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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
50 CFR Part 660
RIN 0648–BC95
Fisheries Off West Coast States; West
Coast Salmon Fisheries; Notice of
Availability for Amendment 18 to the
Salmon Fishery Management Plan
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Availability of amendment to a
fishery management plan; request for
comments.
AGENCY:
NMFS announces that the
Pacific Fishery Management Council
(Council) has transmitted Amendment
18 to the Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery
Management Plan for Commercial and
Recreational Salmon Fisheries off the
Coasts of Washington, Oregon, and
California (FMP) for Secretarial review.
Amendment 18 revises the description
and identification of essential fish
habitat (EFH) for Pacific salmon,
designates habitat areas of particular
concern (HAPC), modifies the current
information on fishing activities and
potential measures to minimize their
effects on EFH, and updates the list of
non-fishing related activities that may
adversely affect EFH and potential
conservation and enhancement
measures to minimize those effects.
Amendment 18 is available on the
Council’s Web site (www.pcouncil.org).
DATES: Comments on Amendment 18
must be received on or before August
15, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by NOAA–NMFS–2014–0071,
by any one of the following methods:
• Electronic Submissions: Submit all
electronic public comments via the
Federal e-Rulemaking Portal https://
www.regulations.gov. To submit
comments via the e-Rulemaking Portal,
enter NOAA–NMFS–2014–0071 in the
search box. Locate the document you
wish to comment on from the resulting
list and click on the ‘‘Submit a
Comment’’ icon on the right of that line.
• Mail: William W. Stelle, Jr.,
Regional Administrator, West Coast
Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way
NE., Seattle, WA 98115–0070.
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Instructions: Comments must be
submitted by one of the above methods
to ensure that the comments are
received, documented, and considered
by NMFS. Comments sent by any other
method, to any other address or
individual, or received after the end of
the comment period, may not be
considered. All comments received are
a part of the public record and will
generally be posted for public viewing
on https://www.regulations.gov without
change. All personal identifying
information (e.g., name, address, etc.)
submitted voluntarily by the sender will
be publicly accessible. Do not submit
confidential business information or
otherwise sensitive or protected
information. NMFS will accept
anonymous comments (enter N/A in the
required fields if you wish to remain
anonymous). Attachments to electronic
comments will be accepted in Microsoft
Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or Adobe
PDF file formats only.
Electronic copies of the amendment
may be obtained from the Council Web
site at https://www.pcouncil.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Peggy Mundy at 206–526–4323.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ocean
salmon fisheries in the exclusive
economic zone off Washington, Oregon,
and California are managed under a
framework fishery management plan
entitled the Pacific Coast Salmon
Fishery Management Plan (FMP). The
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(MSA) requires that each regional
fishery management council submit any
FMP or plan amendment it prepares to
NMFS for review and approval,
disapproval, or partial approval. The
MSA also requires that NMFS, upon
receiving an FMP or amendment,
immediately publish a notice that the
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FMP or amendment is available for
public review and comment. NMFS will
consider the public comments received
during the comment period described
above in determining whether to
approve Amendment 18 to the FMP.
Essential fish habitat (EFH)
definitions for salmon stocks managed
under the FMP were originally
developed in Amendment 14 to the
FMP, and codified by NMFS in 2008 (73
FR 60987, October 15, 2008). The MSA
requires periodic review of EFH
provisions, and revision or amendment
of those provisions, as warranted, based
on available information (50 CFR
600.815(a)(10)). In 2009, the PFMC and
NMFS established and staffed a Pacific
Salmon EFH Oversight Panel (Panel) to
review salmon EFH and new
information relevant to salmon EFH,
and to make recommendations as to
whether revisions would be appropriate.
The Panel recommended modifications
to Pacific salmon EFH in a final report
submitted to the Council (Stadler et al.
2011). At its April 2011 meeting, the
Council initiated an FMP amendment to
address the Panel’s recommendations.
The Council adopted modifications to
salmon EFH contained in Amendment
18 at their September 2013 meeting, and
transmitted the proposed amendment to
NMFS on June 10, 2014.
Freshwater EFH for salmon is
described using hydrologic unit codes
(HUCs) developed by the US Geological
Survey (USGS). The USGS has changed
the numbering of some of these HUCs
since salmon EFH was originally
described under Amendment 14;
therefore, Amendment 18 revises
Appendix A to the FMP with the
updated HUC designations.
Additionally, new scientific information
has become available on current and
historically occupied freshwater salmon
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habitat; Amendment 18 revises the
description and identification of
essential fish habitat (EFH) for salmon,
based on the latest scientific
information available. Amendment 18
also modifies the process for
determining whether freshwater habitat
above impassable barriers (e.g., dams)
should be defined as EFH; designates
habitat areas of particular concern;
modifies the current information on
fishing activities and potential measures
to minimize their effects on EFH; and
updates the list of non-fishing related
activities that may adversely affect EFH
and potential conservation and
enhancement measures to minimize
those effects.
NMFS welcomes comments on the
proposed FMP amendment through the
end of the comment period.
Amendment 18 is available on the
Council’s Web site (www.pcouncil.org).
The Council also transmitted a proposed
rule to implement Amendment 18 for
Secretarial review and approval. NMFS
expects to publish and request public
review and comment on this rule in the
near future. Public comments on the
proposed rule must be received by the
end of the comment period on the
amendment to be considered in the
approval/disapproval decision on the
amendment. All comments received by
the end of the comment period for the
amendment, whether specifically
directed to the amendment or the
proposed rule, will be considered in the
approval/disapproval decision.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: June 11, 2014.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
50 CFR Part 660
RIN 0648-BC95
Fisheries Off West Coast States; West Coast Salmon Fisheries;
Notice of Availability for Amendment 18 to the Salmon Fishery
Management Plan
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Availability of amendment to a fishery management plan; request
for comments.
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SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the Pacific Fishery Management Council
(Council) has transmitted Amendment 18 to the Pacific Coast Salmon
Fishery Management Plan for Commercial and Recreational Salmon
Fisheries off the Coasts of Washington, Oregon, and California (FMP)
for Secretarial review. Amendment 18 revises the description and
identification of essential fish habitat (EFH) for Pacific salmon,
designates habitat areas of particular concern (HAPC), modifies the
current information on fishing activities and potential measures to
minimize their effects on EFH, and updates the list of non-fishing
related activities that may adversely affect EFH and potential
conservation and enhancement measures to minimize those effects.
Amendment 18 is available on the Council's Web site (www.pcouncil.org).
DATES: Comments on Amendment 18 must be received on or before August
15, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by NOAA-NMFS-2014-0071,
by any one of the following methods:
Electronic Submissions: Submit all electronic public
comments via the Federal e-Rulemaking Portal https://www.regulations.gov. To submit comments via the e-Rulemaking Portal,
enter NOAA-NMFS-2014-0071 in the search box. Locate the document you
wish to comment on from the resulting list and click on the ``Submit a
Comment'' icon on the right of that line.
Mail: William W. Stelle, Jr., Regional Administrator, West
Coast Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way NE., Seattle, WA 98115-0070.
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Instructions: Comments must be submitted by one of the above
methods to ensure that the comments are received, documented, and
considered by NMFS. Comments sent by any other method, to any other
address or individual, or received after the end of the comment period,
may not be considered. All comments received are a part of the public
record and will generally be posted for public viewing on https://www.regulations.gov without change. All personal identifying
information (e.g., name, address, etc.) submitted voluntarily by the
sender will be publicly accessible. Do not submit confidential business
information or otherwise sensitive or protected information. NMFS will
accept anonymous comments (enter N/A in the required fields if you wish
to remain anonymous). Attachments to electronic comments will be
accepted in Microsoft Word, Excel, WordPerfect, or Adobe PDF file
formats only.
Electronic copies of the amendment may be obtained from the Council
Web site at https://www.pcouncil.org.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peggy Mundy at 206-526-4323.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The ocean salmon fisheries in the exclusive
economic zone off Washington, Oregon, and California are managed under
a framework fishery management plan entitled the Pacific Coast Salmon
Fishery Management Plan (FMP). The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (MSA) requires that each regional
fishery management council submit any FMP or plan amendment it prepares
to NMFS for review and approval, disapproval, or partial approval. The
MSA also requires that NMFS, upon receiving an FMP or amendment,
immediately publish a notice that the FMP or amendment is available for
public review and comment. NMFS will consider the public comments
received during the comment period described above in determining
whether to approve Amendment 18 to the FMP.
Essential fish habitat (EFH) definitions for salmon stocks managed
under the FMP were originally developed in Amendment 14 to the FMP, and
codified by NMFS in 2008 (73 FR 60987, October 15, 2008). The MSA
requires periodic review of EFH provisions, and revision or amendment
of those provisions, as warranted, based on available information (50
CFR 600.815(a)(10)). In 2009, the PFMC and NMFS established and staffed
a Pacific Salmon EFH Oversight Panel (Panel) to review salmon EFH and
new information relevant to salmon EFH, and to make recommendations as
to whether revisions would be appropriate. The Panel recommended
modifications to Pacific salmon EFH in a final report submitted to the
Council (Stadler et al. 2011). At its April 2011 meeting, the Council
initiated an FMP amendment to address the Panel's recommendations. The
Council adopted modifications to salmon EFH contained in Amendment 18
at their September 2013 meeting, and transmitted the proposed amendment
to NMFS on June 10, 2014.
Freshwater EFH for salmon is described using hydrologic unit codes
(HUCs) developed by the US Geological Survey (USGS). The USGS has
changed the numbering of some of these HUCs since salmon EFH was
originally described under Amendment 14; therefore, Amendment 18
revises Appendix A to the FMP with the updated HUC designations.
Additionally, new scientific information has become available on
current and historically occupied freshwater salmon habitat; Amendment
18 revises the description and identification of essential fish habitat
(EFH) for salmon, based on the latest scientific information available.
Amendment 18 also modifies the process for determining whether
freshwater habitat above impassable barriers (e.g., dams) should be
defined as EFH; designates habitat areas of particular concern;
modifies the current information on fishing activities and potential
measures to minimize their effects on EFH; and updates the list of non-
fishing related activities that may adversely affect EFH and potential
conservation and enhancement measures to minimize those effects.
NMFS welcomes comments on the proposed FMP amendment through the
end of the comment period. Amendment 18 is available on the Council's
Web site (www.pcouncil.org). The Council also transmitted a proposed
rule to implement Amendment 18 for Secretarial review and approval.
NMFS expects to publish and request public review and comment on this
rule in the near future. Public comments on the proposed rule must be
received by the end of the comment period on the amendment to be
considered in the approval/disapproval decision on the amendment. All
comments received by the end of the comment period for the amendment,
whether specifically directed to the amendment or the proposed rule,
will be considered in the approval/disapproval decision.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: June 11, 2014.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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