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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 59 / Tuesday, March 30, 2021 / Rules and Regulations NMFS is taking the 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. In Oregon, these inseason actions include dividing the area from Cape Falcon to Humbug Mountain at the Heceta Bank Line, which is the port area analysis boundary used by the STT. This allows for finerscale management of fisheries in the Northern Oregon NO Cape Falcon to Heceta Bank Line and Central Oregon CO Heceta Bank Line to Humbug Mountain port areas. The NO and CO
port area impacts are analyzed separately by the STT and in the environmental assessment prepared under the National Environmental Policy Act NEPA https
media.fisheries.noaa.gov/dammigration/2020_ocean_salmon_
management_ea_and_fonsi.pdf and have different impacts on salmon stocks; e.g., the NO port area has lower impacts on KRFC than the CO port area.
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 March 10, 2021. Representatives from NMFS, ODFW, CDFW, and Council staff participated in this consultation. The Council may consider further inseason action at its April 615, 2021, meeting.
Inseason Actions
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Inseason Action 1
Description of the action: Inseason action 1 modified the boundaries in the commercial ocean salmon fishery between Cape Falcon, OR, and Humbug Mountain, OR, by dividing the area consistent with the NO and CO port analysis areas at the Heceta Bank Line latitude 435800 N. The boundaries of the resulting sub-areas are: Cape Falcon, OR, to the Heceta Bank Line and the Heceta Bank Line to Humbug Mountain, OR.
Effective dates: Inseason action 1
took effect on March 11, 2021, and remains in effect until superseded.

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Inseason Action 2

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Description of the action: Inseason action 2 delayed the opening date of the commercial ocean salmon fishery from Cape Falcon, OR, to the Heceta Bank Line, previously scheduled to open March 15, 2021. This fishery will now open March 20, 2021.
Effective dates: Inseason action 2
took effect on March 15, 2021, and remains in effect until superseded.

Description of the action: Inseason action 8 closes the recreational ocean salmon fishery from Horse Mountain, CA, to Point Arena, CA, previously scheduled to open April 3, 2021.
Effective dates: Inseason action 8
takes effect April 3, 2021, and remains in effect until superseded.

Inseason Action 3
Description of the action: Inseason action 3 delayed the opening date of the commercial ocean salmon fishery from the Heceta Bank Line to Humbug Mountain, OR, previously scheduled to open March 15, 2021.
Effective dates: Inseason action 3
took effect March 15, 2021, and remains in effect until superseded.
Inseason Action 4
Description of the action: Inseason action 4 delayed the opening date of the commercial ocean salmon fishery from Humbug Mountain, OR, to the Oregon/California border, previously scheduled to open March 15, 2021. This fishery will now open March 20, 2021.
Effective dates: Inseason action 4
took effect March 15, 2021, and remains in effect until superseded.
Inseason Action 5
Description of the action: Inseason action 5 closes the commercial ocean salmon fishery in the area from the Oregon/California border to the Humboldt South Jetty, CA, previously scheduled for May 1, 2021 to May 31, 2021.
Effective dates: Inseason action 5
takes effect May 1, 2021, and remains in effect until superseded.
Inseason Action 6
Description of the action: Inseason action 6 delays the opening date of the commercial ocean salmon fishery from the Horse Mountain, CA, to Point Arena, CA, previously scheduled to open April 15, 2021.
Effective dates: Inseason action 6
takes effect April 15, 2021, and remains in effect until superseded.
Inseason Action 7
Description of the action: Inseason action 7 closes the recreational ocean salmon fishery from the Oregon/
California border to Horse Mountain, CA, previously scheduled to open May 1, 2021.
Effective dates: Inseason action 7
takes effect May 1, 2021, and remains in effect until superseded.

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Inseason Action 9
Description of the action: Inseason action 9 closes the opening date of the recreational ocean salmon fishery from Point Arena, CA, to Pigeon Point, CA, previously scheduled to open April 3, 2021.
Effective dates: Inseason action 9
takes effect April 3, 2021, and remains in effect until superseded.
All other restrictions and regulations remain in effect as announced for the 2020 ocean salmon fisheries 85 FR
27317, May 8, 2020 and as modified by previous inseason actions 85 FR 31707, May 27, 2020, 85 FR 55784, September 10, 2020, and 86 FR 13824, March 11, 2021.
The RA determined that these inseason actions, recommended by the States of Oregon, and California, were warranted based on the best available information on Pacific salmon abundance forecasts and anticipated fishery effort. 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 MSA. 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 state agencies had insufficient time to provide for prior notice and the opportunity for public comment between the time Chinook salmon abundance, catch, and effort
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