Fisheries Off West Coast States; Modifications of the West Coast Commercial and Recreational Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Actions #8 Through #15

As Enacted ( Federal Register)

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Published date	11 March 2021
Citation	86 FR 13824
Record Number	2021-05076
Section	Rules and Regulations
Court	National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration

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2020 P

OSSESSION AND

RIP

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—Continued

Stock A days-at-sea

(DAS) Handgear A Handgear B Small vessel

category

GB cod .............................. 500 lb (226.8 kg) per DAS, up to 1,000 lb (453.6

kg) per trip. 500 lb (226.8 kg) per trip 25 lb (11.3 kg) per trip .... 300 lb (136.1 kg) per trip.

GOM cod ........................... 150 lb (68.0 kg) per DAS, up to 300 lb (136.1 kg)

per trip. 150 lb (68.0 kg) per trip .. 25 lb (11.3 kg) per trip .... 150 lb (68.0 kg) per trip.

GOM haddock ................... 3,000 lb (1360.8 kg) per DAS, up to 6,000 lb

(2721.6 kg) per trip. 3,000 lb (1360.8 kg) per trip 300 lb (136.1 kg) per trip.

SNE/MA winter flounder ... 3,000 lb (1360.8 kg) per DAS, up to 6,000 lb

(2721.6 kg) per trip. 3,000 lb (1360.8 kg) per trip.

American plaice ................ 3,000 lb (1360.8 kg) per DAS, up to 6,000 lb

(2721.6 kg) per trip. 3,000 lb (1360.8 kg) per trip.

Witch flounder ................... 1,500 lb (680.4 kg) per trip.

Weekly quota monitoring reports for

the common pool fishery can be found

on our website at: http://

www.greateratlantic.fisheries.noaa.gov/

ro/fso/MultiMonReports.htm. We will

continue to monitor common pool catch

through vessel trip reports, dealer-

reported landings, Vessel Monitoring

System catch reports, and other

available information and, if necessary,

we will make additional adjustments to

common pool management measures.

Classification

NMFS issues this action pursuant to

section 305(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens

Act. This action is required by 50 CFR

648.86(o), which was issued pursuant to

section 304(b), and is exempt from

review under Executive Order 12866.

The Assistant Administrator for

Fisheries, NOAA, finds good cause

pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) and 5

U.S.C. 553(d)(3) to waive prior notice

and the opportunity for public comment

and the 30-day delayed effectiveness

period because this action relieves

possession and landing restrictions, and

delayed implementation would be

impracticable and contrary to the public

interest.

The regulations at § 648.86(o)

authorize the Regional Administrator to

adjust the possession and trip limits for

common pool vessels in order to help

avoid overharvest or underharvest of the

common pool quotas. Our analysis

indicates that this action’s increased

possession and trip limit adjustments

for these stocks should help the fishery

achieve the optimum yields (OY) for

each stock. Any delay in this action

would limit the benefits to common

pool vessels that the increased landing

and possession limits are intended to

provide.

The time necessary to provide for

prior notice and comment, and a 30-day

delay in effectiveness, would keep

NMFS from implementing the necessary

possession and trip limit before the end

of the fishing year on April 30, 2021,

which could prevent the fishery from

achieving OY and cause negative

economic impacts to the common pool

fishery. This would undermine

management objectives of the Northeast

Multispecies Fishery Management Plan

and cause unnecessary negative

economic impacts to the common pool

fishery. The public received prior notice

and an opportunity to comment on the

Regional Administrator’s exercise of this

authority. The fishing industry

participants have experienced these

adjustments and have become

accustomed to this process. There is

additional good cause to waive the

delayed effective period because this

action relieves restrictions on fishing

vessels by increasing a trip limit.

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

Dated: March 8, 2021.

Jennifer M. Wallace,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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50 CFR Part 660

[Docket No. 200505–0127; RTID 0648–

XA378]

Fisheries Off West Coast States;

Modifications of the West Coast

Commercial and Recreational Salmon

Fisheries; Inseason Actions #8

Through #15

AGENCY

: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION

: Inseason modification of 2020

management measures.

SUMMARY

: NMFS announces eight

inseason actions in the 2020 ocean

salmon fisheries. These inseason actions

modified the commercial and

recreational salmon fisheries in the area

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from the U.S./Canada border to the

Oregon/California border.

DATES

: The effective dates for the

inseason actions are set out in this

document under the heading Inseason

Actions.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

Christina Iverson at 360–742–2506,

email: Christina.iverson@noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Background

In the 2020 annual management

measures for ocean salmon fisheries (85

FR 27317, May 8, 2020), NMFS

announced management measures for

the commercial and recreational

fisheries in the area from Cape Falcon,

OR, to the U.S./Mexico border, effective

from 0001 hours Pacific Daylight Time

(PDT), May 6, 2020, until the effective

date of the 2021 management measures,

as published in the Federal Register.

NMFS is authorized to implement

inseason management actions to modify

fishing seasons and quotas as necessary

to provide fishing opportunity while

meeting management objectives for the

affected species (50 CFR 660.409).

Inseason actions in the salmon fishery

may be taken directly by NMFS (50 CFR

660.409(a)—Fixed inseason

management provisions) or upon

consultation with the Pacific Fishery

Management Council (Council) and the

appropriate State Directors (50 CFR

660.409(b)—Flexible inseason

management provisions). The state

management agencies that participated

in the consultations described in this

document were: The Washington

Department of Fish and Wildlife

(WDFW), the Oregon Department of

Fish and Wildlife (ODFW), and the

California Department of Fish and

Wildlife (CDFW).

Management Areas

Management of the salmon fisheries is

generally divided into two geographic

areas: North of Cape Falcon (NOF)

(U.S./Canada border to Cape Falcon,

OR) and south of Cape Falcon (SOF)

(Cape Falcon, OR, to the U.S./Mexico

border). The actions described in this

document affected NOF and SOF

fisheries as set out under the heading

Inseason Actions.

Inseason Actions

Inseason Action #8

Description of the action: Inseason

action #8 adjusted the July–September

quota in the NOF commercial salmon

fishery to account for an impact-neutral

rollover of unused quota from the May–

June fishery in the same area. The July–

September quota was increased from

13,820 to 25,499 Chinook salmon.

Effective dates: Inseason action #8

took effect on July 9, 2020, and

remained in effect through September

30, 2020, the end of the 2020 NOF

commercial salmon season.

Reason and authorization for the

action: Provision for this impact-neutral

rollover of uncaught quota is specified

in the 2020 ocean salmon regulations

(85 FR 27317, May 8, 2020). The NOF

May–June commercial salmon fishery

had a quota of 13,820 Chinook salmon.

Of that, 2,141 Chinook salmon were

caught, leaving quota of 11,679 Chinook

salmon uncaught. The Council’s Salmon

Technical Team (STT) determined that

a 1:1 rollover of the unused quota to the

July–September fishery would have

similar stock-specific fishery impacts to

those set preseason. Therefore, the

remaining quota of 11,679 was rolled

over, on an impact-neutral basis, to the

July–September fishery and added to

the quota set during preseason planning

of 13,820, for an adjusted summer NOF

commercial quota of 25,499 Chinook

salmon. This action did not increase

overall 2020 Chinook salmon quota in

the NOF commercial salmon fishery.

The NMFS West Coast Regional

Administrator (RA) considered the

landed catch of Chinook salmon to date,

the amount of quota remaining, and the

timing of the action relative to the

length of the season, and determined

that this inseason action was necessary

to meet management goals set

preseason. Inseason action to modify

quotas is authorized by 50 CFR

660.409(b)(1)(i).

Consultation date and participants:

Consultation under 50 CFR 660.409(b)

on inseason action #8 occurred on July

9, 2020. Representatives from NMFS,

WDFW, ODFW, and the Council

participated in this consultation.

Inseason Action #9

Description of the action: Inseason

action #9 adjusted the July quota in the

SOF commercial salmon fishery in the

Oregon Klamath Management Zone

(Oregon KMZ) (Humbug Mountain, OR,

to the Oregon/California border) to

account for an impact-neutral rollover of

unused quota from June. The July quota

was adjusted from 300 Chinook salmon

to 630 Chinook salmon.

Effective dates: Inseason action #9

took effect on July 9, 2020, and

remained in effect through July 31,

2020, the end of the 2020 SOF

commercial salmon season in the

Oregon KMZ.

Reason and authorization for the

action: The provision for this impact-

neutral rollover of uncaught quota is

specified in the 2020 ocean salmon

regulations (85 FR 27317, May 8, 2020).

The Oregon KMZ commercial salmon

fishery had a June quota of 700 Chinook

salmon. Of that, 165 Chinook salmon

were caught, leaving quota of 535

Chinook salmon uncaught. Due to

increased fishery impacts on Klamath

River fall-run Chinook salmon in July as

described in domestic fishery

management models, as compared with

June, the STT determined that the

unused June quota of 535 Chinook

salmon would need to be reduced to 330

Chinook salmon to attain an impact-

neutral rollover to July. Therefore, 330

Chinook salmon were rolled over, on an

impact-neutral basis, to the July fishery

and added to the July quota set during

preseason planning of 300 Chinook

salmon, for an adjusted July Oregon

KMZ commercial quota of 630 Chinook

salmon. The RA considered the landed

catch of Chinook salmon to date, the

amount of quota remaining, and the

timing of the action relative to the

length of the season, and determined

that this inseason action was necessary

to meet management goals set

preseason. Inseason action to modify

quotas and/or fishing seasons is

authorized by 50 CFR 660.409(b)(1)(i).

Consultation date and participants:

Consultation on inseason action #9

occurred on July 9, 2020.

Representatives from NMFS, CDFW,

ODFW, and the Council participated in

this consultation.

Inseason Action #10

Description of the action: Inseason

action #10 closed the NOF recreational

salmon fishery from Leadbetter Point,

WA to Cape Falcon, OR (Columbia River

subarea) due to anticipated attainment

of quota.

Effective dates: Inseason action #10

took effect at 11:59 p.m., July 26, 2020,

and remained in effect through

September 30, 2020, the end of the 2020

NOF recreational salmon season.

Reason and authorization for the

action: The purpose of inseason action

#10 was to avoid exceeding the subarea

quota for coho salmon in the Columbia

River subarea recreational salmon

fishery. The RA considered the landed

catch of coho salmon to date, the

amount of quota remaining, and the

timing of the action relative to the

length of the season, and determined

that this inseason action was necessary

to avoid exceeding the subarea quota set

preseason. Inseason action to modify

quotas and/or fishing seasons is

authorized by 50 CFR 660.409(b)(1)(i).

Consultation date and participants:

Consultation on inseason action #10

occurred on July 23, 2020.

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Representatives from NMFS, WDFW,

ODFW, and the Council participated in

this consultation.

Inseason Action #11

Description of the action: Inseason

action #11 closed the NOF recreational

salmon fishery from the U.S./Canada

border to Cape Alava, WA (Neah Bay

subarea), due to anticipated attainment

of quota.

Effective dates: Inseason action #11

took effect at 11:59 p.m., August 7,

2020, and remained in effect through

September 30, 2020, the end of the 2020

NOF recreational salmon season.

Reason and authorization for the

action: The purpose of inseason action

#11 was to avoid exceeding the subarea

quota for coho salmon in the Neah Bay

subarea recreational salmon fishery. The

RA considered the landed catch of coho

salmon to date, the amount of quota

remaining, and the timing of the action

relative to the length of the season, and

determined that this inseason action

was necessary to avoid exceeding the

subarea quota set preseason. Inseason

action to modify quotas and/or fishing

seasons is authorized by 50 CFR

660.409(b)(1)(i).

Consultation date and participants:

Consultation on inseason action #11

occurred on August 5, 2020.

Representatives from NMFS, WDFW,

ODFW, and the Council participated in

this consultation.

Inseason Action #12

Description of the action: Inseason

action #12 adjusted the non-mark

selective coho salmon quota in the SOF

recreational fishery from Cape Falcon to

Humbug Mountain to account for an

impact-neutral rollover of unused quota

from the mark selective fishery in the

same area. The non-selective quota was

increased from 3,000 to 4,650.

Effective dates: Inseason action #12

took effect at 12:01 a.m. on September

4, 2020, and remained in effect through

October 31, 2020, the end of the SOF

recreational salmon season in the area

from Cape Falcon to Humbug Mountain.

Reason and authorization for the

action: Provision for this impact-neutral

rollover of uncaught quota is specified

in the 2020 ocean salmon regulations

(85 FR 27317, May 8, 2020). The SOF

June–August mark selective recreational

coho salmon fishery had a remaining

quota of 8,607 uncaught coho salmon as

of August 26, 2020. The STT

determined that a rollover of 1,650 of

the unused quota to the non-mark

selective fishery would have similar

fishery impacts to those set during

preseason planning for Oregon Coastal

natural coho salmon, and would not

exceed the 11.6 percent exploitation rate

set preseason. Therefore, of the

remaining coho quota, 1,650 was rolled

over on an impact-neutral basis, to the

non-mark selective fishery in the same

area. This adjusted the September non-

mark selective quota from 3,000 to 4,650

coho salmon. This action did not

increase the overall 2020 coho salmon

quota in the SOF recreational salmon

fishery. The RA considered the landed

catch of coho salmon to date, the

amount of quota remaining, and the

timing of the action relative to the

length of the season, and determined

that this inseason action was necessary

to meet management goals set

preseason. Inseason action to modify

quotas and/or fishing seasons is

authorized by 50 CFR 660.409(b)(1)(i).

Consultation date and participants:

Consultation under 50 CFR 660.409(b)

on inseason action #12 occurred on

August 26, 2020. Representatives from

NMFS, CDFW, ODFW, and the Council

participated in this consultation.

Inseason Action #13

Description of the action: Inseason

action #13 modified the days open for

fishing from five to seven days a week,

and adjusted the daily bag limit to allow

retention of up to two Chinook salmon

in the recreational salmon fishery U.S./

Canada border to Cape Alava, WA

(Westport subarea). Previously, the two

salmon per day bag limit in this fishery

allowed retention of only one Chinook

salmon.

Effective dates: Inseason action #13

took effect at 12:01 a.m. on September

4, 2020, and remained in effect through

the September 30, 2020, the end of the

2020 NOF recreational salmon season.

Reason and authorization for the

action: The purpose of inseason action

#13 was to allow greater access to

available Chinook salmon quota in the

recreational fishery. The RA considered

Chinook and coho salmon landings and

fishery effort in the Westport subarea

and determined that this inseason

action was necessary to meet

management objectives set preseason.

Inseason modification of recreational

bag limits and recreational fishing days

per calendar week is authorized by 50

CFR 660.409(b)(1)(iii).

Consultation date and participants:

Consultation on inseason action #13

occurred on September 2, 2020.

Representatives from NMFS, WDFW,

ODFW, and the Council participated in

this consultation.

Inseason Action #14

Description of the action: Inseason

action #14 transferred 228 coho salmon

from the NOF recreational coho salmon

quota for the La Push subarea to the

NOF recreational coho salmon quota for

the Neah Bay subarea on a 1:1, impact-

neutral basis. The Neah Bay quota was

increased from 2,760 coho salmon to

2,988 coho salmon. The La Push quota

was decreased from 690 coho salmon to

462 coho salmon. The NOF recreational

coho salmon quota in the Neah Bay

subarea was adjusted from 2,760 to

2,988 on an impact-neutral basis. This

1:1 roll over of coho salmon quota from

the La Push subarea was necessary to

have similar fishery impacts to those set

preseason in Neah Bay. This also

adjusted the La Push subarea quota from

690 coho salmon to 462 coho salmon.

Effective dates: Inseason action #14

took effect September 2, 2020, and

remained in effect through September

30, 2020, the end of the 2020 NOF

recreational salmon season.

Reason and authorization for the

action: Provision for this impact-neutral

rollover of uncaught quota is specified

in the 2020 ocean salmon regulations

(85 FR 27317, May 8, 2020). The NOF

Neah Bay recreational coho salmon

fishery reported an overage of 228 coho

salmon as of August 7, 2020, when the

fishery closed (see inseason action #11,

above). At the time of the inseason

consultation, the La Push subarea had

517 coho salmon remaining on the

preseason quota of 690 coho salmon.

The Council’s STT determined that a 1:1

rollover of the unused coho quota from

the La Push subarea to the Neah Bay

subarea would have similar fishery

impacts to those set preseason.

Therefore, 228 of coho quota from the

La Push subarea was rolled over, on an

impact-neutral basis, to the Neah Bay

subarea coho fishery, for an adjusted

Neah Bay subarea quota of 2,988 for the

2020 season and a revised remaining La

Push subarea coho quota of 462. This

action did not increase overall 2020

coho salmon quota in the NOF

recreational salmon fishery. The RA

considered the landed catch of coho

salmon to date, the amount of quota

taken to date, and the timing of the

action relative to the length of the

season, and determined that this

inseason action was necessary to meet

management goals set preseason and

address the overage in the Neah Bay

subarea coho catch. Inseason action to

modify quotas and/or fishing seasons is

authorized by 50 CFR 660.409(b)(1)(i).

Consultation date and participants:

Consultation on inseason action #14

occurred on September 2, 2020.

Representatives from NMFS, WDFW,

ODFW, and the Council participated in

this consultation.

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Inseason Action #15

Description of the action: Inseason

action #15 closed the SOF recreational

non-mark selective coho fishery from

Cape Falcon, OR to Humbug Mountain,

CA due to anticipated attainment of

quota.

Effective dates: Inseason action #15

took effect at 12:01 a.m. Friday

September 11, 2020, and remained in

effect through September 30, 2020, the

end of the 2020 SOF recreational

salmon season in the area from Cape

Falcon, OR to Humbug Mountain, CA.

Reason and authorization for the

action: The purpose of inseason action

#15 was to avoid exceeding the subarea

quota for coho salmon in the SOF

recreational salmon fishery in the area

from Cape Falcon to Humbug Mountain.

The RA considered the landed catch of

coho salmon to date, the amount of

quota remaining, and the timing of the

action relative to the length of the

season, and determined that this

inseason action was necessary to avoid

exceeding the subarea quota set

preseason. The 2020 salmon

management measures authorize the

closure of fisheries, as specified in the

2020 ocean salmon regulations (85 FR

27317, May 8, 2020).

Consultation date and participants:

Consultation on inseason action #15

occurred on September 8, 2020.

Representatives from NMFS, CDFW,

ODFW, and the Council participated in

this consultation.

All other restrictions and regulations

remain in effect as announced for the

2020 ocean salmon fisheries (85 FR

27317, May 8, 2020) and as modified by

previous inseason actions (85 FR 31707,

May 27, 2020 and 85 FR 55784,

September 10, 2020).

The RA determined that these

inseason actions, recommended by the

States of Washington, Oregon, and

California were warranted based on the

best available information on Pacific

salmon landings to date, fishery effort,

and remaining Pacific salmon quota.

The states manage the fisheries in state

waters adjacent to the areas of the U.S.

exclusive economic zone consistent

with these Federal actions. As provided

by the inseason notice procedures at 50

CFR 660.411, actual notice of the

described regulatory action was given,

prior to the time the action was

effective, by telephone hotline numbers

206–526–6667 and 800–662–9825, and

by U.S. Coast Guard Notice to Mariners

broadcasts on Channel 16 VHF–FM and

2182 kHz.

Classification

NMFS issues these actions pursuant

to section 305(d) of the Magnuson-

Stevens Act. These actions are required

by 50 CFR 660.409, which was issued

pursuant to section 304(b), and is

exempt from review under Executive

Order 12866.

Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B), there

is good cause to waive prior notice and

an opportunity for public comment on

these actions, as notice and comment

would be impracticable and contrary to

the public interest. Prior notice and

opportunity for public comment was

impracticable because NMFS and the

state agencies had insufficient time to

provide for prior notice and the

opportunity for public comment

between the time Chinook and coho

salmon catch and effort information was

developed and fisheries impacts were

calculated, and the time the fishery

modifications had to be implemented in

order to ensure that fisheries are

managed based on the best available

scientific information, ensuring that

conservation objectives and limits for

impacts to salmon species listed under

the Endangered Species Act are not

exceeded. As previously noted, actual

notice of the regulatory action was

provided to fishers through telephone

hotline and radio notification. This

action complies with the requirements

of the annual management measures for

ocean salmon fisheries (85 FR 27317,

May 8, 2020), the Pacific Coast Salmon

Fishery Management Plan (FMP), and

regulations implementing the FMP

under 50 CFR 660.409 and 660.411.

There is good cause under 5 U.S.C.

553(d)(3) to waive the 30-day delay in

effective date, as a delay in effectiveness

of these actions would allow fishing at

levels inconsistent with the goals of the

FMP and the current management

measures.

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

Dated: March 8, 2021.

Jennifer M. Wallace,

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.

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