# Fisheries Off West Coast States and in the Western Pacific; West Coast Salmon Fisheries; Inseason Actions for the Recreational and Commercial Salmon Seasons from the U.S.-Canada Border to Cape Falcon, Oregon
> **Rule** · Inseason adjustments to the 2001 annual management measures for the ocean salmon fishery; request for comments. · Published 2001-10-12 · Effective 2001-08-22 · 66 FR 52062
## Document
- **Document number:** 01-25722
- **Category:** catch-limit
- **Region:** west coast
- **Species:** salmon
- **Federal Register citation:** 66 FR 52062
- **Publication date:** 2001-10-12
- **Effective date:** 2001-08-22
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 010502110-1110-01
## Abstract

NMFS announces inseason actions for the ocean salmon fishery. A total of 20,000 marked coho were transferred from the overall marked coho quota for the commercial fishery area from Queets River, WA to Cape Falcon, OR to the overall coho quota for the recreational fishery area from Leadbetter Pt., WA to Cape Falcon, OR (Columbia River Area), effective August 22, 2001. The recreational fishery area from Queets River to Leadbetter Pt., WA opened 7 days per week effective Friday, September 7, 2001. Open periods and limited retention regulations for the commercial fishery from Queets River, WA to Cape Falcon, OR were modified and the fishery reopened Friday, August 31 to continue through the earliest of September 30 or the attainment of the overall chinook quota of 7,600 chinook or a 53,700 overall marked coho quota. The sub- areas opened for recreational salmon fishing in the Columbia River Area were modified to include the sub-area from Leadbetter Pt., WA to Klipsan Beach, WA (46 deg.28'12" N. lat.) effective Friday, September 7, 2001. These actions are necessary to conform to the 2001 annual management measures.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2001/10/12/01-25722/fisheries-off-west-coast-states-and-in-the-western-pacific-west-coast-salmon-fisheries-inseason)
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