80_FR_70102 80 FR 69884 - Fraser River Sockeye and Pink Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Orders

80 FR 69884 - Fraser River Sockeye and Pink Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Orders

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 218 (November 12, 2015)

Page Range69884-69885
FR Document2015-28673

NMFS publishes Fraser River salmon inseason orders to regulate treaty and non-treaty (all citizen) commercial salmon fisheries in U.S. waters. The orders were issued by the Fraser River Panel (Panel) of the Pacific Salmon Commission (Commission) and subsequently approved and issued by NMFS during the 2015 salmon fisheries within the U.S. Fraser River Panel Area. These orders established fishing dates, times, and areas for the gear types of U.S. treaty Indian and all citizen commercial fisheries during the period the Panel exercised jurisdiction over these fisheries.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

50 CFR Part 300

RIN 0648-XE261


Fraser River Sockeye and Pink Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Orders

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Temporary orders; inseason orders.

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SUMMARY: NMFS publishes Fraser River salmon inseason orders to regulate 
treaty and non-treaty (all citizen) commercial salmon fisheries in U.S. 
waters. The orders were issued by the Fraser River Panel (Panel) of the 
Pacific Salmon Commission (Commission) and subsequently approved and 
issued by NMFS during the 2015 salmon fisheries within the U.S. Fraser 
River Panel Area. These orders established fishing dates, times, and 
areas for the gear types of U.S. treaty Indian and all citizen 
commercial fisheries during the period the Panel exercised jurisdiction 
over these fisheries.

DATES: The effective dates for the inseason orders are set out in this 
document under the heading Inseason Orders.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peggy Mundy at 206-526-4323.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Treaty between the Government of the 
United States of America and the Government of Canada concerning 
Pacific Salmon was signed at Ottawa on January 28, 1985, and 
subsequently was given effect in the United States by the Pacific 
Salmon Treaty Act (Act) at 16 U.S.C. 3631-3644.
    Under authority of the Act, Federal regulations at 50 CFR part 300, 
subpart F, provide a framework for the implementation of certain 
regulations of the Commission and inseason orders of the Commission's 
Fraser River Panel for U.S. sockeye and pink salmon fisheries in the 
Fraser River Panel Area.
    The regulations close the U.S. portion of the Fraser River Panel 
Area to U.S. sockeye and pink salmon tribal and non-tribal commercial 
fishing unless opened by Panel orders that are given effect by inseason 
regulations published by NMFS. During the fishing season, NMFS may 
issue regulations that establish fishing times and areas consistent 
with the Commission agreements and inseason orders of the Panel. Such 
orders must be consistent with domestic legal obligations and are 
issued by the Regional Administrator, West Coast Region, NMFS. Official 
notification of these inseason actions is provided by two telephone 
hotline numbers described at 50 CFR 300.97(b)(1) and in 80 FR 25611 
(May 5, 2015). The inseason orders are published in the Federal 
Register as soon as practicable after they are issued. Due to the 
frequency with which inseason orders are issued, publication of 
individual orders is impractical.

Inseason Orders

    The following inseason orders were adopted by the Panel and issued 
for U.S. fisheries by NMFS during the 2015 fishing season. Each of the 
following inseason actions was effective upon announcement on telephone 
hotline numbers as specified at 50 CFR 300.97(b)(1) and in 80 FR 25611 
(May 5, 2015); those dates and times are listed herein. The times 
listed are local times, and the areas designated are Puget Sound 
Management and Catch Reporting Areas as defined in the Washington State 
Administrative Code at Chapter 220-22.

Fraser River Panel Order Number 2015-01: Issued 12:15 p.m., July 24, 
2015

Treaty Indian Fishery
    Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Open to drift gillnets 12 p.m. (noon), 
Saturday, July 25, 2015, to 12 p.m. (noon), Wednesday, July 29, 2015.

Fraser River Panel Order Number 2015-02: Issued 11:50 a.m., July 28, 
2015

Treaty Indian Fishery
    Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Extend for drift gillnets from 12 p.m. (noon), 
Wednesday, July 29, 2015, through 12 p.m. (noon), Saturday, August 1, 
2015.

Fraser River Panel Order Number 2015-03: Issued 12:30 p.m., July 31, 
2015

Treaty Indian Fishery
    Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Extend for drift gillnets from 12 p.m. (noon), 
Saturday, August 1, 2015, through 12 p.m. (noon), Wednesday, August 5, 
2015.
    Areas 6, 7, and 7A: Open for net fishing from 5 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. 
(midnight), Saturday, August 1, 2015, and from 5 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. 
(midnight), Monday, August 3, 2015.
All Citizen Fishery
    Areas 7 and 7A: Open to reefnets from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday, 
August 1, 2015.
    Areas 7 and 7A: Open to purse seines from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday, 
August 2, 2015.
    Areas 7 and 7A: Open to drift gillnets from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., 
Sunday, August 2, 2015.

Fraser River Panel Order Number 2015-04: Issued 12:30 p.m., August 4, 
2015

Treaty Indian Fishery
    Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Extend for drift gillnets from 12 p.m. (noon), 
Wednesday, August 5, 2015, to 12 p.m. (noon), Saturday, August 8, 2015.
    Areas 6, 7, and 7A: Open for net fishing from 5 a.m., Thursday, 
August 6, 2015, to 9 a.m., Friday, August 7, 2015.
All Citizen Fishery
    Areas 7 and 7A: Open to reefnets from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., Thursday, 
August 6, 2015, and 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday, August 7, 2015.
    Areas 7 and 7A: Open to purse seines from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., 
Wednesday, August 5, 2015, and 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday, August 7, 
2015.
    Areas 7 and 7A: Open to drift gillnets from 8 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. 
(midnight), Wednesday, August 5, 2015, and from 8 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. 
(midnight), Friday, August 7, 2015.

Fraser River Panel Order Number 2015-05: Issued 12:30 p.m., August 7, 
2015

Treaty Indian Fishery
    Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Extend for drift gillnets from 12 p.m. (noon), 
Saturday, August 8, 2015, to 12 p.m. (noon), Wednesday, August 12, 
2015.
    Areas 6, 7, and 7A: Open for net fishing from 5 a.m., Sunday, 
August 9, 2015, to 9 a.m., Tuesday, August 11, 2015.
All Citizen Fishery
    Areas 7 and 7a: Open to reefnets from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday, 
August 8, 2015.
    Areas 7 and 7A: Open to purse seines from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., 
Saturday, August 8, 2015.
    Areas 7 and 7A: Open to drift gillnets from 8 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. 
(midnight), Saturday, August 8, 2015.

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Fraser River Panel Order Number 2015-06: Issued 8:30 p.m., August 24, 
2015

Treaty Indian Fishery
    Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Open to drift gillnets from 12 p.m. (noon), 
Tuesday, August 25, 2015, through 12 p.m. (noon), Saturday, August 29, 
2015. Sockeye may be retained for ceremonial and subsistence purposes 
only.
    Areas 6, 7, and 7A: Open for net fishing from 5:00 a.m., Thursday, 
August 27, 2015, through 9:00 a.m., Saturday, August 29, 2015. Sockeye 
may be retained for ceremonial and subsistence purposes only.
All Citizen Fishery
    Areas 7 and 7A: Open to reefnets, with non-retention of sockeye, 
from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., Wednesday, August 26, 2015, and 5 a.m. to 9 
p.m., Thursday, August 27, 2015.
    Areas 7 and 7A: Open to purse seines, with non-retention of 
sockeye, from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday, August 25, 2015, and 5 a.m. to 
9 p.m., Wednesday, August 26, 2015.
    Areas 7 and 7A: Open to drift gillnets, with non-retention of 
sockeye, from 8 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. (midnight), Tuesday, August 25, 
2015, and 8 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. (midnight), Wednesday, August 26, 2015.

Fraser River Panel Order Number 2015-07: Issued 12:30 p.m., August 28, 
2015

Treaty Indian Fishery
    Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Extend for drift gillnets from 12 p.m. (noon), 
Saturday, August 29, 2015, through 12 p.m. (noon), Wednesday, September 
2, 2015. Sockeye may be retained for ceremonial and subsistence 
purposes only.
    Areas 6, 7, and 7A: Open for net fishing from 5 a.m., Monday, 
August 31, 2015, through 9 a.m., Tuesday, September 1, 2015. Sockeye 
may be retained for ceremonial and subsistence purposes only.
All Citizen Fishery
    Areas 7 and 7A: Open to reefnets, with non-retention of sockeye, 
from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday August 30, 2015, and from 5 a.m. to 9 
p.m., Monday, August 31, 2015.
    Areas 7 and 7A: Open to purse seines, with non-retention of 
sockeye, from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday, August 30, 2015.
    Areas 7 and 7A: Open to drift gillnets, with non-retention of 
sockeye, from 8 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. (midnight), Sunday, August 30, 2015.

Fraser River Panel Order Number 2015-08: Issued 9:45 a.m., August 31, 
2015

All Citizen Fishery
    Areas 7 and 7A: Open to reefnets, with non-retention of sockeye, 
from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday, September 1, 2015.
    Areas 7 and 7A: Open to purse seines, with non-retention of 
sockeye, from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday, September 1, 2015.
    Areas 7 and 7A: Open to drift gillnets, with non-retention of 
sockeye, from 8 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. (midnight), Tuesday, September 1, 
2015.

Fraser River Panel Order Number 2015-09: Issued 11:50 a.m., September 
8, 2015

Treaty Indian and All Citizen Fisheries
    Areas 4B, 5, 6, 6C, 7, and 7A, excluding the Apex: Relinquish 
regulatory control effective 11:59 p.m. (midnight), Tuesday, September 
8, 2015. The Apex is those waters north and west of the Area 7A ``East 
Point Line,'' defined as a line projected from the low water range 
marker in Boundary Bay on the U.S./Canada border through the east tip 
of Point Roberts, WA, to the East Point Light on Saturna Island in the 
Canadian Province of British Columbia.

Fraser River Panel Order Number 2015-10: Issued 3 p.m., October 8, 2015

Treaty Indian and All Citizen Fisheries
    Area 7A, the Apex: Relinquish regulatory control in the remaining 
portion of catch area 7A, referred to as the Apex, effective 11:59 p.m. 
(midnight), Friday, October 9, 2015.

Classification

    The Assistant Administrator for Fisheries NOAA (AA), finds that 
good cause exists for the inseason orders to be issued without 
affording the public prior notice and opportunity for comment under 5 
U.S.C. 553(b)(B) as such prior notice and opportunity for comments is 
impracticable and contrary to the public interest. Prior notice and 
opportunity for public comment is impracticable because NMFS has 
insufficient time to allow for prior notice and opportunity for public 
comment between the time the stock abundance information is available 
to determine how much fishing can be allowed and the time the fishery 
must open and close in order to harvest the appropriate amount of fish 
while they are available.
    The AA also finds good cause to waive the 30-day delay in the 
effective date, required under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), of the inseason 
orders. A delay in the effective date of the inseason orders would not 
allow fishers appropriately controlled access to the available fish at 
that time they are available.
    This action is authorized by 50 CFR 300.97, and is exempt from 
review under Executive Order 12866.

    Authority:  16 U.S.C. 3636(b).

    Dated: November 5, 2015.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2015-28673 Filed 11-10-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 3510-22-P

69884 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 218 / Thursday, November 12, 2015 / Rules and Regulations year is not actually an affected unit as the Commission and inseason orders of August 1, 2015, through 12 p.m. (noon), of May 1 of the compliance year.2 the Commission’s Fraser River Panel for Wednesday, August 5, 2015. Authority: 40 CFR 97.511(b). U.S. sockeye and pink salmon fisheries Areas 6, 7, and 7A: Open for net in the Fraser River Panel Area. fishing from 5 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. Dated: November 4, 2015. The regulations close the U.S. portion (midnight), Saturday, August 1, 2015, Reid P. Harvey, of the Fraser River Panel Area to U.S. and from 5 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. Director, Clean Air Markets Division, Office sockeye and pink salmon tribal and (midnight), Monday, August 3, 2015. of Atmospheric Programs, Office of Air and non-tribal commercial fishing unless Radiation. opened by Panel orders that are given All Citizen Fishery [FR Doc. 2015–28766 Filed 11–10–15; 8:45 am] effect by inseason regulations published Areas 7 and 7A: Open to reefnets from BILLING CODE 6560–50–P by NMFS. During the fishing season, 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday, August 1, NMFS may issue regulations that 2015. establish fishing times and areas Areas 7 and 7A: Open to purse seines DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE consistent with the Commission from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday, August agreements and inseason orders of the 2, 2015. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Panel. Such orders must be consistent Areas 7 and 7A: Open to drift gillnets Administration with domestic legal obligations and are from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m., Sunday, August issued by the Regional Administrator, 2, 2015. 50 CFR Part 300 West Coast Region, NMFS. Official notification of these inseason actions is Fraser River Panel Order Number 2015± RIN 0648–XE261 provided by two telephone hotline 04: Issued 12:30 p.m., August 4, 2015 Fraser River Sockeye and Pink Salmon numbers described at 50 CFR Treaty Indian Fishery Fisheries; Inseason Orders 300.97(b)(1) and in 80 FR 25611 (May 5, 2015). The inseason orders are Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Extend for drift AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries published in the Federal Register as gillnets from 12 p.m. (noon), Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and soon as practicable after they are issued. Wednesday, August 5, 2015, to 12 p.m. Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Due to the frequency with which (noon), Saturday, August 8, 2015. Commerce. inseason orders are issued, publication Areas 6, 7, and 7A: Open for net ACTION: Temporary orders; inseason of individual orders is impractical. fishing from 5 a.m., Thursday, August 6, orders. 2015, to 9 a.m., Friday, August 7, 2015. Inseason Orders SUMMARY: NMFS publishes Fraser River The following inseason orders were All Citizen Fishery salmon inseason orders to regulate adopted by the Panel and issued for U.S. Areas 7 and 7A: Open to reefnets from treaty and non-treaty (all citizen) fisheries by NMFS during the 2015 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., Thursday, August 6, commercial salmon fisheries in U.S. fishing season. Each of the following 2015, and 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday, waters. The orders were issued by the inseason actions was effective upon August 7, 2015. Fraser River Panel (Panel) of the Pacific announcement on telephone hotline Areas 7 and 7A: Open to purse seines Salmon Commission (Commission) and numbers as specified at 50 CFR from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., Wednesday, subsequently approved and issued by 300.97(b)(1) and in 80 FR 25611 (May 5, August 5, 2015, and 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., NMFS during the 2015 salmon fisheries 2015); those dates and times are listed Friday, August 7, 2015. within the U.S. Fraser River Panel Area. herein. The times listed are local times, Areas 7 and 7A: Open to drift gillnets These orders established fishing dates, and the areas designated are Puget from 8 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. (midnight), times, and areas for the gear types of Sound Management and Catch Wednesday, August 5, 2015, and from 8 U.S. treaty Indian and all citizen Reporting Areas as defined in the a.m. to 11:59 p.m. (midnight), Friday, commercial fisheries during the period Washington State Administrative Code August 7, 2015. the Panel exercised jurisdiction over at Chapter 220–22. these fisheries. Fraser River Panel Order Number 2015± Fraser River Panel Order Number 2015± 05: Issued 12:30 p.m., August 7, 2015 DATES: The effective dates for the 01: Issued 12:15 p.m., July 24, 2015 inseason orders are set out in this Treaty Indian Fishery document under the heading Inseason Treaty Indian Fishery Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Extend for drift Orders. Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Open to drift gillnets from 12 p.m. (noon), Saturday, FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: gillnets 12 p.m. (noon), Saturday, July August 8, 2015, to 12 p.m. (noon), Peggy Mundy at 206–526–4323. 25, 2015, to 12 p.m. (noon), Wednesday, Wednesday, August 12, 2015. July 29, 2015. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Areas 6, 7, and 7A: Open for net Treaty between the Government of the Fraser River Panel Order Number 2015± fishing from 5 a.m., Sunday, August 9, United States of America and the 02: Issued 11:50 a.m., July 28, 2015 2015, to 9 a.m., Tuesday, August 11, Government of Canada concerning 2015. Treaty Indian Fishery Pacific Salmon was signed at Ottawa on All Citizen Fishery January 28, 1985, and subsequently was Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Extend for drift given effect in the United States by the gillnets from 12 p.m. (noon), Areas 7 and 7a: Open to reefnets from Pacific Salmon Treaty Act (Act) at 16 Wednesday, July 29, 2015, through 12 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday, August 8, mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with RULES U.S.C. 3631–3644. p.m. (noon), Saturday, August 1, 2015. 2015. Under authority of the Act, Federal Fraser River Panel Order Number 2015± Areas 7 and 7A: Open to purse seines regulations at 50 CFR part 300, subpart 03: Issued 12:30 p.m., July 31, 2015 from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday, August F, provide a framework for the 8, 2015. implementation of certain regulations of Treaty Indian Fishery Areas 7 and 7A: Open to drift gillnets Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Extend for drift from 8 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. (midnight), 2 See 40 CFR 97.511(c). gillnets from 12 p.m. (noon), Saturday, Saturday, August 8, 2015. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:30 Nov 10, 2015 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00048 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 E:\FR\FM\12NOR1.SGM 12NOR1

Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 218 / Thursday, November 12, 2015 / Rules and Regulations 69885 Fraser River Panel Order Number 2015± Fraser River Panel Order Number 2015± effective date of the inseason orders 06: Issued 8:30 p.m., August 24, 2015 08: Issued 9:45 a.m., August 31, 2015 would not allow fishers appropriately controlled access to the available fish at Treaty Indian Fishery All Citizen Fishery that time they are available. Areas 7 and 7A: Open to reefnets, This action is authorized by 50 CFR Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Open to drift with non-retention of sockeye, from 5 300.97, and is exempt from review gillnets from 12 p.m. (noon), Tuesday, a.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday, September 1, under Executive Order 12866. August 25, 2015, through 12 p.m. 2015. (noon), Saturday, August 29, 2015. Authority: 16 U.S.C. 3636(b). Areas 7 and 7A: Open to purse seines, Sockeye may be retained for ceremonial with non-retention of sockeye, from 5 Dated: November 5, 2015. and subsistence purposes only. a.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday, September 1, Emily H. Menashes, Areas 6, 7, and 7A: Open for net 2015. Acting Director, Office of Sustainable fishing from 5:00 a.m., Thursday, Areas 7 and 7A: Open to drift gillnets, Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. August 27, 2015, through 9:00 a.m., with non-retention of sockeye, from 8 [FR Doc. 2015–28673 Filed 11–10–15; 8:45 am] Saturday, August 29, 2015. Sockeye may a.m. to 11:59 p.m. (midnight), Tuesday, BILLING CODE 3510–22–P be retained for ceremonial and September 1, 2015. subsistence purposes only. Fraser River Panel Order Number 2015± DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE All Citizen Fishery 09: Issued 11:50 a.m., September 8, 2015 National Oceanic and Atmospheric Areas 7 and 7A: Open to reefnets, Administration with non-retention of sockeye, from 5 Treaty Indian and All Citizen Fisheries a.m. to 9 p.m., Wednesday, August 26, Areas 4B, 5, 6, 6C, 7, and 7A, 50 CFR Part 660 2015, and 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., Thursday, excluding the Apex: Relinquish August 27, 2015. regulatory control effective 11:59 p.m. [Docket No. 150316270–5270–01] Areas 7 and 7A: Open to purse seines, (midnight), Tuesday, September 8, 2015. RIN 0648–XE259 with non-retention of sockeye, from 5 The Apex is those waters north and a.m. to 9 p.m., Tuesday, August 25, west of the Area 7A ‘‘East Point Line,’’ Fisheries Off West Coast States; 2015, and 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., Wednesday, defined as a line projected from the low Modifications of the West Coast August 26, 2015. water range marker in Boundary Bay on Commercial and Recreational Salmon the U.S./Canada border through the east Fisheries; Inseason Actions #37 Areas 7 and 7A: Open to drift gillnets, tip of Point Roberts, WA, to the East Through #39 with non-retention of sockeye, from 8 Point Light on Saturna Island in the a.m. to 11:59 p.m. (midnight), Tuesday, Canadian Province of British Columbia. AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries August 25, 2015, and 8 a.m. to 11:59 Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and p.m. (midnight), Wednesday, August 26, Fraser River Panel Order Number 2015± Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 2015. 10: Issued 3 p.m., October 8, 2015 Commerce. Fraser River Panel Order Number 2015± Treaty Indian and All Citizen Fisheries ACTION: Modification of fishing seasons; 07: Issued 12:30 p.m., August 28, 2015 Area 7A, the Apex: Relinquish request for comments. regulatory control in the remaining SUMMARY: NMFS announces three Treaty Indian Fishery portion of catch area 7A, referred to as inseason actions in the ocean salmon Areas 4B, 5, and 6C: Extend for drift the Apex, effective 11:59 p.m. fisheries. These inseason actions gillnets from 12 p.m. (noon), Saturday, (midnight), Friday, October 9, 2015. modified the commercial salmon August 29, 2015, through 12 p.m. Classification fisheries in the area from the U.S./ (noon), Wednesday, September 2, 2015. Canada border to Humboldt South Jetty, The Assistant Administrator for Sockeye may be retained for ceremonial CA. Fisheries NOAA (AA), finds that good and subsistence purposes only. cause exists for the inseason orders to be DATES: The effective dates for the Areas 6, 7, and 7A: Open for net issued without affording the public inseason actions are set out in this fishing from 5 a.m., Monday, August 31, prior notice and opportunity for document under the heading Inseason 2015, through 9 a.m., Tuesday, comment under 5 U.S.C. 553(b)(B) as Actions. Comments will be accepted September 1, 2015. Sockeye may be such prior notice and opportunity for through November 27, 2015. retained for ceremonial and subsistence comments is impracticable and contrary ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, purposes only. to the public interest. Prior notice and identified by NOAA–NMFS–2015–0001, opportunity for public comment is by any one of the following methods: All Citizen Fishery impracticable because NMFS has • Electronic Submissions: Submit all Areas 7 and 7A: Open to reefnets, insufficient time to allow for prior electronic public comments via the with non-retention of sockeye, from 5 notice and opportunity for public Federal eRulemaking Portal. Go to a.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday August 30, 2015, comment between the time the stock www.regulations.gov/ and from 5 a.m. to 9 p.m., Monday, abundance information is available to #!docketDetail;D=NOAA-NMFS-2015- August 31, 2015. determine how much fishing can be 0001, click the ‘‘Comment Now!’’ icon, allowed and the time the fishery must complete the required fields, and enter mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with RULES Areas 7 and 7A: Open to purse seines, open and close in order to harvest the or attach your comments. with non-retention of sockeye, from 5 appropriate amount of fish while they • Mail: William W. Stelle, Jr., a.m. to 9 p.m., Sunday, August 30, 2015. are available. Regional Administrator, West Coast Areas 7 and 7A: Open to drift gillnets, The AA also finds good cause to Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way with non-retention of sockeye, from 8 waive the 30-day delay in the effective NE., Seattle, WA 98115–6349 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. (midnight), Sunday, date, required under 5 U.S.C. 553(d)(3), Instructions: Comments sent by any August 30, 2015. of the inseason orders. A delay in the other method, to any other address or VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:30 Nov 10, 2015 Jkt 238001 PO 00000 Frm 00049 Fmt 4700 Sfmt 4700 E:\FR\FM\12NOR1.SGM 12NOR1


Document Created: 2015-12-14 14:53:13
Document Modified: 2015-12-14 14:53:13
CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
GS 4.107:
AE 2.106:
PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionRules and Regulations
ActionTemporary orders; inseason orders.
DatesThe effective dates for the inseason orders are set out in this document under the heading Inseason Orders.
ContactPeggy Mundy at 206-526-4323.
FR Citation80 FR 69884 
RIN Number0648-XE26
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