NMFS corrects the final rule published on July 22, 2026 to implement Amendment 36 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (91 FR 46000). The final rule inadverte...
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION:
Final rule; correction.
SUMMARY:
NMFS corrects the final rule published on July 22, 2026 to implement Amendment 36 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (91 FR 46000). The final rule inadvertently omitted portions of three amendatory instructions. This correction fixes the omissions.
In the final rule to implement Amendment 36 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (Groundfish FMP) (91 FR 46000, July 22, 2026), NMFS mistakenly omitted portions of three amendatory instructions: 2.b., 11., and 24.e. These omissions include one set of asterisks, italics, and one subparagraph numeral in the regulatory text, among others. This action corrects these omissions to the amendatory instructions and ensures the regulations are consistent with the intent of the final rule to implement Amendment 36 to the Groundfish FMP.
1. On page 46004, in the second column, the amendatory instruction of 2.b. is corrected to read as follows: “Revising the paragraph heading in paragraph (1)(iv)(B) of the definition of “Conservation area(s)”.
2. The regulatory text that is being revised by amendatory instruction 2.b. is also corrected to add three asterisks after the paragraph heading so that it reads as follows: “(B)
Non-Trawl (Limited Entry Non-Trawl and Open Access Non-Trawl Gears) RCAs.
* * *”.
3. On page 46006, in the second column, the amendatory instruction of 11. is corrected to read as follows: “Amend § 660.55 by removing the words “fixed gear” and “
fixed gear”
wherever they appear, and adding in their place “non-trawl” and “
non-trawl”,
respectively.”
4. On page 46008, in the first column, the amendatory instruction of 24.e. is corrected to read as follows: “Revising newly redesignated paragraph (b)(2) and newly redesignated paragraph (b)(5) introductory text;”.
5. On page 46011, in the first column, the regulatory text is corrected to add the following: “(ii) [Reserved]” directly following the end of paragraph § 660.231(c)(7)(i)(C)(
3).
Dated: August 4, 2026.
Shannon Bettridge,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.