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representatives including fishermen, 

environmentalists, and NGO’s; 

International experts; and staff of 

Councils, Commissions, and state and 

federal agencies. 

The items of discussion in the Data 

Workshop are as follows: 

1. An assessment data set and 

associated documentation will be 

developed during the workshop. 

2. Participants will evaluate proposed 

data and select appropriate sources for 

providing information on life history 

characteristics, catch statistics, discard 

estimates, length and age composition, 

and fishery dependent and fishery 

independent measures of stock 

abundance. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Action will 

be restricted to those issues specifically 

identified in this notice and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the intent to take final action 

to address the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for sign language 

interpretation or other auxiliary aids 

should be directed to the Council office 

(see ADDRESSES) at least 5 business days 

prior to each workshop. 

Note: The times and sequence specified in 

this agenda are subject to change. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: April 6, 2022. 

Tracey L. Thompson, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–07693 Filed 4–8–22; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XB835] 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Take of Anadromous Fish 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of availability; of a 

proposed evaluation for a Tribal 

Resource Management Plan and request 

for comment. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Northwest Indian Fisheries 

Commission (NWIFC) has submitted a 

Tribal Resource Management Plan 

(Tribal Plan) for NMFS to evaluate. It 

was presented by the Bureau of Indian 

Affairs (BIA) on behalf of the Northwest 

Indian Tribes; the submission fulfills 

the Tribes’ obligations under the 

protective regulations promulgated for 

Puget Sound (PS) Chinook salmon, 

Hood Canal summer-run (HCS) chum 

salmon, PS steelhead, and Southern (S) 

eulachon under the Endangered Species 

Act (ESA). The Tribal Plan describes 

research and assessment activities that 

may affect listed PS Chinook salmon, 

HCS chum salmon, PS steelhead, and S 

eulachon in Washington State. The 

proposed research is intended to 

increase knowledge of species listed 

under the Endangered Species Act 

(ESA) and to help guide management 

and conservation efforts. NMFS has 

completed a proposed evaluation of 

how well the Tribal Plan fulfills ESA 

criteria, and the Secretary of Commerce 

(Secretary) is making that proposed 

evaluation available for public 

comment. 

DATES: Comments or requests for a 

public hearing on the applications must 

be received no later than 5 p.m. Pacific 

standard time on May 11, 2022. 

ADDRESSES: Because all West Coast 

NMFS offices are currently closed, all 

written comments on the document 

should be sent by email to 

shivonne.nesbit@noaa.gov (please 

include the RTID number (XB835) in the 

subject line of the email). The proposed 

evaluation available for public comment 

may be viewed online at: https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/action/tribalresource-management-plan-trumpnorthwest-indian-fisheries-commission. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Shivonne Nesbit, Portland, OR (Ph: 

503–231–6741, email: shivonne.nesbit@

noaa.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Species Covered in This Notice 

The following listed species are 

covered in this notice: 

Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus 

tshawytscha): Threatened Puget Sound 

(PS). 

Chum salmon (O. keta): Threatened 

Hood Canal Summer-run (HCS). 

Steelhead (O. mykiss): Threatened PS. 

Eulachon (Thaleichthys pacificus): 

Threatened southern distinct population 

segment (DPS). 

Authority 

Under section 4 of the ESA, the 

Secretary is required to adopt such 

regulations as he deems necessary and 

advisable for the conservation of the 

species listed as threatened. The ESA 

Tribal 4(d) rule (70 FR 37160; June 28, 

2005) states that the ESA section 9 take 

prohibitions do not apply to Tribal 

Plans that will not appreciably reduce 

the likelihood of survival and recovery 

for the listed species. 

The Tribal Plan 

The NWIFC—through the BIA and on 

behalf of the Northwest Indian Tribes— 

has submitted a Tribal Plan for scientific 

research and assessment activities 

within the range of the PS Chinook 

salmon, HCS chum salmon, PS 

steelhead, and SDPS eulachon. The 

Northwest Indian Tribes conduct, 

independently and in cooperation with 

other agencies, a variety of research and 

assessment projects. These projects 

provide the technical basis for managing 

fisheries and conserving and restoring 

salmon stocks and their habitat. The 

need for an improved understanding of 

salmonid survival in the freshwater and 

early marine life stages drives much of 

the current research. The Tribal Plan 

includes implementation, monitoring, 

and evaluation procedures designed to 

ensure that the research is consistent 

with the objectives of the ESA. The 

research activities described in the 

Tribal Plan would take place over a 5 

year period starting in 2022. 

As 50 CFR 223.209 requires, the 

Secretary must determine whether the 

activities proposed in the Tribal Plan 

would appreciably reduce the 

likelihood of survival and recovery for 

PS Chinook salmon, HCS chum salmon, 

PS steelhead, and SDPS eulachon. The 

Secretary must take comments on how 

NMFS’s evaluation of the Tribal Plan 

fulfills the criteria in 50 CFR 223.209 

when making that portion of the 

determination. 

Dated: April 5, 2022. 

Angela Somma, 

Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office 

of Protected Resources, National Marine 

Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2022–07661 Filed 4–8–22; 8:45 am] 

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