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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 25 / Tuesday, February 9, 2021 / Proposed Rules the FMP, changes to these boundaries or zones may require special justification and documentation. The KMZ is one of these relatively constant zones and is described in section 6.1 of the FMP as extending from Humbug Mountain, OR, to Horse Mountain, CA.
Beginning in 2016, the Council received multiple requests from participants in the commercial ocean salmon fishery to move the southern boundary of the KMZ from Horse Mountain Lat. 4005 N 5 nmi north to Lat. 4010 N. Proponents argued this would align the salmon management boundary with an existing management boundary in the groundfish fishery, allowing for increased efficiency in fishery operations and enforcement as well as the potential to provide economic benefit to the Port of Eureka.
The Council considered the analysis of the STT regarding the impacts of the boundary change on the affected salmon stocks, developed during the 2019
methodology review, and economic analysis of the proposed boundary change during its deliberations for Amendment 20.1 2 The Council also
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1 The STTs analysis document is available on the Councils website at: https www.pcouncil.org/
documents/2019/10/agenda-item-e-2-attachment-1potential-implications-of-moving-the-californiaklamath-management-zone-fort-bragg-salmonfishery-management-line-from-horse-mountainnorth-to-latitude-40-10.pdf/.

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considered the assessment of the Enforcement Consultants regarding any enforcement or safety concerns.3 At its September 2020 meeting, the Council recommended, as part of Amendment 20, moving the boundary between the KMZ and Fort Bragg management area from Lat. 4005 N to Lat. 4010 N.
FMP Language Updates In 2015, the Council adopted management reference points for three stocks of salmon managed under the FMP: Southern Oregon coastal Chinook salmon, Grays Harbor fall Chinook salmon, and Willapa Bay natural coho salmon. These changes were implemented through rulemaking 80
FR 19564, April 13, 2015. The reference points included in that action have been used in salmon fishery management since the final rule implementing them was promulgated. However, the current text of the FMP includes the prior reference point values that the 2015
2 The economic analysis of the proposed boundary change can be found in chapter 9 of the analysis document available on the Councils website at: https www.pcouncil.org/documents/
2019/10/agenda-item-e-2-attachment-1-potentialimplications-of-moving-the-california-klamathmanagement-zone-fort-bragg-salmon-fisherymanagement-line-from-horse-mountain-north-tolatitude-40-10.pdf/.
3 The comments of the Enforcement Consultants can be found on the Councils website at: https
www.pcouncil.org/documents/2020/06/e-3-asupplemental-ec-report-1.pdf/.

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reference points superseded. This action proposes updating the reference points.
Other updates to the FMP included in Amendment 20 include: Updates to reflect the 2013 merger of NMFS
Northwest and Southwest Regions, updates to the status and terminology of Endangered Species Act-listed salmon evolutionarily significant units, dates for updated management agreements and treaties, and updated references.
There are no implementing regulations associated with Amendment 20, therefore NMFS will not promulgate a proposed rule to implement this amendment.
All comments received by the end of the comment period on Amendment 20
see DATES and ADDRESSES above will be considered in the Secretarys decision to approve, disapprove, or partially approve this amendment. To be considered in this decision, comments must be received by close of business on the last day of the comment period; that does not mean postmarked or otherwise transmitted by that date.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: February 4, 2021.
Jennifer M. Wallace, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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