International Fisheries; Pacific Tuna Fisheries; Establishment of Tuna Vessel Monitoring System in the Eastern Pacific Ocean; Correction

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title: "International Fisheries; Pacific Tuna Fisheries; Establishment of Tuna Vessel Monitoring System in the Eastern Pacific Ocean; Correction"
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section_name: "International Fisheries; Pacific Tuna Fisheries; Establishment of Tuna Vessel Monitoring System in the Eastern Pacific Ocean; Correction"
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document_type: "proposed_rule"
publication_date: "2014-02-25"
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  - "Commerce Department"
  - "National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration"
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  - "50 CFR Part 300"
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fr_citation: "79 FR 10465"
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#  International Fisheries; Pacific Tuna Fisheries; Establishment of Tuna Vessel Monitoring System in the Eastern Pacific Ocean; Correction

**AGENCY:**

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

**ACTION:**

Proposed rule; request for comments; correction.

**SUMMARY:**

This action corrects a web address provided for the submission of electronic public comments in a notice that published on February 6, 2014.

**DATES:**

Comments on the proposed rule and the initial regulatory flexibility analysis (IRFA) must be submitted on or before March 10, 2014. A public hearing will be held from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. PST, February 28, 2014, in Long Beach, CA.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:**

Heidi Taylor, NMFS West Coast Region, 562-980-4039, or Rachael Wadsworth, NMFS West Coast Region, 562-980-4036.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:**

NMFS proposed regulations that would establish requirements for a satellite-based vessel monitoring system (VMS) for U.S. commercial fishing vessels, 24 meters or more in overall length, used to target any fish of the genus *Thunnus* or of the species *Euthynnus* ( *Katsuwonus* ) *pelamis* (skipjack tuna) in the area bounded by the west coast of the Americas and on the north, south and west respectively, by the 50° N. and 50° S. parallels, and the 150° W. meridian.

**Need for Correction**

NMFS provided methods to submit public comments that include electronic, mail and a public hearing. However, the web address provided for the submission of electronic public comments is incorrect.

**Correction**

Accordingly, in the notice published on February 6, 2014 (79 FR 7152), on page 7152, third column, in the first bullet point of the *ADDRESSES* section, the web address provided for the submission of electronic public comments is corrected to read as follows: *www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-2013-0117*

Dated: February 18, 2014.

Samuel D. Rauch III,

Deputy Assistant Administrator for Regulatory Programs, National Marine Fisheries Service.