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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.

Overall Description of Deadline: 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.