[Federal Register: May 28, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 102)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Page 36809-36810]
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Forest Service
36 CFR Part 242
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
Fish and Wildlife Service
50 CFR Part 100
RIN 1018-AH77
Subsistence Management Regulations for Public Lands in Alaska,
Subpart C and Subpart D--2002 Subsistence Taking of Fish and Shellfish
Regulations; Correction
AGENCY: Forest Service, USDA; Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior.
ACTION: Final rule; correction.
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SUMMARY: This correction amends the Subsistence Management Regulations
for Public Lands in Alaska, published in the Federal Register on
February 7, 2002 (67 FR 5890), implementing the subsistence priority
for rural residents of Alaska under Title VIII of the Alaska National
Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1980. The February 7, 2002, final
rule established regulations for seasons, harvest limits, methods, and
means relating to the taking of fish and shellfish for subsistence uses
during the 2002-03 regulatory year. This document corrects an
inadvertent omission of a permit requirement for freshwater fish in the
Prince William Sound Fishery Management Area.
DATES: This correction to [sect] ----.27 is effective March 1, 2002,
through February 28, 2003.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Thomas H. Boyd, Office of Subsistence
Management, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, telephone (907) 786-3888.
For questions specific to National Forest System lands, contact Ken
Thompson, Regional Subsistence Program Manager, USDA-Forest Service,
Alaska Region, telephone (907) 786-3592.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
On February 7, 2002, the Secretaries published a final rule (67 FR
5890) to establish regulations for seasons, harvest limits, and methods
and means related to taking of fish and shellfish for subsistence uses
during the 2002 regulatory year. These regulations are subject to an
annual review cycle, so the regulations set forth in the February 7,
2002, final rule are effective March 1, 2002, through February 28,
2003. Among many other changes, the February 7, 2002, final rule
included changes to the regulations governing subsistence fishing and
shellfishing in the Prince William Sound Fishery Management Area. In
making revisions to the Prince William Sound regulations, we
inadvertently omitted a previously established requirement.
Prior to publication of the February 7, 2002, final rule (67 FR
5890, 5903), the text in 36 CFR 242 (i)(11)(xii) and (xiii) and 50 CFR
100 (i)(11)(xii) and (xiii) read as follows:
(xii) Except as provided in this section, you may take fish other
than salmon and freshwater fish species for subsistence purposes
without a subsistence fishing permit.
(xiii) You may take salmon and freshwater fish species only under
authority of a subsistence fishing permit.
In publishing the February 7, 2002, final rule, the words ``and
freshwater fish species'' were inadvertently removed from the
subparagraphs stated above. Through this final rule correction, we are
simply correcting the text in 36 CFR 242 (i)(11)(xii) and (xiii) and 50
CFR 100 (i)(11)(xii) and (xiii) to read as it did prior to publication
of the February 7, 2002, final rule. Therefore, we are reinstating the
permit requirement for freshwater fish in the Prince William Sound
Fishery Management Area that was removed in error by the February 7,
2002, final rule.
We are making no further changes to the February 7, 2002, final
rule. The basis and required determinations for that rule are the same
as for this final rule, which simply corrects an error in the February
7, 2002, rule.
Accordingly, make the following corrections to FR Doc. 02-1919
published at 67 FR 5890 on February 7, 2002:
PART------SUBSISTENCE MANAGEMENT REGULATIONS FOR PUBLIC LANDS IN
ALASKA--[CORRECTED]
[sect] ----.27 [Corrected]
1. On page 5903, in column 1, in 36 CFR part 242 and 50 CFR part
100, [sect] ----.27(i)(11)(xii) and (i)(11)(xiii) are corrected to read
as follows:
[sect] ----.27 Subsistence taking of fish.
* * * * *
(i) * * *
(11) * * *
(xii) Except as provided in this section, you may take fish other
than salmon and freshwater fish species for subsistence purposes
without a subsistence fishing permit.
(xiii) You may take salmon and freshwater fish species only under
authority of a subsistence fishing permit.
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Dated: May 3, 2002.
Kenneth E. Thompson,
Subsistence Program Coordinator, USDA-Forest Service.
Thomas H. Boyd,
Acting Chair, Federal Subsistence Board.
[FR Doc. 02-13153 Filed 5-24-02; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3410-11-P; 4310-55-P
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