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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 46 / Thursday, March 11, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
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Inseason Action 15
Description of the action: Inseason action 15 closed the SOF recreational non-mark selective coho fishery from Cape Falcon, OR to Humbug Mountain, CA due to anticipated attainment of quota.
Effective dates: Inseason action 15
took effect at 12:01 a.m. Friday September 11, 2020, and remained in effect through September 30, 2020, the end of the 2020 SOF recreational salmon season in the area from Cape Falcon, OR to Humbug Mountain, CA.
Reason and authorization for the action: The purpose of inseason action 15 was to avoid exceeding the subarea quota for coho salmon in the SOF
recreational salmon fishery in the area from Cape Falcon to Humbug Mountain.
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. The 2020 salmon management measures authorize the closure of fisheries, as specified in the 2020 ocean salmon regulations 85 FR
27317, May 8, 2020.
Consultation date and participants:
Consultation on inseason action 15
occurred on September 8, 2020.
Representatives from NMFS, CDFW, ODFW, and the Council participated in this consultation.
All other restrictions and regulations remain in effect as announced for the 2020 ocean salmon fisheries 85 FR

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27317, May 8, 2020 and as modified by previous inseason actions 85 FR 31707, May 27, 2020 and 85 FR 55784, September 10, 2020.
The RA determined that these inseason actions, recommended by the States of Washington, Oregon, and California were warranted based on the best available information on Pacific salmon landings to date, fishery effort, and remaining Pacific salmon quota.
The states manage the fisheries in state waters adjacent to the areas of the U.S.
exclusive economic zone consistent with these Federal actions. As provided by the inseason notice procedures at 50
CFR 660.411, actual notice of the described regulatory action was given, prior to the time the action was effective, by telephone hotline numbers 2065266667 and 8006629825, and by U.S. Coast Guard Notice to Mariners broadcasts on Channel 16 VHFFM and 2182 kHz.
Classification NMFS issues these actions pursuant to section 305d of the MagnusonStevens Act. These actions are required by 50 CFR 660.409, which was issued pursuant to section 304b, and is exempt from review under Executive Order 12866.
Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 553bB, there is good cause to waive prior notice and an opportunity for public comment on these actions, as notice and comment would be impracticable and contrary to the public interest. Prior notice and opportunity for public comment was impracticable because NMFS and the
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state agencies had insufficient time to provide for prior notice and the opportunity for public comment between the time Chinook and coho salmon catch and effort information was developed and fisheries impacts were calculated, and the time the fishery modifications had to be implemented in order to ensure that fisheries are managed based on the best available scientific information, ensuring that conservation objectives and limits for impacts to salmon species listed under the Endangered Species Act are not exceeded. As previously noted, actual notice of the regulatory action was provided to fishers through telephone hotline and radio notification. This action complies with the requirements of the annual management measures for ocean salmon fisheries 85 FR 27317, May 8, 2020, the Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan FMP, and regulations implementing the FMP
under 50 CFR 660.409 and 660.411.
There is good cause under 5 U.S.C.
553d3 to waive the 30-day delay in effective date, as a delay in effectiveness of these actions would allow fishing at levels inconsistent with the goals of the FMP and the current management measures.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: March 8, 2021.
Jennifer M. Wallace, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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