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Science Center, 2020 Southeast Marine
Science Drive. The Eureka California
workshop will be held at the Humboldt
Bay Aquatic Center, 921 Waterfront
Drive.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lori
Jesse, 503–230–5429.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Pacific Fishery Management Council
(Council) has been developing a trawl
rationalization program that would
affect the limited entry trawl fishery of
the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery. The
Council has developed a trawl
rationalization program through two
amendments to the Pacific Coast
Groundfish Management Plan (FMP).
Amendment 20 which would create the
structure and management details of the
program; and Amendment 21 which
would allocate the groundfish stocks
between trawl and non-trawl fisheries.
As part of the rationalization process,
NMFS is proposing new regulations
concerning the monitoring of catch at
shoreside processors taking deliveries of
trawl groundfish. These proposed
regulations are similar to regulations
currently required for processors that
take deliveries from rationalized
fisheries off Alaska (Bering Sea and
Alleutian Islands pollock, Gulf of
Alaska rockfish). These regulations can
be found at 50 CFR 679.28(g). Similar
regulations also apply to processors
taking deliveries under the crab
rationalization program at 50 CFR
680.23(g).
In brief these regulations require
shoreside processors to write and
submit a CMCP that details how the
processor will ensure that all catch is
sorted and weighed to species; how that
process can be monitored by NMFSauthorized personnel; and how the
processor will test scales used to weigh
catch. The CMCP also requires that
processors give a list of the specific
scales that will be used for weighing
catch, their type, location and serial
numbers. All scales used to weigh catch
must be approved by the State and
produce a printed record of the amount
of catch weighed.
The CMCP regulations used in Alaska
are based on a series of performance
standards and they provide a great deal
of flexibility for processors of a wide
variety of sizes. However, these
regulations will require some degree of
modification for west coast processors.
At this time, NMFS staff has not
finalized draft regulations. However,
draft proposed regulations will be made
available at the time of each workshop.
NMFS seeks input into these
proposed regulations from those with
knowledge of trawl-groundfish
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processor operations, including plant
owners, managers, and staff; and
vendors or manufacturers of scales
currently used in processing facilities.
In order to better understand operations
and issues associated with individual
processors, NMFS staff will be available
to tour individual processors following
each workshop.
Special Accommodations
The workshops will be physically
accessible to people with disabilities.
Requests for sign language
interpretation or other auxiliary aids
should be directed to Murray Bauer,
541–867–0580, at least 5 working days
prior to the meeting date.
Dated: March 15, 2010.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XU09
Listing Endangered and Threatened
Species; Initiation of 5-Year Reviews
for 27 Evolutionarily Significant Units
and Distinct Population Segments of
Pacific Salmon and Steelhead
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of initiation of 5-year
reviews; request for information.
SUMMARY: We, NMFS, announce 5-year
reviews of 16 evolutionarily significant
units (ESUs) of Pacific salmon
(Oncorhynchus sp.) and 11 distinct
population segments (DPSs) of steelhead
(Oncorhynchus mykiss) under the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (ESA). The purpose of the
review is to ensure the accuracy of the
listing classifications of these
salmonids. On June 28, 2005, NMFS
issued final listing determinations for 16
ESUs of Pacific salmon and on January
5, 2006 for ten DPSs of steelhead. We
will also complete a 5-year review of
Puget Sound steelhead listed on May 11,
2007. The 5-year reviews will be based
on the best scientific and commercial
data available at the time of the reviews;
therefore, we request submission of any
such information on these ESUs and
DPSs that has become available since
the listing determinations in 2005, 2006,
and 2007. Based on the results of these
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5-year reviews, we will make the
requisite determinations under the ESA.
DATES: To allow us adequate time to
conduct these reviews, we must receive
your information no later than May 17,
2010. However, we will continue to
accept new information about any listed
species at any time.
ADDRESSES: Please submit information
on salmonids in Oregon, Idaho, and
Washington to Eric Murray, NMFS
Northwest Region, 1201 Lloyd Blvd,
Suite 1100, Portland, OR 97232 and
information on salmonids in California
to Craig Wingert, NMFS Southwest
Region, 501, West Ocean Blvd., Long
Beach, CA, 90802–4213. Information
received in response to this notice will
be available for public inspection by
appointment, during normal business
hours, at the above addresses.
Information may also be submitted via
facsimile (fax) to (503) 230–5441
(Northwest Region) or (562) 980–4027
(Southwest Region).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric
Murray at the above address or at (503)
231–2378 or Craig Wingert at the above
address or at (562) 980–4021.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section
4(c)(2)(A) of the ESA requires that we
conduct a review of listed species at
least once every five years. On the basis
of such reviews, we determine under
section 4(c)(2)(B) whether a species
should be delisted, or reclassified from
endangered to threatened or from
threatened to endangered.
We will undertake reviews for the
following salmon ESUs: (1) Sacramento
River winter-run Chinook salmon, (2)
Upper Columbia River spring-run
Chinook salmon, (3) Snake River spring/
summer-run Chinook salmon; (4)
Central Valley spring-run Chinook
salmon: (5) California Coastal Chinook
salmon; (6) Puget Sound Chinook
salmon; (7) Lower Columbia River
Chinook salmon; (8) Upper Willamette
River Chinook salmon; (9) Snake River
fall-run Chinook salmon; (10) Hood
Canal summer-run chum salmon; (11)
Columbia River chum salmon; (12)
Central California Coast coho salmon;
(13) Southern Oregon/Northern
California Coast coho salmon; (14)
Lower Columbia River coho salmon;
(15) Snake River sockeye salmon; and
(16) Ozette Lake sockeye salmon.
We will undertake reviews for the
following steelhead DPSs: (1) Southern
California; (2) Upper Columbia River;
(3) Middle Columbia River; (4) Snake
River Basin; (5) Lower Columbia River;
(6) Upper Willamette; (7) South-Central
California Coast; (8) Central California
Coast; (9) Northern California; (10)
California Central Valley; and (11) Puget
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Sound. Information about these ESUs
and DPSs can be found at our regional
websites: https://www.nwr.noaa.gov/
(Northwest Region) or https://
swr.nmfs.noaa.gov/ (Southwest Region).
The Oregon Coast coho salmon ESU is
currently undergoing review and
therefore is not included in these 5-year
reviews.
Our regulations for periodic reviews
at 50 CFR 424.21 require that we
publish a notice in the Federal Register
announcing those species currently
under active review. This notice
announces our active reviews of the
ESUs and DPSs of salmon and steelhead
listed above. Any change in listing
classification would require a separate
rulemaking process.
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Determining if a Species is Threatened
or Endangered
Section 4(a)(1) of the ESA requires
that we determine whether a species is
endangered or threatened based on one
or more of the five following factors: (1)
The present or threatened destruction,
modification, or curtailment of its
habitat or range; (2) overutilization for
commercial, recreational, scientific, or
educational purposes; (3) disease or
predation; (4) the inadequacy of existing
regulatory mechanisms; or (5) other
natural or manmade factors affecting its
continued existence. Section 4(b) also
requires that our determination be made
on the basis of the best scientific and
commercial data available after taking
into account those efforts, if any, being
made by any State or foreign nation, to
protect such species.
Application of the ESU and DPS
Policies
NMFS is responsible for determining
whether species, subspecies, or DPSs of
Pacific salmon and steelhead are
threatened or endangered under the
ESA. To identify the proper taxonomic
unit for consideration in a listing
determination, we use our Policy on
Applying the Definition of Species
under the ESA to Pacific Salmon (ESU
Policy) (56 FR 58612). Under this
policy, populations of salmon
substantially reproductively isolated
from other conspecific populations and
representing an important component in
the evolutionary legacy of the biological
species are considered to be an ESU. In
our listing determinations for Pacific
salmon under the ESA, we have treated
an ESU as constituting a DPS, and hence
a ‘‘species,’’ under the ESA.
On January 5, 2006, we announced
that we would apply the joint US Fish
and Wildlife Service-NMFS DPS policy
(61 FR 4722) rather than our ESU Policy
to populations of steelhead. Under this
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policy, a DPS of steelhead must be
discrete from other conspecific
populations, and it must be significant
to its taxon. A group of organisms is
discrete if it is ‘‘markedly separated from
other populations of the same taxon as
a consequence of physical,
physiological, ecological, and
behavioral factors.’’ Under the DPS
Policy, if a population group is
determined to be discrete, the agency
must then consider whether it is
significant to the taxon to which it
belongs. Considerations in evaluating
the significance of a discrete population
include: (1) persistence of the discrete
population in an unusual or unique
ecological setting for the taxon; (2)
evidence that the loss of the discrete
population segment would cause a
significant gap in the taxon’s range; (3)
evidence that the discrete population
segment represents the only surviving
natural occurrence of a taxon that may
be more abundant elsewhere outside its
historical geographic range; or (4)
evidence that the discrete population
has marked genetic differences from
other populations of the species.
On June 28, 2005, we announced a
final policy addressing the role of
artificially propagated (hatchery
produced) Pacific salmon and steelhead
in listing determinations under the ESA
(70 FR 37204). Specifically, this policy
(1) establishes criteria for including
hatchery stocks in ESUs and DPSs, (2)
provides direction for considering
hatchery fish in extinction risk
assessments of ESUs and DPSs, (3)
requires that hatchery fish determined
to be part of an ESU will be included
in any listing of the ESU; (4) affirms
NMFS’ commitment to conserving
natural salmon and steelhead
populations and the ecosystems upon
which they depend, and (5) affirms
NMFS’ commitment to fulfilling trust
and treaty obligations with regard to the
harvest of some Pacific salmon and
steelhead populations, consistent with
the conservation and recovery of listed
salmon and steelhead ESUs.
Public Solicitation of New Information
The 5-year reviews will consider the
best scientific and commercial data
available and new information that has
become available since the last listing
determinations. Our Northwest and
Southwest Fisheries Science Centers
will assist the Regions in gathering and
analyzing this information. To ensure
that the 5-year reviews are complete and
based on the best available information,
we are soliciting new information from
the public, concerned governmental
agencies, Tribes, the scientific
community, industry, environmental
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entities, and any other interested parties
concerning the status of the salmon and
steelhead ESUs and DPSs listed above.
Specifically, we request new
information since our listing
determinations in 2005, 2006, and 2007
on (1) Population abundance; (2)
population productivity; (3) changes in
species distribution or population
spatial structure; (4) genetics or other
diversity measures; (5) changes in
habitat conditions; (6) conservation
measures that have been implemented
that benefit the species; (7) status and
trends of threats; (8) changes to salmon
and steelhead hatchery programs that
may affect ESU or DPS membership,
and (9) other new information, data, or
corrections including, but not limited
to, taxonomic or nomenclatural changes,
identification of erroneous information
in the previous listing determination,
and improved analytical methods.
If you wish to provide information for
this 5-year review, you may submit your
information and materials to Eric
Murray or Craig Wingert (see
ADDRESSES). Our practice is to make
submissions of information, including
names and home addresses of
respondents, available for public review
during regular business hours.
Respondents may request that we
withhold a respondent’s identity as
allowable by law. If you wish us to
withhold your name or address, you
must state this request prominently at
the beginning of your submission. We
will not, however, consider anonymous
submissions. To the extent consistent
with applicable law, we will make all
submissions from organizations or
businesses, and from individuals
identifying themselves as
representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, available
for public inspection in their entirety.
Information and materials received will
be available for public inspection, by
appointment, during normal business
hours (see ADDRESSES).
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.
Dated: March 12, 2010
Angela Somma,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office
of Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XU09
Listing Endangered and Threatened Species; Initiation of 5-Year
Reviews for 27 Evolutionarily Significant Units and Distinct Population
Segments of Pacific Salmon and Steelhead
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of initiation of 5-year reviews; request for
information.
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SUMMARY: We, NMFS, announce 5-year reviews of 16 evolutionarily
significant units (ESUs) of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus sp.) and 11
distinct population segments (DPSs) of steelhead (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA). The purpose
of the review is to ensure the accuracy of the listing classifications
of these salmonids. On June 28, 2005, NMFS issued final listing
determinations for 16 ESUs of Pacific salmon and on January 5, 2006 for
ten DPSs of steelhead. We will also complete a 5-year review of Puget
Sound steelhead listed on May 11, 2007. The 5-year reviews will be
based on the best scientific and commercial data available at the time
of the reviews; therefore, we request submission of any such
information on these ESUs and DPSs that has become available since the
listing determinations in 2005, 2006, and 2007. Based on the results of
these 5-year reviews, we will make the requisite determinations under
the ESA.
DATES: To allow us adequate time to conduct these reviews, we must
receive your information no later than May 17, 2010. However, we will
continue to accept new information about any listed species at any
time.
ADDRESSES: Please submit information on salmonids in Oregon, Idaho, and
Washington to Eric Murray, NMFS Northwest Region, 1201 Lloyd Blvd,
Suite 1100, Portland, OR 97232 and information on salmonids in
California to Craig Wingert, NMFS Southwest Region, 501, West Ocean
Blvd., Long Beach, CA, 90802-4213. Information received in response to
this notice will be available for public inspection by appointment,
during normal business hours, at the above addresses. Information may
also be submitted via facsimile (fax) to (503) 230-5441 (Northwest
Region) or (562) 980-4027 (Southwest Region).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric Murray at the above address or at
(503) 231-2378 or Craig Wingert at the above address or at (562) 980-
4021.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 4(c)(2)(A) of the ESA requires that
we conduct a review of listed species at least once every five years.
On the basis of such reviews, we determine under section 4(c)(2)(B)
whether a species should be delisted, or reclassified from endangered
to threatened or from threatened to endangered.
We will undertake reviews for the following salmon ESUs: (1)
Sacramento River winter-run Chinook salmon, (2) Upper Columbia River
spring-run Chinook salmon, (3) Snake River spring/summer-run Chinook
salmon; (4) Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon: (5) California
Coastal Chinook salmon; (6) Puget Sound Chinook salmon; (7) Lower
Columbia River Chinook salmon; (8) Upper Willamette River Chinook
salmon; (9) Snake River fall-run Chinook salmon; (10) Hood Canal
summer-run chum salmon; (11) Columbia River chum salmon; (12) Central
California Coast coho salmon; (13) Southern Oregon/Northern California
Coast coho salmon; (14) Lower Columbia River coho salmon; (15) Snake
River sockeye salmon; and (16) Ozette Lake sockeye salmon.
We will undertake reviews for the following steelhead DPSs: (1)
Southern California; (2) Upper Columbia River; (3) Middle Columbia
River; (4) Snake River Basin; (5) Lower Columbia River; (6) Upper
Willamette; (7) South-Central California Coast; (8) Central California
Coast; (9) Northern California; (10) California Central Valley; and
(11) Puget
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Sound. Information about these ESUs and DPSs can be found at our
regional websites: https://www.nwr.noaa.gov/ (Northwest Region) or
https://swr.nmfs.noaa.gov/ (Southwest Region). The Oregon Coast coho
salmon ESU is currently undergoing review and therefore is not included
in these 5-year reviews.
Our regulations for periodic reviews at 50 CFR 424.21 require that
we publish a notice in the Federal Register announcing those species
currently under active review. This notice announces our active reviews
of the ESUs and DPSs of salmon and steelhead listed above. Any change
in listing classification would require a separate rulemaking process.
Determining if a Species is Threatened or Endangered
Section 4(a)(1) of the ESA requires that we determine whether a
species is endangered or threatened based on one or more of the five
following factors: (1) The present or threatened destruction,
modification, or curtailment of its habitat or range; (2)
overutilization for commercial, recreational, scientific, or
educational purposes; (3) disease or predation; (4) the inadequacy of
existing regulatory mechanisms; or (5) other natural or manmade factors
affecting its continued existence. Section 4(b) also requires that our
determination be made on the basis of the best scientific and
commercial data available after taking into account those efforts, if
any, being made by any State or foreign nation, to protect such
species.
Application of the ESU and DPS Policies
NMFS is responsible for determining whether species, subspecies, or
DPSs of Pacific salmon and steelhead are threatened or endangered under
the ESA. To identify the proper taxonomic unit for consideration in a
listing determination, we use our Policy on Applying the Definition of
Species under the ESA to Pacific Salmon (ESU Policy) (56 FR 58612).
Under this policy, populations of salmon substantially reproductively
isolated from other conspecific populations and representing an
important component in the evolutionary legacy of the biological
species are considered to be an ESU. In our listing determinations for
Pacific salmon under the ESA, we have treated an ESU as constituting a
DPS, and hence a ``species,'' under the ESA.
On January 5, 2006, we announced that we would apply the joint US
Fish and Wildlife Service-NMFS DPS policy (61 FR 4722) rather than our
ESU Policy to populations of steelhead. Under this policy, a DPS of
steelhead must be discrete from other conspecific populations, and it
must be significant to its taxon. A group of organisms is discrete if
it is ``markedly separated from other populations of the same taxon as
a consequence of physical, physiological, ecological, and behavioral
factors.'' Under the DPS Policy, if a population group is determined to
be discrete, the agency must then consider whether it is significant to
the taxon to which it belongs. Considerations in evaluating the
significance of a discrete population include: (1) persistence of the
discrete population in an unusual or unique ecological setting for the
taxon; (2) evidence that the loss of the discrete population segment
would cause a significant gap in the taxon's range; (3) evidence that
the discrete population segment represents the only surviving natural
occurrence of a taxon that may be more abundant elsewhere outside its
historical geographic range; or (4) evidence that the discrete
population has marked genetic differences from other populations of the
species.
On June 28, 2005, we announced a final policy addressing the role
of artificially propagated (hatchery produced) Pacific salmon and
steelhead in listing determinations under the ESA (70 FR 37204).
Specifically, this policy (1) establishes criteria for including
hatchery stocks in ESUs and DPSs, (2) provides direction for
considering hatchery fish in extinction risk assessments of ESUs and
DPSs, (3) requires that hatchery fish determined to be part of an ESU
will be included in any listing of the ESU; (4) affirms NMFS'
commitment to conserving natural salmon and steelhead populations and
the ecosystems upon which they depend, and (5) affirms NMFS' commitment
to fulfilling trust and treaty obligations with regard to the harvest
of some Pacific salmon and steelhead populations, consistent with the
conservation and recovery of listed salmon and steelhead ESUs.
Public Solicitation of New Information
The 5-year reviews will consider the best scientific and commercial
data available and new information that has become available since the
last listing determinations. Our Northwest and Southwest Fisheries
Science Centers will assist the Regions in gathering and analyzing this
information. To ensure that the 5-year reviews are complete and based
on the best available information, we are soliciting new information
from the public, concerned governmental agencies, Tribes, the
scientific community, industry, environmental entities, and any other
interested parties concerning the status of the salmon and steelhead
ESUs and DPSs listed above.
Specifically, we request new information since our listing
determinations in 2005, 2006, and 2007 on (1) Population abundance; (2)
population productivity; (3) changes in species distribution or
population spatial structure; (4) genetics or other diversity measures;
(5) changes in habitat conditions; (6) conservation measures that have
been implemented that benefit the species; (7) status and trends of
threats; (8) changes to salmon and steelhead hatchery programs that may
affect ESU or DPS membership, and (9) other new information, data, or
corrections including, but not limited to, taxonomic or nomenclatural
changes, identification of erroneous information in the previous
listing determination, and improved analytical methods.
If you wish to provide information for this 5-year review, you may
submit your information and materials to Eric Murray or Craig Wingert
(see ADDRESSES). Our practice is to make submissions of information,
including names and home addresses of respondents, available for public
review during regular business hours. Respondents may request that we
withhold a respondent's identity as allowable by law. If you wish us to
withhold your name or address, you must state this request prominently
at the beginning of your submission. We will not, however, consider
anonymous submissions. To the extent consistent with applicable law, we
will make all submissions from organizations or businesses, and from
individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, available for public inspection in their
entirety. Information and materials received will be available for
public inspection, by appointment, during normal business hours (see
ADDRESSES).
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.
Dated: March 12, 2010
Angela Somma,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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