Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; North Pacific Halibut and Sablefish Individual Fishing Quota Cost Recovery Programs, 71783-71786 [2012-29145]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XC272
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
Zone Off Alaska; North Pacific Halibut
and Sablefish Individual Fishing Quota
Cost Recovery Programs
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notification of standard prices
and fee percentage.
AGENCY:
NMFS publishes individual
fishing quota (IFQ) standard prices and
fee percentage for the IFQ cost recovery
program in the halibut and sablefish
fisheries of the North Pacific. The fee
percentage for 2012 is 2.1%. This action
is intended to provide holders of halibut
and sablefish IFQ permits with the 2012
standard prices and fee percentage to
calculate the required payment for IFQ
cost recovery fees due by January 31,
2013.
SUMMARY:
Effective December 4, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Troie Zuniga, Fee Coordinator, 907–
586–7231.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
DATES:
Background
NMFS Alaska Region administers the
halibut and sablefish individual fishing
quota (IFQ) programs in the North
Pacific. The IFQ programs are limited
access systems authorized by the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act) and the
Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982.
Fishing under the IFQ programs began
in March 1995. Regulations
implementing the IFQ program are set
forth at 50 CFR part 679.
In 1996, the Magnuson-Stevens Act
was amended to, among other things,
require the Secretary of Commerce to
‘‘collect a fee to recover the actual costs
directly related to the management and
enforcement of any * * * individual
quota program.’’ This requirement was
further amended in 2006 to include
collection of the actual costs of data
collection, and to replace the reference
to ‘‘individual quota program’’ with a
more general reference to ‘‘limited
access privilege program’’ at section
304(d)(2)(A). This section of the
Magnuson-Stevens Act also specifies an
upper limit on these fees, when the fees
must be collected, and where the fees
must be deposited.
On March 20, 2000, NMFS published
regulations implementing the IFQ cost
recovery program (65 FR 14919), which
are set forth at § 679.45. Under the
regulations, an IFQ permit holder incurs
a cost recovery fee liability for every
pound of IFQ halibut and IFQ sablefish
that is landed on his or her IFQ
permit(s). The IFQ permit holder is
responsible for self-collecting the fee
liability for all IFQ halibut and IFQ
sablefish landings on his or her
permit(s). The IFQ permit holder is also
responsible for submitting a fee liability
payment to NMFS on or before the due
date of January 31 of the year following
the year in which the IFQ landings were
made. The dollar amount of the fee due
is determined by multiplying the annual
IFQ fee percentage (3 percent or less) by
the ex-vessel value of all IFQ landings
made on a permit and summing the
totals of each permit (if more than one).
Standard Prices
The fee liability is based on the sum
of all payments made to fishermen for
the sale of the fish during the year. This
includes any retro-payments (e.g.,
bonuses, delayed partial payments,
post-season payments) made to the IFQ
permit holder for previously landed IFQ
halibut or sablefish.
For purposes of calculating IFQ cost
recovery fees, NMFS distinguishes
between two types of ex-vessel value:
Actual and standard. Actual ex-vessel
value is the amount of all compensation,
monetary or non-monetary, that an IFQ
permit holder received as payment for
his or her IFQ fish sold. Standard exvessel value is the default value on
which to base fee liability calculations.
IFQ permit holders have the option of
using actual ex-vessel value if they can
satisfactorily document it; otherwise,
the standard ex-vessel value is used.
Regulations at § 679.45(c)(2)(i) require
the Regional Administrator to publish
IFQ standard prices during the last
quarter of each calendar year. These
standard prices are used, along with
estimates of IFQ halibut and IFQ
sablefish landings, to calculate standard
values. The standard prices are
described in U.S. dollars per IFQ
equivalent pound for IFQ halibut and
IFQ sablefish landings made during the
year. IFQ equivalent pound(s) is the
weight (in pounds) for an IFQ landing,
calculated as the round weight for
sablefish, and headed and gutted net
weight for halibut. NMFS calculates the
standard prices to closely reflect the
variations in the actual ex-vessel values
of IFQ halibut and IFQ sablefish
landings by month and port or portgroup. The standard prices for IFQ
halibut and IFQ sablefish are listed in
the tables that follow the next section.
Data from ports are combined as
necessary to protect confidentiality.
Fee Percentage
Section 304(d)(2)(B) of the MagnusonStevens Act specifies a maximum fee of
3 percent of the ex-vessel value of fish
harvested under an IFQ Program. NMFS
annually sets a fee percentage for
sablefish and halibut IFQ holders that is
based on the actual annual costs
associated with certain management and
enforcement functions, as well as the
standard ex-vessel value of the catch
subject to the IFQ fee for the current
year. The method used by NMFS to
calculate the IFQ fee percentage is
described at § 679.45(d)(2)(ii).
Regulations at § 679.45(d)(3)(i) require
NMFS to publish the IFQ fee percentage
for the halibut and sablefish IFQ
fisheries in the Federal Register during
or before the last quarter of each year.
For the 2012 sablefish and halibut IFQ
fishing season, an IFQ permit holder is
to use a fee liability percentage of 2.1%
to calculate his or her fee for landed IFQ
in pounds. The IFQ permit holder is
responsible for submitting the fee
liability payment to NMFS on or before
January 31, 2013.
REGISTERED BUYER STANDARD EX-VESSEL PRICES BY LANDING LOCATION FOR 2012 IFQ SEASON
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Period ending
Halibut
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ex-vessel price
Sablefish
standard
ex-vessel price
Cordova ....................................................................
February 28 ..............................................................
March 31 ...................................................................
April 30 .....................................................................
May 31 ......................................................................
June 30 .....................................................................
July 31 ......................................................................
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6.02
6.15
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REGISTERED BUYER STANDARD EX-VESSEL PRICES BY LANDING LOCATION FOR 2012 IFQ SEASON—Continued
Landing location
Period ending
Halibut
standard
ex-vessel price
Sablefish
standard
ex-vessel price
6.34
6.01
6.01
6.01
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Dutch Harbor ............................................................
February 28 ..............................................................
March 31 ...................................................................
April 30 .....................................................................
May 31 ......................................................................
June 30 .....................................................................
July 31 ......................................................................
August 31 .................................................................
September 30 ...........................................................
October 31 ................................................................
November 30 ............................................................
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5.53
5.21
5.17
5.43
5.18
5.18
5.18
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3.61
4.29
3.32
3.43
2.46
2.46
2.46
Homer .......................................................................
February 28 ..............................................................
March 31 ...................................................................
April 30 .....................................................................
May 31 ......................................................................
June 30 .....................................................................
July 31 ......................................................................
August 31 .................................................................
September 30 ...........................................................
October 31 ................................................................
November 30 ............................................................
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6.20
6.13
6.13
5.92
5.24
5.24
5.24
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5.80
5.94
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Ketchikan ..................................................................
February 28 ..............................................................
March 31 ...................................................................
April 30 .....................................................................
May 31 ......................................................................
June 30 .....................................................................
July 31 ......................................................................
August 31 .................................................................
September 30 ...........................................................
October 31 ................................................................
November 30 ............................................................
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6.41
6.42
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Kodiak .......................................................................
February 28 ..............................................................
March 31 ...................................................................
April 30 .....................................................................
May 31 ......................................................................
June 30 .....................................................................
July 31 ......................................................................
August 31 .................................................................
September 30 ...........................................................
October 31 ................................................................
November 30 ............................................................
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5.49
5.94
6.05
5.97
5.89
5.73
5.41
5.41
5.41
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4.29
4.27
4.41
3.83
3.71
3.61
3.61
3.61
Petersburg ................................................................
February 28 ..............................................................
March 31 ...................................................................
April 30 .....................................................................
May 31 ......................................................................
June 30 .....................................................................
July 31 ......................................................................
August 31 .................................................................
September 30 ...........................................................
October 31 ................................................................
November 30 ............................................................
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6.37
6.48
6.55
6.22
6.25
6.25
6.25
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Seward ......................................................................
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August 31 .................................................................
September 30 ...........................................................
October 31 ................................................................
November 30 ............................................................
February 28 ..............................................................
March 31 ...................................................................
April 30 .....................................................................
May 31 ......................................................................
June 30 .....................................................................
July 31 ......................................................................
August 31 .................................................................
September 30 ...........................................................
October 31 ................................................................
November 30 ............................................................
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Period ending
Halibut
standard
ex-vessel price
Sablefish
standard
ex-vessel price
Sitka ..........................................................................
February 28 ..............................................................
March 31 ...................................................................
April 30 .....................................................................
May 31 ......................................................................
June 30 .....................................................................
July 31 ......................................................................
August 31 .................................................................
September 30 ...........................................................
October 31 ................................................................
November 30 ............................................................
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Yakutat ......................................................................
February 28 ..............................................................
March 31 ...................................................................
April 30 .....................................................................
May 31 ......................................................................
June 30 .....................................................................
July 31 ......................................................................
August 31 .................................................................
September 30 ...........................................................
October 31 ................................................................
November 30 ............................................................
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Port group
Period ending
Halibut
standard
ex-vessel price
Sablefish
standard
ex-vessel price
Bering Sea 1 ..............................................................
February 28 ..............................................................
March 31 ...................................................................
April 30 .....................................................................
May 31 ......................................................................
June 30 .....................................................................
July 31 ......................................................................
August 31 .................................................................
September 30 ...........................................................
October 31 ................................................................
November 30 ............................................................
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5.60
5.45
5.28
5.27
5.47
5.22
5.22
5.22
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3.36
3.97
4.34
3.54
3.57
2.74
2.74
2.74
Central Gulf 2 ............................................................
February 28 ..............................................................
March 31 ...................................................................
April 30 .....................................................................
May 31 ......................................................................
June 30 .....................................................................
July 31 ......................................................................
August 31 .................................................................
September 30 ...........................................................
October 31 ................................................................
November 30 ............................................................
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6.23
6.15
6.14
6.06
5.99
5.87
5.66
5.66
5.66
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4.42
4.33
4.28
4.31
3.85
3.73
3.55
3.55
3.55
Southeast 3 ...............................................................
February 28 ..............................................................
March 31 ...................................................................
April 30 .....................................................................
May 31 ......................................................................
June 30 .....................................................................
July 31 ......................................................................
August 31 .................................................................
September 30 ...........................................................
October 31 ................................................................
November 30 ............................................................
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6.40
6.27
6.34
6.39
6.26
6.25
6.10
6.10
6.10
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4.14
4.35
4.84
4.73
4.46
3.95
3.93
3.93
3.93
All 4 ............................................................................
mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with
Landing location
February 28 ..............................................................
March 31 ...................................................................
April 30 .....................................................................
May 31 ......................................................................
June 30 .....................................................................
July 31 ......................................................................
August 31 .................................................................
September 30 ...........................................................
October 31 ................................................................
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6.29
6.17
6.10
6.00
5.82
5.78
5.66
5.66
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4.18
4.30
4.42
4.47
3.96
3.74
3.67
3.67
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Port group
Halibut
standard
ex-vessel price
Period ending
November 30 ............................................................
Sablefish
standard
ex-vessel price
5.66
3.67
1 Landing
Locations Within Port Group—Bering Sea: Adak, Akutan, Akutan Bay, Atka, Bristol Bay, Chefornak, Dillingham, Captains Bay, Dutch
Harbor, Egegik, Ikatan Bay, Hooper Bay, King Cove, King Salmon, Kipnuk, Mekoryuk, Naknek, Nome, Quinhagak, Savoonga, St. George, St.
Lawrence, St. Paul, Togiak, Toksook Bay, Tununak, Beaver Inlet, Ugadaga Bay, Unalaska.
2 Landing Locations Within Port Group—Central Gulf of Alaska: Anchor Point, Anchorage, Alitak, Chignik, Cordova, Eagle River, False Pass,
West Anchor Cove, Girdwood, Chinitna Bay, Halibut Cove, Homer, Kasilof, Kenai, Kenai River, Alitak, Kodiak, Port Bailey, Nikiski, Ninilchik, Old
Harbor, Palmer, Sand Point, Seldovia, Resurrection Bay, Seward, Valdez, Whittier.
3 Landing Locations Within Port Group—Southeast Alaska: Angoon, Baranof Warm Springs, Craig, Edna Bay, Elfin Cove, Excursion Inlet, Gustavus, Haines, Hollis, Hoonah, Hyder, Auke Bay, Douglas, Tee Harbor, Juneau, Kake, Ketchikan, Klawock, Metlakatla, Pelican, Petersburg, Portage Bay, Port Alexander, Port Graham, Port Protection, Point Baker, Sitka, Skagway, Tenakee Springs, Thorne Bay, Wrangell, Yakutat.
4 Landing Locations Within Port Group—All: For Alaska: All landing locations included in 1, 2, and 3. For California: Eureka, Fort Bragg, Other
California. For Oregon: Astoria, Aurora, Lincoln City, Newport, Warrenton, Other Oregon. For Washington: Anacortes, Bellevue, Bellingham,
Nagai Island, Edmonds, Everett, Granite Falls, Ilwaco, La Conner, Port Angeles, Port Orchard, Port Townsend, Ranier, Fox Island, Mercer Island, Seattle, Standwood, Other Washington. For Canada: Port Hardy, Port Edward, Prince Rupert, Vancouver, Haines Junction, Other Canada.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: November 28, 2012.
Lindsay Fullenkamp,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Administration
RIN 0648–XC375
New England Fishery Management
Council; Public Meeting
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of a public meeting.
AGENCY:
The New England Fishery
Management Council (Council) will
hold a one-day meeting to consider
actions affecting New England fisheries
in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ).
DATES: The meeting will start at 9 a.m.
on Thursday, December 20, 2012.
ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at
the Sheraton Colonial Hotel, One
Audubon Road, Wakefield, MA 01880;
telephone: (781) 245–9300; fax: (781)
245–0842.
Council Address: New England
Fishery Management Council, 50 Water
Street, Mill 2, Newburyport, MA 01950.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Paul
J. Howard, Executive Director, New
England Fishery Management Council;
telephone: (978) 465–0492.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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SUMMARY:
Thursday, December 20, 2012
Following introductions and any
announcements, the Council will make
final decisions on Framework
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Specifically it is scheduled to review
and select preferred alternatives
concerning the following issues:
D Acceptable biological catch and
annual catch limits for fishing year 2013
and beyond;
D Management measures for sector
vessels (including measures related to
at-sea and dockside monitoring of sector
trips);
D Sector vessel access to parts of the
year-round closed areas; and
D Changes to the accountability
measures for commercial and
recreational vessels, gear requirements
for small-mesh bottom trawl vessels
fishing on Georges Bank, and several
other issues.
The Council also will review
proposed monitoring requirements for a
sector exemption request designed to
facilitate the targeting of redfish. Any
other related business that has not been
covered under the stated agenda items
listed above will be considered before
adjournment at the end of the day.
Although other non-emergency issues
not contained in this agenda may come
before this Council for discussion, those
issues may not be the subjects of formal
action during this meeting. Council
action will be restricted to those issues
specifically listed in this notice and any
issues arising after publication of this
notice that require emergency action
under section 305(c) of the MagnusonStevens Act, provided that the public
has been notified of the Council’s intent
to take final action to address the
emergency.
Special Accommodations
This meeting is physically accessible
to people with disabilities. Requests for
sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Paul
J. Howard (see ADDRESSES) at least 5
days prior to the meeting date.
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Dated: November 29, 2012.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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[CPSC Docket No. 12–1 and CPSC Docket
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Notice of Telephonic Prehearing
Conference
U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
Notice of telephonic
prehearing conference for the
consolidated case: In the Matter of
MAXFIELD AND OBERTON
HOLDINGS, LLC and ZEN MAGNETS,
LLC, CPSC Docket No. 12–1 and CPSC
Docket No.12–2.
DATES: January 10, 2013, 12:30 p.m.
Mountain/1:30 p.m. Central/2:30 p.m.
Eastern.
SUMMARY:
Members of the public are
welcome to attend the prehearing
conference at the Courtroom of Hon.
Dean C. Metry at 601 25th Street, 5th
Floor Courtroom, Galveston, Texas
77550.
ADDRESSES:
Jan
Emig, Paralegal Specialist, U.S. Coast
Guard ALJ Program, (409) 765–1300.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Any or all
of the following shall be considered
during the prehearing conference:
(1) Petitions for leave to intervene;
(2) Motions, including motions for
consolidation of proceedings and for
certification of class actions;
(3) Identification, simplification and
clarification of the issues;
(4) Necessity or desirability of
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XC272
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; North
Pacific Halibut and Sablefish Individual Fishing Quota Cost Recovery
Programs
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notification of standard prices and fee percentage.
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SUMMARY: NMFS publishes individual fishing quota (IFQ) standard prices
and fee percentage for the IFQ cost recovery program in the halibut and
sablefish fisheries of the North Pacific. The fee percentage for 2012
is 2.1%. This action is intended to provide holders of halibut and
sablefish IFQ permits with the 2012 standard prices and fee percentage
to calculate the required payment for IFQ cost recovery fees due by
January 31, 2013.
DATES: Effective December 4, 2012.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Troie Zuniga, Fee Coordinator, 907-
586-7231.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
NMFS Alaska Region administers the halibut and sablefish individual
fishing quota (IFQ) programs in the North Pacific. The IFQ programs are
limited access systems authorized by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) and the Northern
Pacific Halibut Act of 1982. Fishing under the IFQ programs began in
March 1995. Regulations implementing the IFQ program are set forth at
50 CFR part 679.
In 1996, the Magnuson-Stevens Act was amended to, among other
things, require the Secretary of Commerce to ``collect a fee to recover
the actual costs directly related to the management and enforcement of
any * * * individual quota program.'' This requirement was further
amended in 2006 to include collection of the actual costs of data
collection, and to replace the reference to ``individual quota
program'' with a more general reference to ``limited access privilege
program'' at section 304(d)(2)(A). This section of the Magnuson-Stevens
Act also specifies an upper limit on these fees, when the fees must be
collected, and where the fees must be deposited.
On March 20, 2000, NMFS published regulations implementing the IFQ
cost recovery program (65 FR 14919), which are set forth at Sec.
679.45. Under the regulations, an IFQ permit holder incurs a cost
recovery fee liability for every pound of IFQ halibut and IFQ sablefish
that is landed on his or her IFQ permit(s). The IFQ permit holder is
responsible for self-collecting the fee liability for all IFQ halibut
and IFQ sablefish landings on his or her permit(s). The IFQ permit
holder is also responsible for submitting a fee liability payment to
NMFS on or before the due date of January 31 of the year following the
year in which the IFQ landings were made. The dollar amount of the fee
due is determined by multiplying the annual IFQ fee percentage (3
percent or less) by the ex-vessel value of all IFQ landings made on a
permit and summing the totals of each permit (if more than one).
Standard Prices
The fee liability is based on the sum of all payments made to
fishermen for the sale of the fish during the year. This includes any
retro-payments (e.g., bonuses, delayed partial payments, post-season
payments) made to the IFQ permit holder for previously landed IFQ
halibut or sablefish.
For purposes of calculating IFQ cost recovery fees, NMFS
distinguishes between two types of ex-vessel value: Actual and
standard. Actual ex-vessel value is the amount of all compensation,
monetary or non-monetary, that an IFQ permit holder received as payment
for his or her IFQ fish sold. Standard ex-vessel value is the default
value on which to base fee liability calculations. IFQ permit holders
have the option of using actual ex-vessel value if they can
satisfactorily document it; otherwise, the standard ex-vessel value is
used.
Regulations at Sec. 679.45(c)(2)(i) require the Regional
Administrator to publish IFQ standard prices during the last quarter of
each calendar year. These standard prices are used, along with
estimates of IFQ halibut and IFQ sablefish landings, to calculate
standard values. The standard prices are described in U.S. dollars per
IFQ equivalent pound for IFQ halibut and IFQ sablefish landings made
during the year. IFQ equivalent pound(s) is the weight (in pounds) for
an IFQ landing, calculated as the round weight for sablefish, and
headed and gutted net weight for halibut. NMFS calculates the standard
prices to closely reflect the variations in the actual ex-vessel values
of IFQ halibut and IFQ sablefish landings by month and port or port-
group. The standard prices for IFQ halibut and IFQ sablefish are listed
in the tables that follow the next section. Data from ports are
combined as necessary to protect confidentiality.
Fee Percentage
Section 304(d)(2)(B) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act specifies a
maximum fee of 3 percent of the ex-vessel value of fish harvested under
an IFQ Program. NMFS annually sets a fee percentage for sablefish and
halibut IFQ holders that is based on the actual annual costs associated
with certain management and enforcement functions, as well as the
standard ex-vessel value of the catch subject to the IFQ fee for the
current year. The method used by NMFS to calculate the IFQ fee
percentage is described at Sec. 679.45(d)(2)(ii).
Regulations at Sec. 679.45(d)(3)(i) require NMFS to publish the
IFQ fee percentage for the halibut and sablefish IFQ fisheries in the
Federal Register during or before the last quarter of each year. For
the 2012 sablefish and halibut IFQ fishing season, an IFQ permit holder
is to use a fee liability percentage of 2.1% to calculate his or her
fee for landed IFQ in pounds. The IFQ permit holder is responsible for
submitting the fee liability payment to NMFS on or before January 31,
2013.
Registered Buyer Standard Ex-Vessel Prices by Landing Location for 2012 IFQ Season
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Halibut Sablefish
Landing location Period ending standard ex- standard ex-
vessel price vessel price
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Cordova..................................... February 28................... ................ ................
March 31...................... ................ ................
April 30...................... 6.02 ................
May 31........................ 6.15 ................
June 30....................... ................ ................
July 31....................... 6.33 ................
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August 31..................... 6.34 ................
September 30.................. 6.01 ................
October 31.................... 6.01 ................
November 30................... 6.01 ................
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Dutch Harbor................................ February 28................... ................ ................
March 31...................... ................ ................
April 30...................... ................ ................
May 31........................ 5.53 3.61
June 30....................... 5.21 4.29
July 31....................... 5.17 3.32
August 31..................... 5.43 3.43
September 30.................. 5.18 2.46
October 31.................... 5.18 2.46
November 30................... 5.18 2.46
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Homer....................................... February 28................... ................ ................
March 31...................... ................ ................
April 30...................... ................ ................
May 31........................ 6.20 5.80
June 30....................... 6.13 5.94
July 31....................... 6.13 ................
August 31..................... 5.92 ................
September 30.................. 5.24 ................
October 31.................... 5.24 ................
November 30................... 5.24 ................
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Ketchikan................................... February 28................... ................ ................
March 31...................... ................ ................
April 30...................... ................ ................
May 31........................ ................ ................
June 30....................... ................ ................
July 31....................... 6.41 ................
August 31..................... 6.42 ................
September 30.................. ................ ................
October 31.................... ................ ................
November 30................... ................ ................
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Kodiak...................................... February 28................... ................ ................
March 31...................... 5.49 ................
April 30...................... 5.94 4.29
May 31........................ 6.05 4.27
June 30....................... 5.97 4.41
July 31....................... 5.89 3.83
August 31..................... 5.73 3.71
September 30.................. 5.41 3.61
October 31.................... 5.41 3.61
November 30................... 5.41 3.61
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Petersburg.................................. February 28................... ................ ................
March 31...................... ................ ................
April 30...................... ................ ................
May 31........................ 6.37 ................
June 30....................... 6.48 ................
July 31....................... 6.55 ................
August 31..................... 6.22 ................
September 30.................. 6.25 ................
October 31.................... 6.25 ................
November 30................... 6.25 ................
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Seward...................................... February 28................... ................ ................
March 31...................... ................ ................
April 30...................... ................ ................
May 31........................ ................ ................
June 30....................... ................ ................
July 31....................... ................ ................
August 31..................... ................ ................
September 30.................. ................ ................
October 31.................... ................ ................
November 30................... ................ ................
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Sitka....................................... February 28................... ................ ................
March 31...................... ................ ................
April 30...................... ................ ................
May 31........................ ................ ................
June 30....................... ................ ................
July 31....................... ................ ................
August 31..................... ................ ................
September 30.................. ................ ................
October 31.................... ................ ................
November 30................... ................ ................
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Yakutat..................................... February 28................... ................ ................
March 31...................... ................ ................
April 30...................... ................ ................
May 31........................ ................ ................
June 30....................... ................ ................
July 31....................... ................ ................
August 31..................... ................ ................
September 30.................. ................ ................
October 31.................... ................ ................
November 30................... ................ ................
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Halibut Sablefish
Port group Period ending standard ex- standard ex-
vessel price vessel price
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Bering Sea \1\.............................. February 28................... ................ ................
March 31...................... ................ ................
April 30...................... 5.60 3.36
May 31........................ 5.45 3.97
June 30....................... 5.28 4.34
July 31....................... 5.27 3.54
August 31..................... 5.47 3.57
September 30.................. 5.22 2.74
October 31.................... 5.22 2.74
November 30................... 5.22 2.74
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Central Gulf \2\............................ February 28................... ................ ................
March 31...................... 6.23 4.42
April 30...................... 6.15 4.33
May 31........................ 6.14 4.28
June 30....................... 6.06 4.31
July 31....................... 5.99 3.85
August 31..................... 5.87 3.73
September 30.................. 5.66 3.55
October 31.................... 5.66 3.55
November 30................... 5.66 3.55
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Southeast \3\............................... February 28................... ................ ................
March 31...................... 6.40 4.14
April 30...................... 6.27 4.35
May 31........................ 6.34 4.84
June 30....................... 6.39 4.73
July 31....................... 6.26 4.46
August 31..................... 6.25 3.95
September 30.................. 6.10 3.93
October 31.................... 6.10 3.93
November 30................... 6.10 3.93
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All \4\..................................... February 28................... ................ ................
March 31...................... 6.29 4.18
April 30...................... 6.17 4.30
May 31........................ 6.10 4.42
June 30....................... 6.00 4.47
July 31....................... 5.82 3.96
August 31..................... 5.78 3.74
September 30.................. 5.66 3.67
October 31.................... 5.66 3.67
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November 30................... 5.66 3.67
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\1\ Landing Locations Within Port Group--Bering Sea: Adak, Akutan, Akutan Bay, Atka, Bristol Bay, Chefornak,
Dillingham, Captains Bay, Dutch Harbor, Egegik, Ikatan Bay, Hooper Bay, King Cove, King Salmon, Kipnuk,
Mekoryuk, Naknek, Nome, Quinhagak, Savoonga, St. George, St. Lawrence, St. Paul, Togiak, Toksook Bay, Tununak,
Beaver Inlet, Ugadaga Bay, Unalaska.
\2\ Landing Locations Within Port Group--Central Gulf of Alaska: Anchor Point, Anchorage, Alitak, Chignik,
Cordova, Eagle River, False Pass, West Anchor Cove, Girdwood, Chinitna Bay, Halibut Cove, Homer, Kasilof,
Kenai, Kenai River, Alitak, Kodiak, Port Bailey, Nikiski, Ninilchik, Old Harbor, Palmer, Sand Point, Seldovia,
Resurrection Bay, Seward, Valdez, Whittier.
\3\ Landing Locations Within Port Group--Southeast Alaska: Angoon, Baranof Warm Springs, Craig, Edna Bay, Elfin
Cove, Excursion Inlet, Gustavus, Haines, Hollis, Hoonah, Hyder, Auke Bay, Douglas, Tee Harbor, Juneau, Kake,
Ketchikan, Klawock, Metlakatla, Pelican, Petersburg, Portage Bay, Port Alexander, Port Graham, Port
Protection, Point Baker, Sitka, Skagway, Tenakee Springs, Thorne Bay, Wrangell, Yakutat.
\4\ Landing Locations Within Port Group--All: For Alaska: All landing locations included in 1, 2, and 3. For
California: Eureka, Fort Bragg, Other California. For Oregon: Astoria, Aurora, Lincoln City, Newport,
Warrenton, Other Oregon. For Washington: Anacortes, Bellevue, Bellingham, Nagai Island, Edmonds, Everett,
Granite Falls, Ilwaco, La Conner, Port Angeles, Port Orchard, Port Townsend, Ranier, Fox Island, Mercer
Island, Seattle, Standwood, Other Washington. For Canada: Port Hardy, Port Edward, Prince Rupert, Vancouver,
Haines Junction, Other Canada.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: November 28, 2012.
Lindsay Fullenkamp,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-29145 Filed 12-3-12; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-P
