Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries; Adjustments to the 1999 Summer Flounder Commercial Quota; Commercial Quota Harvested for Delaware; Correction

Background

NMFS published a document in the Federal Register of February 3, 1999 (64 FR 5196), announcing preliminary adjustments to the 1999 summer flounder commercial quotas. The notification also corrected errors for Rhode Island's commercial summer flounder allocation specified in Table 1.--1999 State Commercial Quotas to the preamble of the document published on December 31, 1998 (63 FR 72203). Portions of the text describing revisions made to Table 1 of the December 31 publication were inaccurate and some text was also omitted. However, Tables 2 and 3 of the February 3, 1999, publication accurately reflect these corrections. Therefore, this document corrects only this text portion of the preamble to the February 3, 1999, correction document related to the Rhode Island commercial summer flounder allocation.

Corrections

In FR Doc. 99-2465, published in the Federal Register of February 3, 1999, on page 5196, in column 3, the first 5 complete paragraphs are correctly added and the text that was inadvertently omitted is added to read as follows: This notification also corrects errors for Rhode Island's commercial summer flounder allocation specified in the preamble to Table 1.--1999 State Commercial Quotas published on December 31, 1998 (63 FR 72203). In FR Doc. 98-34511, on page 72204, in Table 1.--1999 State Commercial Quotas, the commercial state allocation for Rhode Island is corrected to read as follows: In the third column of the table, under the heading ``Directed'', and under the subheading ``Lb'', in the fourth line, ``1,171,379'' is corrected to read ``1,172,758''; in the last line, the total ``7,468,107'' is corrected to read ``7,477,232'' and in the fourth column of the table, under the same heading, and under the subheading ``KG'', in the fourth line, ``53,133'' is corrected to read ``531,954''; in the last line, the total ``3,387,476'' is corrected to read ``3,391,615''. In the fifth column of the table, under the heading ``Incidental catch'', under the subheading ``Lb'', in the fourth line, ``571,204'' is corrected to read ``569,825''; in the last line the total ``3,642,191'' is corrected to read ``3,633,068'' and in the sixth column, under the same heading, under the subheading ``KG'', in the fourth line, ``259,094'' is corrected to read ``258,468'' and in the last line, the total ``1,652,070'' is corrected to read ``1,647,932''. In the seventh column, under the heading ``Total'', under the subheading ``Lb'', in the fourth line, ``1,741,583'' is corrected to read ``1,742,583''; and under the same heading, under the same subheading, in the last line, the total ``11,111,191'' is corrected to read ``11,110,300''; and in the eighth column, under the same heading and under the subheading ``KG'', in the fourth line, ``789,968'' is corrected to read ``790,422'' and in the last line the total ``5,039,951'' is corrected to read ``5,039,547''. These corrections are reflected in Tables 2 and 3 of this document. In addition, Tables 2 and 3 reflect a quota transfer of 5,000 lb (2,268 kg) from North Carolina to Virginia (64 FR 2600, January 15, 1999).

Classification

This action is required by 50 CFR part 648 and is exempt from review under E.O. 12866.

Authority 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

Dated: February 18, 1999.

Rolland A. Schmitten, Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 99-4597 Filed 2-23-99; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-22-F