[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 93 (Wednesday, May 14, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 26428]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12530]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Parts 674 and 679

[Docket No. 970326069-7069-01; I.D. 022597F]
RIN 0648-AJ38


Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; High Seas 
Salmon Fishery Off Alaska; Correction

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

ACTION: Final rule; correction.

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SUMMARY: NMFS issued a final rule (I.D. 022597F), which was published 
in the Federal Register on April 23, 1997 (62 FR 19686). The final rule 
consolidated 50 CFR part 674 into 50 CFR part 679 as part of the 
President's Regulatory Reform Initiative. This document contains a 
correction to that final rule.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 23, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patsy A. Bearden, 907-586-7228.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

    The final regulations that are the subject of this correction 
removed 50 CFR part 674, the regulations implementing the Salmon 
Fishery Management Plan, and consolidated the regulations contained 
therein into 50 CFR part 679, Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone 
(EEZ) off Alaska. It was not intended to make substantive changes to 
existing regulations. The action was intended to provide the public 
with a single reference source for the Federal fisheries regulations 
specific to the EEZ off Alaska and result in regulations that are more 
concise and easier to use.

Need for Correction

    As published, the final rule revised the definition of ``Authorized 
fishing gear'' to include the ``hand troll gear'' and ``power troll 
gear'', the authorized gears as defined in 50 CFR part 674 for the 
salmon fishery off Alaska. However, the introductory text for the term 
``Authorized fishing gear'' did not contain the terms ``dive'' and 
``scallop dredge''. Dive gear and scallop dredges were designated as 
authorized fishing gear in the scallop fishery off Alaska by a final 
rule published in the Federal Register on July 23, 1996 (61 FR 38099). 
NMFS inadvertently removed the terms from the introductory text in the 
consolidation.

Correction of Publication

    Accordingly, the publication on April 23, 1997 (62 FR 19686), of 
the final regulations (I.D. 022597F), which was the subject of FR Doc. 
97-10462 is corrected as follows:
    On page 19687, in the third column, in Sec. 679.2, the introductory 
paragraph of the definition of ``Authorized fishing gear'' is revised 
by adding the term ``dive,'' after the word ``means'' and by adding the 
term ``scallop dredge,'' after the term ``pot-and-line,''

    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 773 et seq., 1801 et seq., and 3631 et seq.

    Dated: May 7, 1997.
Rolland A. Schmitten,
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 97-12530 Filed 5-13-97; 8:45 am]
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