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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XA540
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization
Cost Recovery Program
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notification of fee percentage.
AGENCY:
NMFS publishes a
notification of a 1.23-percent fee for cost
recovery under the Bering Sea and
Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization
Program. This action is intended to
provide holders of crab allocations with
the fee percentage for the 2011/2012
crab fishing year so they can calculate
the required payment for cost recovery
fees that must be submitted by July 31,
2012.
DATES: The Crab Rationalization
Program Registered Crab Receiver
permit holder is responsible for
submitting the fee liability payment to
NMFS on or before July 31, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Gabrielle Aberle or Gretchen
Harrington, 907–586–7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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Background
NMFS Alaska Region administers the
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab
Rationalization Program (Program) in
the North Pacific. Fishing under the
Program began on August 15, 2005.
Regulations implementing the Program
can be found at 50 CFR part 680.
The Program is a limited access
system authorized by section 313(j) of
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the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act). The Program
includes a cost recovery provision to
collect fees to recover the actual costs
directly related to the management, data
collection, and enforcement of the
Program. NMFS developed the cost
recovery provision to conform to
statutory requirements and to partially
reimburse the agency for the actual costs
directly related to the management, data
collection, and enforcement of the
Program. Section 313(j) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Act provided
supplementary authority to section
304(d)(2)(A) and additional detail for
cost recovery provisions specific to the
Program. The cost recovery provision
allows collection of 133 percent of the
actual management, data collection, and
enforcement costs up to 3 percent of the
ex-vessel value of crab harvested under
the Program. Additionally, section
313(j) requires the harvesting and
processing sectors to each pay half the
cost recovery fees. Catcher/processor
quota share holders are required to pay
the full fee percentage for crab
processed at sea.
A crab allocation holder generally
incurs a cost recovery fee liability for
every pound of crab landed. The crab
allocations include Individual Fishing
Quota, Crew Individual Fishing Quota,
Individual Processing Quota,
Community Development Quota, and
the Adak community allocation. The
Registered Crab Receiver (RCR) permit
holder must collect the fee liability from
the crab allocation holder who is
landing crab. Additionally, the RCR
permit holder must collect his or her
own fee liability for all crab delivered to
the RCR. The RCR permit holder is
responsible for submitting this payment
to NMFS on or before the due date of
July 31, in the year following the crab
fishing year in which landings of crab
were made.
The dollar amount of the fee due is
determined by multiplying the fee
percentage (not to exceed three percent)
by the ex-vessel value of crab debited
from the allocation. Specific details on
the Program’s cost recovery provision
may be found in the implementing
regulations at 50 CFR 680.44.
Fee Percentage
Each year, NMFS calculates and
publishes in the Federal Register the fee
percentage according to the factors and
methodology described in Federal
regulations at § 680.44(c)(2). The
formula for determining the fee
percentage is the ‘‘direct program costs’’
divided by ‘‘value of the fishery,’’ where
‘‘direct program costs’’ are the direct
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program costs for the Program for the
previous fiscal year, and ‘‘value of the
fishery’’ is the ex-vessel value of the
catch subject to the crab cost recovery
fee liability for the current year. Fee
collections for any given year may be
less than, or greater than, the actual
costs and fishery value for that year,
because, by regulation, the fee
percentage is established in the first
quarter of a crab fishery year based on
the fishery value and the costs of the
prior year.
Using this fee percentage formula, the
estimated percentage of costs to value
for the 2010/2011 fishery was 1.23
percent. Therefore, the fee percentage
will be 1.23 percent for the 2011/2012
crab fishing year.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1862; Pub. L. 109–
241; Pub. L. 109–479.
Dated: July 18, 2011.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Notice is hereby given of two
meetings via web conference call of the
Marine Protected Areas Federal
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web conference calls are open to the
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Tuesday, August 16, 2011, from 1 to 3
p.m. E.S.T., and on Tuesday, August 23,
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XA540
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea
and Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Cost Recovery Program
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notification of fee percentage.
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SUMMARY: NMFS publishes a notification of a 1.23-percent fee for cost
recovery under the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization
Program. This action is intended to provide holders of crab allocations
with the fee percentage for the 2011/2012 crab fishing year so they can
calculate the required payment for cost recovery fees that must be
submitted by July 31, 2012.
DATES: The Crab Rationalization Program Registered Crab Receiver permit
holder is responsible for submitting the fee liability payment to NMFS
on or before July 31, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gabrielle Aberle or Gretchen
Harrington, 907-586-7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
NMFS Alaska Region administers the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Crab Rationalization Program (Program) in the North Pacific. Fishing
under the Program began on August 15, 2005. Regulations implementing
the Program can be found at 50 CFR part 680.
The Program is a limited access system authorized by section 313(j)
of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act). The Program includes a cost recovery provision
to collect fees to recover the actual costs directly related to the
management, data collection, and enforcement of the Program. NMFS
developed the cost recovery provision to conform to statutory
requirements and to partially reimburse the agency for the actual costs
directly related to the management, data collection, and enforcement of
the Program. Section 313(j) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act provided
supplementary authority to section 304(d)(2)(A) and additional detail
for cost recovery provisions specific to the Program. The cost recovery
provision allows collection of 133 percent of the actual management,
data collection, and enforcement costs up to 3 percent of the ex-vessel
value of crab harvested under the Program. Additionally, section 313(j)
requires the harvesting and processing sectors to each pay half the
cost recovery fees. Catcher/processor quota share holders are required
to pay the full fee percentage for crab processed at sea.
A crab allocation holder generally incurs a cost recovery fee
liability for every pound of crab landed. The crab allocations include
Individual Fishing Quota, Crew Individual Fishing Quota, Individual
Processing Quota, Community Development Quota, and the Adak community
allocation. The Registered Crab Receiver (RCR) permit holder must
collect the fee liability from the crab allocation holder who is
landing crab. Additionally, the RCR permit holder must collect his or
her own fee liability for all crab delivered to the RCR. The RCR permit
holder is responsible for submitting this payment to NMFS on or before
the due date of July 31, in the year following the crab fishing year in
which landings of crab were made.
The dollar amount of the fee due is determined by multiplying the
fee percentage (not to exceed three percent) by the ex-vessel value of
crab debited from the allocation. Specific details on the Program's
cost recovery provision may be found in the implementing regulations at
50 CFR 680.44.
Fee Percentage
Each year, NMFS calculates and publishes in the Federal Register
the fee percentage according to the factors and methodology described
in Federal regulations at Sec. 680.44(c)(2). The formula for
determining the fee percentage is the ``direct program costs'' divided
by ``value of the fishery,'' where ``direct program costs'' are the
direct program costs for the Program for the previous fiscal year, and
``value of the fishery'' is the ex-vessel value of the catch subject to
the crab cost recovery fee liability for the current year. Fee
collections for any given year may be less than, or greater than, the
actual costs and fishery value for that year, because, by regulation,
the fee percentage is established in the first quarter of a crab
fishery year based on the fishery value and the costs of the prior
year.
Using this fee percentage formula, the estimated percentage of
costs to value for the 2010/2011 fishery was 1.23 percent. Therefore,
the fee percentage will be 1.23 percent for the 2011/2012 crab fishing
year.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1862; Pub. L. 109-241; Pub. L. 109-479.
Dated: July 18, 2011.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-18456 Filed 7-20-11; 8:45 am]
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