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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 46 / Thursday, March 11, 2021 / Rules and Regulations from the U.S./Canada border to the Oregon/California border.
DATES: The effective dates for the inseason actions are set out in this document under the heading Inseason Actions.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Christina Iverson at 3607422506, email: Christina.iverson@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background In the 2020 annual management measures for ocean salmon fisheries 85
FR 27317, May 8, 2020, NMFS
announced management measures for the commercial and recreational fisheries in the area from Cape Falcon, OR, to the U.S./Mexico border, effective from 0001 hours Pacific Daylight Time PDT, May 6, 2020, until the effective date of the 2021 management measures, as published in the Federal Register.
NMFS is authorized to implement inseason management actions to modify fishing seasons and quotas as necessary to provide fishing opportunity while meeting management objectives for the affected species 50 CFR 660.409.
Inseason actions in the salmon fishery may be taken directly by NMFS 50 CFR
660.409aFixed inseason management provisions or upon consultation with the Pacific Fishery Management Council Council and the appropriate State Directors 50 CFR
660.409bFlexible inseason management provisions. The state management agencies that participated in the consultations described in this document were: The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife WDFW, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife ODFW, and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife CDFW.
Management Areas Management of the salmon fisheries is generally divided into two geographic areas: North of Cape Falcon NOF
U.S./Canada border to Cape Falcon, OR and south of Cape Falcon SOF
Cape Falcon, OR, to the U.S./Mexico border. The actions described in this document affected NOF and SOF
fisheries as set out under the heading Inseason Actions.
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Inseason Actions Inseason Action 8
Description of the action: Inseason action 8 adjusted the JulySeptember quota in the NOF commercial salmon fishery to account for an impact-neutral rollover of unused quota from the May June fishery in the same area. The July
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September quota was increased from 13,820 to 25,499 Chinook salmon.
Effective dates: Inseason action 8
took effect on July 9, 2020, and remained in effect through September 30, 2020, the end of the 2020 NOF
commercial salmon season.
Reason and authorization for the action: Provision for this impact-neutral rollover of uncaught quota is specified in the 2020 ocean salmon regulations 85 FR 27317, May 8, 2020. The NOF
MayJune commercial salmon fishery had a quota of 13,820 Chinook salmon.
Of that, 2,141 Chinook salmon were caught, leaving quota of 11,679 Chinook salmon uncaught. The Councils Salmon Technical Team STT determined that a 1:1 rollover of the unused quota to the JulySeptember fishery would have similar stock-specific fishery impacts to those set preseason. Therefore, the remaining quota of 11,679 was rolled over, on an impact-neutral basis, to the JulySeptember fishery and added to the quota set during preseason planning of 13,820, for an adjusted summer NOF
commercial quota of 25,499 Chinook salmon. This action did not increase overall 2020 Chinook salmon quota in the NOF commercial salmon fishery.
The NMFS West Coast Regional Administrator RA considered the landed catch of Chinook salmon to date, the amount of quota remaining, and the timing of the action relative to the length of the season, and determined that this inseason action was necessary to meet management goals set preseason. Inseason action to modify quotas is authorized by 50 CFR
660.409b1i.
Consultation date and participants:
Consultation under 50 CFR 660.409b on inseason action 8 occurred on July 9, 2020. Representatives from NMFS, WDFW, ODFW, and the Council participated in this consultation.
Inseason Action 9
Description of the action: Inseason action 9 adjusted the July quota in the SOF commercial salmon fishery in the Oregon Klamath Management Zone Oregon KMZ Humbug Mountain, OR, to the Oregon/California border to account for an impact-neutral rollover of unused quota from June. The July quota was adjusted from 300 Chinook salmon to 630 Chinook salmon.
Effective dates: Inseason action 9
took effect on July 9, 2020, and remained in effect through July 31, 2020, the end of the 2020 SOF
commercial salmon season in the Oregon KMZ.
Reason and authorization for the action: The provision for this impactneutral rollover of uncaught quota is
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specified in the 2020 ocean salmon regulations 85 FR 27317, May 8, 2020.
The Oregon KMZ commercial salmon fishery had a June quota of 700 Chinook salmon. Of that, 165 Chinook salmon were caught, leaving quota of 535
Chinook salmon uncaught. Due to increased fishery impacts on Klamath River fall-run Chinook salmon in July as described in domestic fishery management models, as compared with June, the STT determined that the unused June quota of 535 Chinook salmon would need to be reduced to 330
Chinook salmon to attain an impactneutral rollover to July. Therefore, 330
Chinook salmon were rolled over, on an impact-neutral basis, to the July fishery and added to the July quota set during preseason planning of 300 Chinook salmon, for an adjusted July Oregon KMZ commercial quota of 630 Chinook salmon. The RA considered the landed catch of Chinook salmon to date, the amount of quota remaining, and the timing of the action relative to the length of the season, and determined that this inseason action was necessary to meet management goals set preseason. Inseason action to modify quotas and/or fishing seasons is authorized by 50 CFR 660.409b1i.
Consultation date and participants:
Consultation on inseason action 9
occurred on July 9, 2020.
Representatives from NMFS, CDFW, ODFW, and the Council participated in this consultation.
Inseason Action 10
Description of the action: Inseason action 10 closed the NOF recreational salmon fishery from Leadbetter Point, WA to Cape Falcon, OR Columbia River subarea due to anticipated attainment of quota.
Effective dates: Inseason action 10
took effect at 11:59 p.m., July 26, 2020, and remained in effect through September 30, 2020, the end of the 2020
NOF recreational salmon season.
Reason and authorization for the action: The purpose of inseason action 10 was to avoid exceeding the subarea quota for coho salmon in the Columbia River subarea recreational salmon fishery. The RA considered the landed catch of coho salmon to date, the amount of quota remaining, and the timing of the action relative to the length of the season, and determined that this inseason action was necessary to avoid exceeding the subarea quota set preseason. Inseason action to modify quotas and/or fishing seasons is authorized by 50 CFR 660.409b1i.
Consultation date and participants:
Consultation on inseason action 10
occurred on July 23, 2020.

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