Permits: Exempted fishing; correction,

[Federal Register: August 24, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 163)]

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 073099B]

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area; Exempted Fishing Permit; Correction

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

ACTION: Issuance of an exempted fishing permit; correction.

SUMMARY: This document corrects the notification of issuance of exempted fishing permit (EFP) 99-03 to Groundfish Forum, Inc. This EFP authorizes Groundfish Forum to conduct an experiment in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area that would test the accuracy of at-sea observer basket sampling practices, the design and use of automated species composition sampling, and the effect of fish stratification in trawls on size composition sampling. This notification was published in the Federal Register on August 12, 1999.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Salveson, 907-586-7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The announcement of the issuance of EFP 99- 03 in the Federal Register on August 12, 1999 (64 FR 43986), contained an oversight. When the Groundfish Forum requested that fishing under the EFP take place in Bycatch Zone 2 (areas 513, 517, and 521), it thought that Statistical Area 519 was included in Zone 2. To correct this error, this document adds Statistical Area 519.

Need for Correction

In FR Doc. 99-20902, published August 12, 1999 (64 FR 43986), on page 43986, in the second column, second line from the bottom, after ``Bycatch Zone 2'' add ``and Statistical Area 519.''

Authority: 15 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

Dated: August 19, 1999. Gary C. Matlock, Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 99-21946Filed8-23-99; 8:45 am]

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