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analysis; notice of availability of a
Record of Decision.
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee;
Charter Renewal
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of renewed charter.
AGENCY:
Notice is hereby given of the
2 year renewed charter for the Marine
Fisheries Advisory Committee
(MAFAC), signed on April 14, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Jennifer Lukens, Federal Program
Officer, MAFAC, 301–427–8041.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As
required by Section 10(a)(2) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5
U.S.C. App. (1982), notice is hereby
given of the renewed charter for
MAFAC. MAFAC was established by
the Secretary of Commerce (Secretary)
on February 17, 1972, to advise the
Secretary on all living marine resource
matters that are the responsibility of the
Department of Commerce. This
Committee advises and reviews the
adequacy of living marine resources
policies and programs to meet the needs
of commercial and recreational
fisheries, aquaculture, and
environmental, consumer, academic,
State, tribal, and other national
interests. The Committee’s charter must
be renewed every 2 years from the date
of the last renewal. The charter can be
accessed on line at www.nmfs.noaa.gov/
ocs/mafac.
SUMMARY:
Dated: April 21, 2016.
Jennifer Lukens,
Federal Program Officer, Marine Fisheries
Advisory Committee.
Written responses to the
determinations should be sent to the
Sustainable Fisheries Division, 1201 NE.
Lloyd Boulevard, Suite 1100, Portland,
OR 97232. The complete text of the
determinations, the analysis of the
effects of the plans, and the ROD, along
with additional documents and
information, are available on the NMFS
West Coast Region Web site at https://
www.westcoast.fisheries.noaa.gov/
hatcheries/salmon_and_steelhead_
hatcheries.html.
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Endangered and Threatened Species;
Take of Anadromous Fish
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of final determination
and discussion of underlying biological
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The final determination on the
take limit under the ESA was made on
April 15, 2016. The Record of Decision
under NEPA was signed on April 15,
2016.
DATES:
ADDRESSES:
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AGENCY:
NMFS has evaluated the joint
resource management plans (RMPs)
submitted to NMFS by the Washington
Department of Fish and Wildlife, and
the Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe, Lummi
Nation, Nooksack Tribe, Stillaguamish
Tribe of Indians, and Tulalip Tribes,
pursuant to the limitation on take
prohibitions for actions conducted
under Limit 6 of the 4(d) Rule for
salmon and steelhead promulgated
under the Endangered Species Act
(ESA). The RMPs specify the
propagation of early winter steelhead to
support recreational and tribal fishing in
the Dungeness, Nooksack,
Stillaguamish, Skykomish, and
Snoqualmie River watersheds of
Washington State. This document serves
to notify the public that NMFS, by
delegated authority from the Secretary
of Commerce, has determined pursuant
to Limit 6 of the 4(d) rule for salmon
and steelhead that implementing and
enforcing the RMPs will not appreciably
reduce the likelihood of survival and
recovery of Puget Sound Chinook
salmon, Hood Canal summer-run chum
salmon, and Puget Sound steelhead. In
compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA),
NMFS also announces the availability of
its Record of Decision (ROD) on its Final
Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)
for the five early-winter steelhead
hatchery programs in Puget Sound.
SUMMARY:
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For
ESA determinations, contact Tim Tynan
at (360) 753–9579 or via email:
tim.tynan@noaa.gov. For information on
the ROD, contact Steve Leider at (360)
753–4650 or via email: steve.leider@
noaa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Species Covered in This Notice
Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus
tshawytscha): Threatened, Puget Sound,
naturally produced and artificially
propagated.
Chum salmon (O. keta): Threatened,
Hood Canal summer-run, naturally
produced and artificially propagated.
Steelhead (O. mykiss): Threatened,
Puget Sound, naturally produced and
artificially propagated.
Background
The RMPs are represented by five
Hatchery and Genetics Management
Plans (HGMPs). The HGMPs describe
hatchery operations intended to
produce early winter steelhead to
mitigate for impacts on tribal and
recreational fishing caused by past and
on-going human developmental
activities in the Dungeness, Nooksack,
Stillaguamish, Skykomish, and
Snoqualmie River watersheds. They
would be implemented to provide
hatchery fish to: (1) Meet regional
recreational fisheries objectives for the
citizens of Washington State, and (2)
meet tribal fishery harvest allocations
that are guaranteed through treaties, as
affirmed in United States v. Washington
(1974). Adult steelhead produced by the
programs are not intended to spawn
naturally. All five proposed hatchery
programs would use only hatchery fish
for broodstock, and all HGMPs include
monitoring and evaluation actions to
assess the performance of each program,
and effects on ESA-listed Puget Sound
Chinook salmon, Hood Canal summer
chum salmon (Dungeness River only),
and Puget Sound steelhead. NMFS has
determined that implementing and
enforcing the RMPs will not appreciably
reduce the likelihood of survival and
recovery of ESA-listed Puget Sound
Chinook salmon, Hood Canal summerrun chum salmon, or Puget Sound
steelhead.
NMFS West Coast Region was the
lead agency responsible for preparing an
FEIS to analyze the impacts of NMFS’s
4(d) determination under Limit 6 for the
five early winter steelhead hatchery
programs. The FEIS evaluates five
alternatives, including the proposed
action and a no-action alternative. The
notice of availability of the FEIS was
published in the Federal Register on
March 11, 2016 (81 FR 12898).
Discussion of the Biological Analysis
Underlying the ESA Determination
The proposed hatchery activities
described in the RMPs are intended to
provide non-ESA-listed adult steelhead
for harvest in recreational and tribal
fisheries in the five watersheds where
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
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Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee; Charter Renewal
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of renewed charter.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the 2 year renewed charter for the
Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee (MAFAC), signed on April 14, 2016.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Lukens, Federal Program
Officer, MAFAC, 301-427-8041.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As required by Section 10(a)(2) of the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. App. (1982), notice is hereby
given of the renewed charter for MAFAC. MAFAC was established by the
Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) on February 17, 1972, to advise the
Secretary on all living marine resource matters that are the
responsibility of the Department of Commerce. This Committee advises
and reviews the adequacy of living marine resources policies and
programs to meet the needs of commercial and recreational fisheries,
aquaculture, and environmental, consumer, academic, State, tribal, and
other national interests. The Committee's charter must be renewed every
2 years from the date of the last renewal. The charter can be accessed
on line at www.nmfs.noaa.gov/ocs/mafac.
Dated: April 21, 2016.
Jennifer Lukens,
Federal Program Officer, Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee.
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