[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 225 (Tuesday, November 21, 2000)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 69886-69887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-29778]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 648
[Docket No. 000119014-0137-02; I.D. 080700C]
Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder,
Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries; Adjustments to the 2000 Summer
Flounder, Scup and Black Sea Bass Commercial Quotas
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Commercial quota adjustment for 2000; correction.
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SUMMARY: NMFS corrects the 2000 commercial summer flounder quota
allocated to the State of Maryland. This action complies with the
regulations that implement the Fishery Management Plan for the Summer
Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries (FMP), which specify that
summer flounder landings in excess of a given state's individual
commercial quota be deducted from that state's quota for the following
year. The intent of this action is to correct for the deduction of an
overage from the Maryland allocation that was made in error.
DATES: Effective November 20, 2000, through December 31, 2000.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul H. Jones, Fisheries Policy
Analyst, (978) 281-9273, fax 978-281-9135, e-mail
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
On August 18, 2000 (65 FR 50463), NMFS announced preliminary
adjustments to the 2000 summer flounder commercial quotas based on
updated 1999 landings data. However, after the publication of that
adjustment, NMFS discovered that some summer flounder landings reported
by the State of Maryland in 1999 were double-counted, meaning that the
final 1999 landings did not exceed that state's quota.
Therefore, this document corrects the entries for Maryland
specified in Table 1, Summer Flounder Preliminary 1999 Landings and
Overages by State; and
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Table 2, Summer Flounder Preliminary Adjusted 2000 Quotas by State, as
published at 65 FR 50463, August 18, 2000, (FR Doc. 00-21100).
Corrections
Table 1. Summer Flounder Preliminary 1999 Landings and Overages by
State, is corrected as follows:
On page 50464, in the fourth column, under the heading
``Preliminary 1999 Landings'', and under the subheading ``Lb'', in the
ninth line, ``234,358'' is corrected to read ``200,997''; in the last
line, the total ``10,653,199'' is corrected to read ``10,619,838'', and
in the fifth column of the table, under the subheading ``Kg'', in the
ninth line, ``106,303'' is corrected to read ``91,172''; in the last
line, the total ``4,832,209'' is corrected to read ``4,817,159''. In
the sixth column of the table, under the heading ``1999 Overage'', and
under the subheading ``Lb'', in the ninth line, ``32,004'' is corrected
to read ``0''; and in the seventh column of the table, under the
subheading ``Kg'', in the ninth line, ``14,517'' is corrected to read
``0''.
Table 2. Summer Flounder Preliminary Adjusted 2000 Quotas by State,
is corrected as follows:
On page 50464, in the fourth column, under the heading ``2000
Adjusted Quota'', and under the subheading ``Lb'', in the ninth line,
``194,564'' is corrected to read ``226,568''; in the last line, the
total ``10,882,897'' is corrected to read ``10,914,901''; and in the
fifth column of the table, under the subheading ``Kg'', in the ninth
line, ``88,253'' is corrected to read ``102,771''; in the last line,
the total ``4,936,398'' is corrected to read ``4,950,999''.
Classification
This action is required by 50 CFR part 648 and is exempt from
review under Executive Order 12866.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: November 15, 2000.
Bruce C. Morehead,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-29778 Filed 11-20-00; 8:45 am]
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