0648-BN25 202504 Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions 0648 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA 0600 Department of Commerce DOC Fisheries Off West Coast States; West Coast Salmon Fisheries; Approving the Rebuilding Plan for the Overfished Queets River Spring/Summer Chinook Salmon Stock

This action will propose approval of a rebuilding plan for the Queets River spring/summer Chinook salmon stock. In 2023, NMFS determined that this stock was overfished. NMFS notified the Pacific Fishery Management Council of this determination on October 13, 2023. The Council’s Salmon Technical Team is developing a rebuilding plan for Council consideration and the Council expects to adopt a rebuilding plan in November 2024 to recommend to NMFS. The rebuilding plan approved by NMFS will be used in the development of annual management measures for ocean salmon fisheries until NMFS determines that the overfished stock is rebuilt.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Proposed Rule Stage No No Fully or Partially Exempt 50 CFR 600 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Statutory NPRM 10/31/2025 Two Year deadline from notification of overfished status to approve rebuilding plan NMFS notified the Pacific Fishery Management Council of the overfished status of Queets River Spring/Summer Chinook salmon in a letter dated October 13, 2023. Under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Management and Conservation Act, rebuilding plans must be in place within two years of that notification. No NPRM 07/00/2025 No Businesses State Tribal No No No No Jennifer Quan Regional Administrator - West Coast Region 0648 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NOAA 562 980-4001 jennifer.quan@noaa.gov DC 20230