

Correction

In rule FR Doc. 98-5839 published on March 6, 1998 (63 FR 11167), make the following correction. On page 11168, in the second column, in amendatory instruction 3., ``In Sec. 679.21, paragraph (e)(3)(iv)(D) is revised to read as follows:'' is corrected to read ``In Sec. 679.21, paragraph (e)(4)(iv)(D) is revised to read as follows:''.

Dated: September 17, 1998. Rolland A. Schmitten, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 98-25460Filed9-22-98; 8:45 am]

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