Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Atka Mackerel in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area; Correction

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title: "Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Atka Mackerel in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area; Correction"
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  - "50 CFR Part 679"
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#  Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Reallocation of Atka Mackerel in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area; Correction

**AGENCY:**

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

**ACTION:**

Temporary rule; correction.

**SUMMARY:**

On July 30, 2008, NMFS published a revised Table 4 that reallocated Atka mackerel from the 2008 incidental catch allowance to the B season allowance for the Amendment 80 cooperative in the Eastern Aleutian District and the Bering Sea subarea of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area (BSAI). Table 4 of that document contains the final 2008 and 2009 BSAI Atka mackerel allocations. That table contained inadvertent calculation errors that are corrected in this rule.

**DATES:**

Effective August 14, 2008, through 2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2008.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**

Mary Furuness, 907-586-7228.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**

Federal regulations at 50 CFR part 679 implement the Fishery Management Plan (FMP) and govern the groundfish fisheries in the BSAI. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) prepared the FMP, and NMFS approved it under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act). General regulations governing U.S. fisheries also appear at 50 CFR part 600.

On July 30, 2008 (73 FR 44173) NMFS published a revised Table 4 that reallocated Atka mackerel from the 2008 incidental catch allowance to the B season allowance for the Amendment 80 cooperative in the Eastern Aleutian District and the Bering Sea subarea of the BSAI. However, NMFS inadvertently miscalculated the 2008 Amendment 80 Cooperatives total amount as 8,804 metric tons (mt) instead of 8,683 mt and A season amount as 3,812 mt instead of 3,691 mt. NMFS also inadvertently miscalculated the 2009 Amendment 80 sectors amounts in the Eastern Aleutian District and Bering Sea area and the Central Aleutian District. This document corrects the errors and republishes Table 4 in its entirety.

**Correction**

Accordingly, the revised Table 4 from the temporary rule (FR Doc. E8-17466) published on July 30, 2008, at 73 FR 44173, is corrected as follows:

On page 44174, Table 4, is corrected and republished in its entirety to read as follows:

| Sector | Season | 2008 allocation by area | Eastern Aleutian District/Bering Sea | Central Aleutian District | Western Aleutian District | 2009 allocation by area | Eastern Aleutian District/Bering Sea | Central Aleutian District | Western Aleutian District |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TAC | n/a | 19,500 | 24,300 | 16,900 | 15,300 | 19,000 | 13,200 |  |  |
| CDQ reserve | Total | 2,087 | 2,600 | 1,808 | 1,637 | 2,033 | 1,412 |  |  |
|  | HLA | n/a | 1,560 | 1,085 | n/a | 1,220 | 847 |  |  |
| ICA | Total | 100 | 10 | 10 | 1,400 | 10 | 10 |  |  |
| Jig | Total | 80 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 0 | 0 |  |  |
| BSAI trawl limited access | Total | 319 | 434 | 0 | 488 | 678 | 0 |  |  |
|  | A | 159 | 217 | 0 | 244 | 339 | 0 |  |  |
|  | HLA | n/a | 130 | 0 | n/a | 203 | 0 |  |  |
|  | B | 159 | 217 | 0 | 244 | 339 | 0 |  |  |
|  | HLA | n/a | 130 | 0 | n/a | 203 | 0 |  |  |
| Amendment 80 sectors | Total | 15,615 | 21,256 | 15,082 | 11,714 | 16,279 | 11,778 |  |  |
|  | A | 7,807 | 10,628 | 7,541 | 5,857 | 8,139 | 5,889 |  |  |
|  | HLA | n/a | 6,377 | 4,525 | n/a | 4,884 | 3,533 |  |  |
|  | B | 7,807 | 10,628 | 7,541 | 5,857 | 8,139 | 5,889 |  |  |
|  | HLA | n/a | 6,377 | 4,525 | n/a | 4,884 | 3,533 |  |  |
| Amendment 80 limited access | Total | 8,232 | 12,809 | 9,298 | n/a | n/a | n/a |  |  |
|  | A | 4,116 | 6,405 | 4,649 | n/a | n/a | n/a |  |  |
|  | HLA | n/a | 3,843 | 2,789 | n/a | n/a | n/a |  |  |
|  | B | 4,116 | 6,405 | 4,649 | n/a | n/a | n/a |  |  |
|  | HLA | n/a | 3,843 | 2,789 | n/a | n/a | n/a |  |  |
| Amendment 80 cooperatives | Total | 8,683 | 8,447 | 5,784 | n/a | n/a | n/a |  |  |
|  | A | 3,691 | 4,224 | 2,892 | n/a | n/a | n/a |  |  |
|  | HLA | n/a | 2,534 | 1,735 | n/a | n/a | n/a |  |  |
|  | B | 4,992 | 4,224 | 2,892 | n/a | n/a | n/a |  |  |
|  | HLA | n/a | 2,534 | 1,735 | n/a | n/a | n/a |  |  |

Dated: August 8, 2008.

Alan D. Risenhoover

Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.