Final Rule for Federal Salmon Regulations for Overfished Species Rebuilding Plans – Snohomish Coho Salmon

NOAA Fisheries is announcing a final rule to revise the regulations that implement the Pacific Fishery Management Council's (Council) Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan (FMP) to remove the Snohomish River coho rebuilding plan as the stock has now been rebuilt and is no longer considered overfished.

Revising the regulations that implement the Salmon FMP to remove the Snohomish River coho salmon rebuilding plan from regulation will avoid confusion should NOAA Fisheries make a future determination that the Snohomish River coho salmon stock is overfished again. Leaving the current rebuilding plan in regulation could be misperceived as being the default rebuilding plan for Snohomish River coho salmon, which was not the intention of the Council nor of NMFS. Therefore, it is best practice to remove the existing Snohomish River coho salmon rebuilding plan from regulation. This change is important to ensure that regulations are correct and current.

Shannon Penna, Anadromous Harvest Management, at (562) 980-4239.

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