[Federal Register: June 21, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 118)]
[Proposed Rules]               
[Page 33037-33040]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Parts 223 and 224

[Docket No. 990614161-9161-01; I.D. 061199B]

 
Listing Endangered and Threatened Species and Designating 
Critical Habitat: Petition To List Eighteen Species of Marine Fishes in 
Puget Sound, Washington

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

ACTION: Notice of finding; request for information and comments.

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SUMMARY: NMFS has received a petition to list 18 species of Puget Sound 
marine fishes and to designate critical habitat under the Endangered 
Species Act (ESA). The petitioned fishes include 1 herring, 1 cod, 1 
hake, 1 pollock, and 14 rockfish species. NMFS determines that the 
petition presents substantial scientific information indicating that 
the petitioned action may be warranted for seven of the species: 
Pacific herring, Pacific cod, Pacific hake, walleye pollock, brown 
rockfish, copper rockfish, and quillback rockfish. NMFS solicits 
information and comments pertaining to these seven species in Puget 
Sound and seeks suggestions from the public for peer reviewers for the 
agency's review of the petitioned action.

DATES: Information and comments on the action must be received by 
September 20, 1999.

ADDRESSES: Information and comments on this action should be submitted 
to Chief, Protected Resources Division, NMFS, 525 NE Oregon Street - 
Suite 500, Portland, OR 97232.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Garth Griffin, NMFS, Northwest Region 
(503) 231-2005, or Marta Nammack, NMFS, Office of Protected Resources 
(301) 713-1401.