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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 85 / Wednesday, May 5, 2021 / Rules and Regulations
basis for this finding can be found in the SSA Service 2021a, entire and species assessment form Service 2021b, entire.
Request for New Information We request that you submit any new information concerning the taxonomy of, biology of, ecology of, status of, or threats to the Samwel salamander, Shasta salamander, or Wintu salamander to the Yreka Fish and Wildlife Office see FOR FURTHER
INFORMATION CONTACT, whenever it becomes available. New information will help us monitor these three species and make appropriate decisions about their conservation and status. We encourage Federal, State, and local agencies and stakeholders to continue cooperative monitoring and conservation efforts for the three species.
References Cited A list of the references cited in this petition finding is available on the internet at http www.regulations.gov at Docket No. FWSR8ES20210009 or upon request from the person specified under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT.
Authors The primary authors of this document are the staff members of the Species Assessment Team, Ecological Services Program.
Authority The authority for this action is section 4 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq..
Martha Williams, Principal Deputy Director, Exercising the Delegated Authority of the Director, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
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fisheries as set out under the heading Inseason Actions.

NMFS announces seven inseason actions in the 2021 ocean salmon fisheries. These inseason actions modified the commercial salmon fisheries in the area from the U.S./
Canada border to the U.S./Mexico border.

The fisheries affected by the inseason actions described below were authorized in the final rule for 2020
annual management measures for ocean salmon fisheries 85 FR 27317, May 8, 2020. At its March 10, 2021 meeting, the Councils Salmon Technical Team STT presented updated stock abundance forecasts for salmon stocks managed under the Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan FMP. Based on the STTs report, SOF
ocean salmon fisheries will be constrained in 2021 by the low abundance forecast for Klamath River fall-run Chinook salmon KRFC, which was determined to be overfished under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act MSA in 2018. The forecast of potential spawner abundance for KRFC in 2021 is 42,098 natural area spawners; which is below the 2020 potential spawner forecast of 48,274, and is 31 percent of the average forecast of potential KRFC
spawners over the previous 9 years 20122020. To reduce ocean salmon fishery impacts on KRFC, NMFS took 9
inseason actions concurrent with the March Council meeting to restrict some fisheries that were previously scheduled to open prior to May 16, 2021 86 FR
16540, March 30, 2021. At its April 6
15, 2021 meeting, the Council finalized development of its recommended 2021
ocean salmon management measures.
NMFS took additional inseason actions, described below, to manage and conserve SOF ocean salmon fishery impacts on overfished KRFC by reducing impacts in spring fisheries through closure or shortened fisheries in areas that impact KRFC consistent with its forecasted abundance in 2021 and conservation goals.
The NMFS West Coast Regional Administrator RA considered the abundance forecasts for Chinook salmon stocks and the impacts of the SOF ocean salmon fisheries, as modeled by the STT, and determined that the inseason actions, described below, were necessary to meet management and conservation goals set preseason. These inseason actions modify boundaries under 50 CFR 660.409b1v and fishing seasons under 50 CFR
660.409b1i.
Consultation under 50 CFR 660.409b on these inseason actions occurred on April 15, 2021. Representatives from NMFS, ODFW, CDFW, and Council staff participated in this consultation.

SUMMARY:

The effective dates for the inseason actions are set out in this document under the heading Inseason Actions.

DATES:

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 U.S./Canada border 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 Chairman of 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, the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife ODFW and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife CDFW.
Management Areas
Fisheries Off West Coast States;
Modifications of the West Coast Commercial and Recreational Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Actions 10
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Atmospheric Administration NOAA, Commerce.
ACTION: Inseason modification of 2021
management measures.

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 both NOF and SOF

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