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947,057 lb (429,578 kg); and Florida, 

673,748 lb (305,607 kg). 

Classification 

This action is taken under 50 CFR 

part 648 and is exempt from review 

under Executive Order 12866. 

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

Dated: October 8, 2008. 

Emily H. Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E8–24415 Filed 10–9–08; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 660 

[Docket No. 080225278–81191–02] 

RIN 0648–AS96 

Fisheries Off West Coast States; West 

Coast Salmon Fisheries; Amendment 

14; Essential Fish Habitat Descriptions 

for Pacific Salmon 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Final rule. 

SUMMARY: NMFS issues this final rule to 

implement Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) 

identifications and descriptions for 

Pacific salmon included in Amendment 

14 to the Pacific Salmon Fishery 

Management Plan (Salmon FMP). This 

final rule codifies the EFH 

identifications and descriptions for 

freshwater and marine habitats of 

Pacific salmon managed under the 

Salmon FMP, including Chinook, coho, 

and pink salmon. This action is 

necessary to comply with an order 

issued by the U.S. District Court for the 

District of Idaho which directed NMFS 

to codify the EFH identifications and 

descriptions contained in Amendment 

14 to the Salmon FMP. 

DATES: Effective November 14, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Record of 

Decision, the Final Supplemental 

Environmental Impact Statement, and 

Amendment 14 to the Salmon FMP are 

available at www.nwr.noaa.gov or from 

D. Robert Lohn, Administrator, 

Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand 

Point Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115–0070, 

phone: 206–526–6150. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Steve Copps (Northwest Region, NMFS), 

206–526–6140; fax: 206–526–6736. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Magnuson–Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act 

(Magnuson–Stevens Act) authorizes the 

Secretary of Commerce (Secretary) to 

regulate domestic fisheries within the 

200–mile U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone 

(EEZ) (16 U.S.C. 1811, 1853). 

Conservation and management of fish 

stocks is accomplished through Fishery 

Management Plans (FMPs). Eight 

regional fishery management councils 

develop FMPs and amendments to those 

plans for fisheries within their 

jurisdiction (16 U.S.C. 1853). To be 

effective, FMPs and FMP amendments 

developed by the councils must be 

approved by the Secretary and then 

implemented through regulation (16 

U.S.C. 1854). More information on the 

FMP process can be found at 16 U.S.C. 

1851–1854. 

Essential Fish Habitat 

The Magnuson–Stevens Act, 

originally enacted in 1976, has been 

amended several times. In 1996, the 

Sustainable Fisheries Act (SFA) 

amended the Magnuson–Stevens Act 

adding provisions intended to end 

overfishing and rebuild overfished 

fisheries, reduce bycatch, and assess 

and minimize the impacts of 

management measures on fishing 

communities. Congress articulated in its 

findings that one of the greatest long– 

term threats to the viability of 

commercial and recreational fisheries is 

the continuing loss of marine, estuarine, 

and other aquatic habitats. Habitat 

considerations should receive increased 

attention for the conservation and 

management of fishery resources of the 

United States (16 U.S.C. 1801(a)(9)). In 

making such findings, Congress 

declared one of the purposes of the 

Magnuson–Stevens Act to be the 

promotion of ‘‘the protection of [EFH] in 

the review of projects conducted under 

Federal permits, licenses, or other 

authorities that affect or have the 

potential to affect such habitat’’ (16 

U.S.C. 1801(b)(7)). To ensure habitat 

considerations receive increased 

attention for the conservation and 

management of fishery resources, the 

amended Magnuson–Stevens Act 

required each existing, and any new, 

FMP to: describe and identify essential 

fish habitat for the fishery based on the 

guidelines established by the Secretary 

under section 1855(b)(1)(A) of this title; 

minimize to the extent practicable 

adverse effects on such habitat caused 

by fishing; and, identify other actions to 

encourage the conservation and 

enhancement of such habitat (16 U.S.C. 

1853(a)(7)). ‘‘EFH’’ is defined in the 

Magnuson–Stevens Act as ‘‘those waters 

and substrate necessary to fish for 

spawning, breeding, feeding, or growth 

to maturity’’ (16 U.S.C. 1802(10)). 

The EFH regulations (50 CFR 600.815) 

establish additional guidance to the 

councils on how to identify and 

describe EFH. The regulations indicate 

that councils should obtain information 

to describe and identify EFH from the 

best available sources, including peer 

reviewed literature, unpublished 

scientific reports, data files of 

government resource agencies, fisheries 

landing reports, and other sources of 

information. 

The regulations identify four 

classification levels to organize 

available information relevant to EFH 

identifications and descriptions. Level 1 

information is limited to species 

distributional data; level 2 information 

includes habitat–related densities; level 

3 includes growth, reproduction or 

survival rates within habitats; and level 

4 consists of production rates by habitat. 

Councils are encouraged to identify and 

describe EFH based on the highest level 

of detail (i.e., level 4). The EFH 

regulations (50 CFR 600.815, subpart J) 

provide a complete description of each 

of these levels as well as guidance on 

how the councils should analyze the 

available information. 

To establish EFH, the regulations 

advise the councils to interpret the 

available information in a ‘‘risk–averse 

fashion to ensure adequate areas are 

identified as EFH for managed species’’ 

(50 CFR 600.815(a)(1)(iv)(A)). For 

Pacific salmon, the Pacific Fishery 

Management Council (Pacific Council) 

obtained information at all four levels 

for certain freshwater areas, and the first 

three levels of information for the 

estuaries; only the first level of 

information was available for marine 

areas. 

Amendment 14 to the Pacific Salmon 

Fishery Management Plan 

The Secretary approved the Salmon 

FMP under the Magnuson–Stevens Act, 

(16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.), in 1978. The 

Pacific Council has amended the 

Salmon FMP 14 times since 1978. The 

Pacific Council identified and described 

EFH for Pacific Salmon in Amendment 

14 to the Salmon FMP and submitted it 

on June 12, 2000 for Secretarial review. 

Following a public comment period, the 

Secretary approved Amendment 14 on 

September 27, 2000. NMFS codified 

some, but not all, components of 

Amendment 14. The Pacific Salmon 

EFH descriptions and identifications, 

however, were not codified. 

In September of 2003, the U.S. District 

Court for the District of Idaho (Court) 

(Case No. CV02–C–EJL) held that the 


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EFH identifications and descriptions for 

Pacific salmon included in Amendment 

14 constitute a substantive rule under 

the Administrative Procedure Act 

(APA), 5 U.S.C. 553 et seq. The Court 

remanded Amendment 14’s EFH Pacific 

Salmon designations to NMFS and 

ordered that it undertake notice and 

comment rulemaking to codify the EFH 

identifications and descriptions. To 

comply with the Court’s order, NMFS 

published a proposed rule to codify EFH 

for Pacific salmon on April 20, 2007 (72 

FR 19862). Public comments for this 

action were received through July 19, 

2007. 

This final rule codifies the EFH 

identifications and descriptions for 

freshwater and marine habitats of 

Pacific salmon managed under the 

Salmon FMP for Chinook 

(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha), coho (O. 

kisutch), and Puget Sound pink (O. 

gorbuscha) salmon in Washington, 

Oregon, Idaho and California. 

Changes from the Proposed Rule 

NMFS made minor, non–substantive 

changes to the proposed rule to improve 

the clarity and accuracy of the 

regulations. Such changes include 

corrections to United States Geological 

Survey Hydrological Unit Codes 

identified in the regulations, deletion of 

confusing and unnecessary language 

regarding the extent of the U.S. 

Exclusive Economic Zone, as well as 

revisions to correct grammatical and 

spelling errors. 

Comments and Responses 

NMFS received one comment on the 

proposed rule. 

Comment: The U.S. Department of 

Interior commented that the following 

three Bureau of Reclamation dams 

should be included in table 1 of the 

proposed regulations as impassable 

man–made barriers and thereby 

function as the upstream extent of EFH: 

Bumping Lake Dam on the Bumping 

River (HUC 17090002); McKay Dam on 

McKay Creek in the Umatilla River 

basin (HUC 17070103); and Emigrant 

Dam on Emigrant Creek in the Middle 

Rogue River basin (HUC 17100308). 

In addition, the U.S. Department of 

Interior noted that the proposed rule 

would identify EFH for coho salmon in 

the Lower Deschutes River (HUC 

17070306) and commented that based 

on NOAA Technical Memorandum 

NMFS–NWRSC–66 entitled ‘‘Updated 

Status of Federally Listed ESUs of West 

Coast Salmon and Steelhead,’’ coho 

salmon did not historically, and do not 

presently, occur in the Deschutes River 

Basin. 

Response: NMFS acknowledges DOI’s 

comments. NMFS will provide DOI’s 

comments to the Pacific Council for its 

consideration in the full EFH review 

required under 50 CFR 600.815(a)(10). 

During this review, the Council and 

NMFS will consider what changes to 

make to EFH in the FMP and will 

initiate the appropriate plan amendment 

process. Until this process is complete, 

NMFS will consider the information 

provided by DOI in any EFH 

consultations that may become 

necessary. 

Classification 

The NMFS Northwest Region 

completed an ESA section 7 

consultation on November 18, 1999, on 

the effects of Amendment 14 on listed 

salmon evolutionarily significant units. 

Amendment 14 does not by itself 

authorize any fishing or other activity 

that would result in adverse effects to 

listed fish or designated critical habitat. 

Based on this and other considerations, 

NMFS concluded that Amendment 14 

and its implementing regulations are not 

likely to adversely affect listed salmon 

or their critical habitat. This rule is 

consistent with the determination in 

Amendment 14 that the action does not 

jeopardize the continued existence of 

ESA listed salmon. 

This final rule has been determined to 

be not significant for purposes of 

Executive Order 12866. 

The Chief Counsel for Regulations of 

the Department of Commerce certified 

to the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the 

Small Business Administration during 

the proposed rule stage that this action 

would not have a significant economic 

impact on a substantial number of small 

entities. The factual basis for the 

certification was published in the 

proposed rule and is not repeated here. 

No comments were received regarding 

this certification or the economic 

impacts of the rule. As a result, a 

regulatory flexibility analysis was not 

required and none was prepared. 

List of Subjects in 50 CFR Part 660 

Administrative practice and 

procedure, Fisheries, Fishing, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: October 8, 2008. 

John Oliver 

Deputy Assistant Administrator for 

Operations, National Marine Fisheries 

Service. 

■ For the reasons set out in the 

preamble, NMFS is amending 50 CFR 

part 660 as follows: 

Part 660—FISHERIES OFF WEST 

COAST STATES 

■ 1. The authority citation for part 660 

continues to read as follows: 

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

■ 2. Section 660.412 is added under 

subpart H to read as follows: 

§ 660.412 EFH identifications and 

descriptions for Pacific salmon. 

Pacific salmon essential fish habitat 

(EFH) includes all those water bodies 

occupied or historically accessible in 

Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and 

California in hydrologic units identified 

in Table 1 of this subpart H. Exceptions 

include cases in which man–made 

barriers (dams) identified in Table 1 of 

this subpart H represent the upstream 

extent of Pacific salmon access. EFH 

also includes the marine and estuarine 

areas shoreward of state boundaries and 

the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) off 

the coasts of California, Oregon, and 

Washington State. To clearly identify 

watersheds that contain EFH, NMFS 

uses fourth field hydrologic unit codes 

(HUCs) developed by the U.S. 

Geological Survey (USGS) (defined in 

the Department of the Interior, USGS 

publication; Hydrologic Unit Maps, 

Water Supply Paper 2294, 1987). The 

geographic extent of HUCs range from 

first field (largest geographic extent) to 

sixth field (smallest geographic extent). 

Fourth field HUCs divide the landscape 

into distinct geographic areas that are 

identified by eight numbers unique to 

that hydrologic unit. 

(a) Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus 

tshawytscha) EFH includes all streams, 

estuaries, marine waters, and other 

water bodies occupied or historically 

accessible to Chinook salmon in 

Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and 

California, in hydrologic units identified 

in Table 1 of this subpart H. Exceptions 

include cases in which man–made 

barriers (dams) identified in Table 1 of 

this subpart H represent the upstream 

extent of Pacific salmon access. EFH 

also includes the marine and estuarine 

areas shoreward of state boundaries and 

the EEZ off the coasts of Washington, 

Oregon, and California north or Point 

Conception. 

(b) Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus 

kisutch) EFH includes all streams, 

estuaries, marine waters, and other 

water bodies occupied or historically 

accessible to coho in Washington, 

Oregon, Idaho, and California, in 

hydrologic units identified in Table 1 of 

this subpart H. Exceptions include cases 

in which man–made barriers (dams) 

identified in Table 1 of this subpart H 

represent the upstream extent of Pacific 


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salmon access. EFH also includes the 

marine and estuarine areas shoreward of 

state boundaries and the EEZ off the 

coasts Washington, Oregon, and 

California north of Point Conception. 

(c) Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus 

gorbuscha) EFH includes all streams, 

estuaries, marine waters, and other 

water bodies occupied or historically 

accessible to pink salmon within 

Washington State, in hydrologic units 

identified in Table 1 of this subpart H. 

Exceptions include cases in which 

man–made barriers (dams) identified in 

Table 1 of this subpart H represent the 

upstream extent of Pacific salmon 

access. EFH also includes waters north 

and east of Cape Flattery, Washington, 

including Puget Sound, the Strait of 

Juan de Fuca and Strait of Georgia. 

■ 3. Table 1 to part 660, subpart H, is 

added to read as follows: 

TABLE 1 TO PART 660, SUBPART H—PACIFIC SALMON EFH IDENTIFIED BY USGS HYDROLOGIC UNIT CODE (HUC) 

USGS HUC State(s) Hydrologic Unit Name Salmon Species Impassible Man–made 

Barrier (if present) 

17110001 WA Fraser (Whatcom) Coho salmon n/a 

17110002 WA Strait of Georgia Chinook, coho, and pink 

salmon 

n/a 

17110003 WA San Juan Islands Chinook, coho, and pink 

salmon 

n/a 

17110004 WA Nooksack River Chinook, coho, and pink 

salmon 

n/a 

17110005 WA Upper Skagit Chinook, coho, and pink 

salmon 

Gorge Lake Dam 

17110006 WA Sauk River Chinook, coho, and pink 

salmon 

n/a 

17110007 WA Lower Skagit River Chinook, coho, and pink 

salmon 

n/a 

17110008 WA Stillaguamish River Chinook, coho, and pink 

salmon 

n/a 

17110009 WA Skykomish River Chinook, coho, and pink 

salmon 

n/a 

17110010 WA Snoqualmie Chinook, coho, and pink 

salmon 

Tolt Dam (S. Fork Tolt R.) 

17110011 WA Snohomish River Chinook, coho, and pink 

salmon 

n/a 

17110012 WA Lake Washington Chinook and coho salmon Cedar Falls (Masonry) 

Dam (Cedar R.) 

17110013 WA Duwamish River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17110014 WA Puyallup River Chinook, coho, and pink 

salmon 

n/a 

17110015 WA Nisqually River Chinook, coho, and pink 

salmon 

n/a 

17110016 WA Deschutes River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17110017 WA Skokomish River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17110018 WA Hood Canal Chinook, coho, and pink 

salmon 

n/a 

17110019 WA Puget Sound Chinook, coho, and pink 

salmon 

n/a 

17110020 WA Dungeness – Elwha Chinook, coho, and pink 

salmon 

n/a 

17110021 WA Hoko – Crescent Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17100101 WA Hoh – Quillayute Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17100102 WA Queets – Quinault Chinook and coho salmon n/a 


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USGS HUC State(s) Hydrologic Unit Name Salmon Species Impassible Man–made 

Barrier (if present) 

17100103 WA Upper Chehalis River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17100104 WA Lower Chehalis River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17100105 WA Grays Harbor Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17100106 WA Willapa Bay Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17080001 OR/WA Lower Columbia–Sandy 

River 

Chinook and coho salmon Impassable Man–made 

Barrier 

17080002 WA Lewis River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17080003 OR/WA Lower Columbia – 

Clatskanie River 

Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17080004 WA Upper Cowlitz River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17080005 WA Cowlitz River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17080006 OR/WA Lower Columbia Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17090001 OR Middle Fork Willamette 

River 

Chinook salmon Dexter Dam 

17090002 OR Coast Fork Willamette 

River 

Chinook salmon Dorena Dam 

17090003 OR Upper Willamette River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17090004 OR McKenzie River Chinook and coho salmon Cougar Dam 

17090005 OR N. Santiam River Chinook and coho salmon Big Cliff Dam 

17090006 OR S. Santiam River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17090007 OR Mid. Willamette River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17090008 OR Yamhill River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17090009 OR Molalla – Pudding River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17090010 OR Tualatin River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17090011 OR Clackamas River Chinook and coho salmon Oak Grove Dam 

17090012 OR Lower Willamette River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17070101 OR/WA Mid. Columbia – Lake 

Wallula 

Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17070102 OR/WA Walla Walla River Chinook salmon n/a 

17070103 OR Umatilla River Chinook salmon n/a 

17070104 OR Willow Chinook salmon n/a 

17070105 OR/WA Mid. Columbia – Hood Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17070106 WA Klickitat River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17070301 OR Upper Deschutes River Chinook salmon n/a 

17070305 OR Lower Crooked River Chinook salmon Opal Springs Dam 

17070306 OR Lower Deschutes River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17070307 OR Trout Creek Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17070201 OR Upper John Day River Chinook salmon n/a 


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USGS HUC State(s) Hydrologic Unit Name Salmon Species Impassible Man–made 

Barrier (if present) 

17070202 OR North Fork John Day 

River 

Chinook salmon n/a 

17070203 OR Middle Fork John Day 

River 

Chinook salmon n/a 

17070204 OR Lower John Day River Chinook salmon n/a 

17030001 WA Upper Yakima River Chinook and coho salmon Keechelus Dam 

Kachess Dam (Kachess 

R.) 

Cle Elum Dam (Cle Elum 

R.) 

17030002 WA Naches River Chinook and coho salmon Rimrock Dam (Tieton R.) 

17030003 WA Lower Yakima River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17020005 WA Columbia River Chinook and coho salmon Chief Joseph Dam 

17020006 WA Okanogan River Chinook salmon n/a 

17020007 WA Similkameen Chinook salmon n/a 

17020008 WA Methow River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17020010 WA Upper Columbia – Entiat 

River 

Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17020011 WA Wenatchee River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17020016 WA Upper Columbia – Priest 

Rapids 

Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17060101 OR/ID Hells Canyon Chinook salmon Hells Canyon Complex 

(Hells Canyon, Oxbow, 

and Brownlee Dams) 

17060102 OR Imnaha River Chinook salmon n/a 

17060103 OR/WA/ID Lower Snake – Asotin 

Creek 

Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17060104 OR Upper Grande Ronde Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17060105 OR Wallowa River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17060106 OR/WA Lower Grande Ronde Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17060107 WA Lower Snake – Tucannon 

River 

Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17060110 WA Lower Snake River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17060201 ID Upper Salmon River Chinook salmon n/a 

17060202 ID Pahsimeroi River Chinook salmon n/a 

17060203 ID Mid. Salmon – Panther 

River 

Chinook salmon n/a 

17060204 ID Lemhi River Chinook salmon n/a 

17060205 ID Upper Middle Fork Salmon River Chinook salmon n/a 

17060206 ID Lower Middle Fork Salmon River Chinook salmon n/a 


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USGS HUC State(s) Hydrologic Unit Name Salmon Species Impassible Man–made 

Barrier (if present) 

17060207 ID Mid. Salmon – Chamberlain Chinook salmon n/a 

17060208 ID S.F. Salmon River Chinook salmon n/a 

17060209 ID Lower Salmon River Chinook salmon n/a 

17060210 ID Little Salmon River Chinook salmon n/a 

17060301 ID Upper Selway River Chinook salmon n/a 

17060302 ID Lower Selway River Chinook salmon n/a 

17060303 ID Lochsa River Chinook salmon n/a 

17060304 ID M.F. Clearwater River Chinook salmon n/a 

17060305 ID S.F. Clearwater River Chinook salmon n/a 

17060306 WA/ID Clearwater River Chinook and coho salmon Dworshak Dam (at border 

of HUCs 17060306 and 

17060308) 

17100201 OR Necanicum River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17100202 OR Nehalem River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17100203 OR Wilson – Trask – 

Nestucca 

Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17100204 OR Siletz–Yaquina River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17100205 OR Alsea River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17100206 OR Siuslaw River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17100207 OR Siltcoos River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17100301 OR N. Umpqua River Chinook and coho salmon Soda Springs Dam 

17100302 OR S. Umpqua River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17100303 OR Umpqua River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17100304 OR Coos River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17100305 OR Coquille River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17100306 OR Sixes River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17100307 OR Upper Rogue River Chinook and coho salmon Lost Creek Dam 

17100308 OR Middle Rogue River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17100309 CA/OR Applegate River Chinook and coho salmon Applegate Dam 

17100310 OR Lower Rogue River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17100311 CA/OR Illinois River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

17100312 CA/OR Chetco River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

18010101 CA/OR Smith River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

18010206 CA/OR Upper Klamath River Chinook and coho salmon Iron Gate Dam 

18010207 CA Shasta River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

18010208 CA Scott River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

18010209 CA/OR Lower Klamath River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 


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USGS HUC State(s) Hydrologic Unit Name Salmon Species Impassible Man–made 

Barrier (if present) 

18010210 CA Salmon River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

18010211 CA Trinity River Chinook and coho salmon Lewiston Dam 

18010212 CA S.F. Trinity River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

18010102 CA Mad–Redwood Chinook and coho salmon Robert W. Matthews Dam 

18010103 CA Upper Eel River Chinook and coho salmon Scott Dam 

18010104 CA Middle Fork Eel River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

18010105 CA Lower Eel River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

18010106 CA South Fork Eel River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

18010107 CA Mattole River Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

18010108 CA Big – Navarro – Garcia Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

18010109 CA Gualala – Salmon Creek Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

18010110 CA Russian River Chinook and coho salmon Coyote Valley Dam (E. 

Fork Russian R.) 

Warm Springs Dam (Dry 

Cr.) 

18010111 CA Bodega Bay Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

18060001 CA San Lorenzo–Soquel Coho salmon Newell Dam (Newell Cr.) 

18060006 CA Central Coastal Coho salmon n/a 

18050001 CA Suisun Bay Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

18050002 CA San Pablo Bay Chinook and coho salmon San Pablo Dam (San 

Pablo Cr.) 

18050003 CA Coyote Creek Chinook and coho salmon LeRoy Anderson Dam 

18050004 CA San Francisco Bay Chinook and coho salmon n/a 

18050005 CA Tomales–Drakes Bay Coho salmon Nicasio Dam (Nicasio Cr.) 

Peters Dam (Lagunitas 

Cr.) 

18050006 CA San Francisco–Coastal 

South 

Coho salmon n/a 

18020101 CA Sac.–Lower Cow–Lower 

Clear 

Chinook salmon n/a 

18020102 CA Lower Cottonwood Creek Chinook salmon n/a 

18020103 CA Sacramento – Lower 

Thomes 

Chinook salmon n/a 

18020104 CA Sacramento – Stone Corral Chinook salmon n/a 

18020105 CA Lower Butte Creek Chinook salmon n/a 

18020106 CA Lower Feather River Chinook salmon n/a 

18020107 CA Lower Yuba River Chinook salmon n/a 

18020108 CA Lower Bear River Chinook salmon n/a 

18020109 CA Lower Sacramento River Chinook salmon n/a 

18020110 CA Lower Cache Chinook salmon n/a 


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USGS HUC State(s) Hydrologic Unit Name Salmon Species Impassible Man–made 

Barrier (if present) 

18020111 CA Lower American River Chinook salmon Nimbus Dam 

18020112 CA Sacramento–Upper Clear Chinook salmon Whiskeytown Dam (Clear 

Cr.) 

18020113 CA Cottonwood Headwaters Chinook salmon n/a 

18020114 CA Upper Elder – Upper 

Thomas 

Chinook salmon n/a 

18020118 CA Upper Cow – Battle 

Creek 

Chinook salmon n/a 

18020119 CA Mill – Big Chico Chinook salmon n/a 

18020120 CA Upper Butte Creek Chinook salmon n/a 

18020125 CA Upper Yuba Chinook salmon n/a 

18040001 CA Mid. San Joaquin– L. 

Cowchilla 

Chinook salmon n/a 

18040002 CA Mid. San Joaquin– L. 

Merced– L. Stanislaus 

Chinook salmon La Grange Dam 

(Tuolumne R.) 

18040003 CA San Joaquin Delta Chinook salmon n/a 

18040004 CA L. Calaveras – Mormon 

Slough 

Chinook salmon n/a 

18040005 CA L. Consumnes– L. 

Mokelumne 

Chinook salmon Camanche Dam 

18040010 CA Upper Stanislaus Chinook salmon Goodwin Dam 

18040011 CA Upper Calveras Chinook salmon New Hogan Dam 

18040013 CA Upper Cosumnes Chinook salmon n/a 

[FR Doc. E8–24515 Filed 10–14–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

50 CFR Part 679 

[Docket No. 071106671–8010–02] 

RIN 0648–XL22 

Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic 

Zone Off Alaska; Pollock in Statistical 

Area 630 in the Gulf of Alaska 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Temporary rule; closure. 

SUMMARY: NMFS is prohibiting directed 

fishing for pollock in Statistical Area 

630 in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This 

action is necessary to prevent exceeding 

the 2008 total allowable catch (TAC) of 

pollock for Statistical Area 630 in the 

GOA. 

DATES: Effective 1200 hrs, Alaska local 

time (A.l.t.), October 10, 2008, through 

2400 hrs, A.l.t., December 31, 2008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Obren Davis, 907–586–7228. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS 

manages the groundfish fishery in the 

GOA exclusive economic zone 

according to the Fishery Management 

Plan for Groundfish of the Gulf of 

Alaska (FMP) prepared by the North 

Pacific Fishery Management Council 

under authority of the Magnuson– 

Stevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act. Regulations governing 

fishing by U.S. vessels in accordance 

with the FMP appear at subpart H of 50 

CFR part 600 and 50 CFR part 679. 

The 2008 TAC of pollock in Statistical 

Area 630 of the GOA is 13,640 metric 

tons (mt) as established by the 2008 and 

2009 harvest specifications for 

groundfish of the GOA (73 FR 10562, 

February 27, 2008). 

In accordance with § 679.20(d)(1)(i), 

the Regional Administrator has 

determined that the 2008 TAC of 

pollock in Statistical Area 630 of the 

GOA will soon be reached. Therefore, 

the Regional Administrator is 

establishing a directed fishing 

allowance of 13,600 mt, and is setting 

aside the remaining 40 mt as incidental 

catch to support other anticipated 

groundfish fisheries. In accordance with 

§ 679.20(d)(1)(iii), the Regional 

Administrator finds that this directed 

fishing allowance has been reached. 

Consequently, NMFS is prohibiting 

directed fishing for pollock in Statistical 

Area 630 of the GOA. 

After the effective date of this closure 

the maximum retainable amounts at 

§ 679.20(e) and (f) apply at any time 

during a trip. 

Classification 

This action responds to the best 

available information recently obtained 


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