Notice2022-16239
Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish
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Published
July 28, 2022
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Commerce DepartmentNational Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Abstract
Notice is hereby given that NMFS has received a plan for a hatchery program rearing and releasing Chinook salmon in the Dungeness River basin. The plan describes the hatchery program operated by Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) in collaboration with Jamestown S'Klallam as a tribal co-manager. This document serves to notify the public of the availability and opportunity to comment on a Proposed Evaluation and Determination Documents (PEPD) on the proposed hatchery program.
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 144 (Thursday, July 28, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45301-45302]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-16239]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XC208]
Endangered and Threatened Species; Take of Anadromous Fish
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Department of Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of availability; of a proposed evaluation and pending
determination for public comment.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that NMFS has received a plan for a
hatchery program rearing and releasing Chinook salmon in the Dungeness
River basin. The plan describes the hatchery program operated by
Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) in collaboration with
Jamestown S'Klallam as a tribal co-manager. This document serves to
notify the public of the availability and opportunity to comment on a
Proposed Evaluation and Determination Documents (PEPD) on the proposed
hatchery program.
DATES: Comments must be received at the appropriate address (see
ADDRESSES) no later than 5 p.m. Pacific time on August 29, 2022.
Comments received after this date may not be considered.
ADDRESSES: Comments may be submitted by email. The mailbox address for
providing email comments is: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d098b1a4b3b8b5a2b9b5a3fe80a5b2bcb9b3fe93bfbdbdb5bea490bebfb1b1feb7bfa6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="93dbf2e7f0fbf6e1faf6e0bdc3e6f1fffaf0bdd0fcfefef6fde7d3fdfcf2f2bdf4fce5">[email protected]</span></a>.
Include in the subject line of the email comment the following
identifier: Comments on Dungeness River hatchery programs. The document
available for public comment are available on the internet at <a href="https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/action/dungeness-hatcheries-plans">https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/action/dungeness-hatcheries-plans</a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Morgan Robinson at (253) 307-2670 or
by email at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#432e2c3124222d6d312c212a2d302c2d032d2c22226d242c35"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="93fefce1f4f2fdbde1fcf1fafde0fcfdd3fdfcf2f2bdf4fce5">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
ESA-Listed Species Covered in This Notice
<bullet> Puget Sound Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha):
threatened, naturally and artificially propagated;
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<bullet> Puget Sound Steelhead (O. mykiss): threatened, naturally
and artificially propagated;
Background
The term ``take'' is defined under the ESA to mean harass, harm,
pursue, hunt, shoot, wound, kill, trap, capture, or collect, or to
attempt to engage in any such conduct. The ESA prohibits the take of
endangered salmonids and, pursuant to ESA section 4(d), ESA regulations
can be extended to prohibit the take of threatened salmonids. However,
NMFS may make exceptions to the take prohibitions for hatchery programs
that are approved by NMFS under the limits on the prohibitions outlined
in 50 CFR 223.203(b). The operators, WDFW collaborating with tribal co-
manager Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe, have submitted an HGMP to NMFS
pursuant to NMFS' limit six of the 4(d) Rule of the ESA for hatchery
activities in the Dungeness River basin, Washington.
This hatchery program is designed to contribute to the survival and
recovery of Dungeness River spring Chinook salmon. This hatchery
programs is intended to contribute to fulfilling federal tribal trust
responsibilities and treaty rights guaranteed through treaties and
affirmed in U.S. v. Washington (1974) by enhancing future fishing
opportunities for Chinook salmon. Included in this hatchery plan is
research and monitoring activities to study the effect of this programs
on the recovery of Puget Sound Chinook salmon and steelhead.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.; 16 U.S.C. 742a et seq.
Dated: July 25, 2022.
Angela Somma,
Chief, Endangered Species Conservation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2022-16239 Filed 7-27-22; 8:45 am]
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