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gets from being able to express a diverse
array of life-history strategies. These
strategies can include adult steelhead
run-timing variation and others such as
variation in juvenile migratory behavior
(Hayes et al. 2011; Moore et al. 2014),
variation in adult age-at-return, withinseason variance in spawn timing
(Abadı´a-Cardoso et al. 2013), variation
in the half-pounder life history
(steelhead that return from the ocean
after only two to four months of
saltwater residence, are generally
sexually immature, and migrate back to
saltwater the following spring: Roelofs
1983; Hayes et al. 2016), and variation
in non-anadromous life histories
(freshwater adfluvial and resident life
histories; Hayes et al. 2011). This
diversity allows different individuals in
the species to maximize their fitness by
taking advantage of the habitat
conditions present in a particular place
and time. Given the importance of interannual variation in this geographic area
and its effect on the ability of streams
in the NC steelhead DPS geographic
range to support salmonids (Power et al.
2015), this diversity clearly adds
resilience to the NC steelhead DPS and
supports its continued survival. Lifehistory variants that do best in one year
may not have the highest fitness in a
different year, but collectively they can
maintain a viable population size and
high genetic diversity (i.e., the portfolio
effect: Schindler et al. 2015; Moore et al.
2014; Brennan et al. 2019). The
contribution of the many diverse lifehistory forms is critical to the resilience
of O. mykiss.
With respect to the significance of the
summer-run steelhead to the Northern
California steelhead DPS, this lifehistory diversity is already recognized
by its explicit inclusion in the recovery
and viability documents developed for
salmon and steelhead in this area
(Spence et al. 2008; NMFS 2016b;
Williams et al. 2016). The recovery
plans were based on viability criteria,
which in turn were based on the viable
salmonid population (VSP) concept
(McElhany et al. 2000). The VSP
concept recognizes that life-history
diversity is: (1) A key parameter; and (2)
hierarchical in nature (from populations
on up to species). These summer-run
populations have been explicitly
identified as having viability criteria
based on their shorter-term
demographic independence and the
need to maintain the appropriate
building blocks for recovery (i.e.,
population units capable of persisting in
relative isolation of other units). Having
summer-run populations as substrata
within diversity strata (and essential for
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viability) provides the umbrella under
which longer-term evolutionary
processes are maintained. However, it is
also important to keep in mind that all
of the other life history variations
described above in the species O.
mykiss are likely to be of equal if not
greater significance to the resilience of
the species as the variation in adult
migration timing associated with the
Greb1L region. Thus, there is no clear
basis for deciding that adult migratory
timing variation should be prioritized
more highly than the other, similarly
important and diverse characteristics of
this highly variable species, or that
separating any of these life history
variations into separate management
units would provide a benefit given
their interdependent and dynamic
relationships.
NC Steelhead DPS Conclusions
We conclude that summer-run and
winter-run steelhead should remain
together in a single Northern California
steelhead DPS. The best available data
indicate that summer-run steelhead
cannot be listed as a separate DPS from
winter-run steelhead, as the two groups
maintain an ongoing and interconnected
genetic legacy. Retention of both lifehistory types in a single DPS, however,
does not indicate a lack of recognition
that summer-run steelhead are an
important component of the DPS, or
suggest that measures should not be
taken to protect and improve habitat,
including access to upstream habitats
through dam removals, fish passage
programs, reduced water diversions, etc.
Rather, it is an acknowledgment that the
run-types are fundamental parts of the
listed unit as a whole and should not be
separated from each other. As noted
above, this is explicitly addressed in the
NMFS status reviews and recovery
plans through recognition of the need to
focus protection on and consider
populations of both of these run-types
in assessing recovery status (NMFS
2016a, NMFS 2016b; Spence et al.
2008).
Final Determination
Section 4(b)(1) of the ESA requires
that NMFS make listing determinations
based solely on the best scientific and
commercial data available after
conducting a review of the status of the
species and taking into account those
efforts, if any, being made by any state
or foreign nation, or political
subdivisions thereof, to protect and
conserve the species. We have
independently reviewed the best
available scientific and commercial
information, including the information
contained in the petition, public
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comments submitted on the 90-day
finding (84 FR 16632; April 22, 2019),
and the DPS configuration review
report, and other published and
unpublished information, and we have
consulted with species experts and
individuals familiar with the NC
steelhead DPS.
Our determination set forth here is
based on a synthesis and integration of
the foregoing information. Based on our
consideration of the best available
scientific and commercial information,
as summarized here and in the status
review report, we conclude that NC
summer-run steelhead do not constitute
a DPS. Accordingly, NC summer-run
steelhead does not meet the definition
of a species, and thus, NC summer-run
steelhead does not warrant listing as a
separate DPS.
This is a final action, and, therefore,
we are not soliciting public comments.
References
A complete list of all references cited
herein is available upon request (see FOR
FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT).
Authority
The authority for this action is the
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).
Dated: January 30, 2020.
Samuel D. Rauch III,
Deputy Assistant Administrator for
Regulatory Programs, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
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COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
Sunshine Act Meetings
TIME AND DATE: 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, February 12, 2020.
PLACE: Three Lafayette Centre, 1155 21st Street NW, Washington, DC, 9th
Floor Commission Conference Room.
STATUS: Closed.
MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Enforcement matters. In the event that the
time, date, or location of this meeting changes, an announcement of the
change, along with the new time, date, and/or place of the meeting will
be posted on the Commission's website at https://www.cftc.gov/.
CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: Christopher Kirkpatrick, 202-418-
5964.
Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552b.
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Dated: February 3, 2020.
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Secretary of the Commission.
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