0648-BN26 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; Federal Salmon Regulations for Overfished Species Rebuilding Plans

This action will remove from regulation the rebuilding plans for the Queets River coho salmon stock and for the Strait of Juan de Fuca coho salmon. NMFS published a final rule in 2021 implementing a rebuilding plan for Strait of Juan de Fuca coho salmon and a rebuilding plan for Queets River coho salmon. Both of these stocks were determined by NMFS in 2018 to be overfished under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA). Based on the most recent assessment of Queets River coho salmon and Strait of Juan de Fuca coho salmon, completed in February 2024, the stocks are no longer overfished and NMFS made a status determination of rebuilt under the MSA, thus there is no longer a need to manage fisheries on these stocks under the rebuilding plans. This action is not expected to have economic impacts as the rebuilding plans adopted the Fishery Management Plan’s existing harvest control rule and management measures.

]]> Substantive, Nonsignificant Previously Published in The Unified Agenda Final Rule Stage No No Not subject to, not significant 50 CFR 600 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. No NPRM 03/28/2025 90 FR 14062 NPRM Comment Period End 04/28/2025 Final Action 07/00/2025 No No None 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