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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
RIN 0648–XF048
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
Zone Off Alaska; North Pacific
Observer Program Standard Ex-Vessel
Prices
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notification of standard exvessel prices.
AGENCY:
NMFS publishes standard exvessel prices for groundfish and halibut
for the calculation of the observer fee
under the North Pacific Observer
Program (Observer Program). This
notice is intended to provide
information to vessel owners,
processors, registered buyers, and other
participants about the standard exvessel prices that will be used to
calculate the observer fee for landings of
groundfish and halibut made in 2017.
NMFS will send invoices to processors
and registered buyers subject to the fee
by January 15, 2018. Fees are due to
NMFS on or before February 15, 2018.
DATES: Effective January 1, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
general questions about the observer fee
and standard ex-vessel prices, contact
Sally Bibb at 907–586–7389. For
questions about the fee billing process,
contact Carl Greene at 907–586–7003.
Additional information about the
Observer Program is available on NMFS
Alaska Region’s Web site at https://
alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/fisheries/
observer-program.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:
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Background
The Observer Program deploys
NMFS-certified observers (observers)
who collect information necessary for
the conservation and management of the
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI)
and Gulf of Alaska (GOA) groundfish
and halibut fisheries. Fishery managers
use information collected by observers
to monitor quotas, manage groundfish
and prohibited species catch, and
document and reduce fishery
interactions with protected resources.
Scientists use observer-collected
information for stock assessments and
marine ecosystem research.
The Observer Program is divided into
two observer coverage categories—the
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partial observer coverage category and
the full observer coverage category. All
groundfish and halibut vessels and
processors are included in one of these
two categories. The partial observer
coverage category includes vessels and
processors that are not required to have
an observer at all times; the full observer
coverage category includes vessels and
processors required to have all of their
fishing and processing operations off
Alaska observed. Vessels and processors
in the full coverage category arrange and
pay for observer services from a
permitted observer provider. Observer
coverage for the partial coverage
category is funded through a system of
fees based on the ex-vessel value of
groundfish and halibut.
Landings Subject to Observer Coverage
Fee
The objective of the observer fee
assessment is to levy a fee on all
landings accruing against a Federal total
allowable catch (TAC) for groundfish or
a commercial halibut quota made by
vessels that are subject to Federal
regulations and not included in the full
coverage category. A fee is only assessed
on landings of groundfish from vessels
designated on a Federal Fisheries Permit
or from vessels landing individual
fishing quota (IFQ) or community
development quota (CDQ) halibut or
IFQ sablefish. Within the subset of
vessels subject to the observer fee, only
landings accruing against an IFQ
allocation or a Federal TAC for
groundfish are included in the fee
assessment. A table with additional
information about which landings are
and are not subject to the observer fee
is in NMFS regulations at § 679.55(c)
and is on page 2 of an informational
bulletin titled ‘‘Observer Fee
Collection’’ on the NMFS Alaska Region
Web site at
https://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/sites/
default/files/observerfees.pdf.
Fee Determination
A fee equal to 1.25 percent of the exvessel value is assessed on the landings
of groundfish and halibut subject to the
fee. Ex-vessel value is determined by
multiplying the standard price for
groundfish by the round weight
equivalent for each species, gear, and
port combination, and the standard
price for halibut by the headed and
gutted weight equivalent. NMFS will
assess each landing report submitted via
eLandings and each manual landing
entered into the IFQ landing database
and determine if the landing is subject
to the observer fee and, if it is, which
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groundfish in the landing are subject to
the observer fee. All IFQ or CDQ halibut
in a landing subject to the observer fee
will be assessed as part of the fee. For
any groundfish or halibut subject to the
observer fee, NMFS will apply the
appropriate standard ex-vessel prices for
the species, gear type, and port, and
calculate the observer fee associated
with the landing.
Processors and registered buyers
access the landing-specific, observer fee
information through NMFS Web
Application(https://alaskafisheries.
noaa.gov/webapps/efish/login) or
eLandings (https://elandings.alaska
.gov/). For IFQ halibut, CDQ halibut,
and IFQ sablefish, this information is
available as soon as the IFQ report is
submitted. For groundfish and sablefish
that accrue against the fixed gear
sablefish CDQ reserve, the observer fee
information is generally available
within 24 hours of receipt of the report.
The time lag on the groundfish and
sablefish CDQ fee information is
necessary because NMFS must process
the landings report through the catch
accounting system computer programs
to determine if all of the groundfish in
the landings are subject to the observer
fee. Information about which groundfish
in a landing accrues against a Federal
TAC is not immediately available from
the processor’s data entry into
eLandings.
The intent of the North Pacific
Fishery Management Council and
NMFS is for vessel owners to split the
fee 50/50 with the processor or
registered buyer. While vessels and
processors are responsible for their
portion of the fee, the owner of a
shoreside processor or a stationary
floating processor and the registered
buyer are responsible for collecting the
fee, including the vessel’s portion of the
fee, and remitting the full fee to NMFS.
NMFS will send invoices to
processors and registered buyers for
their total fee, which is determined by
the sum of the fees reported for each
landing for that processor or registered
buyer for the prior calendar year, by
January 15, 2018. Processors and
registered buyers must pay the fees to
NMFS using NMFS Web Application by
February 15, 2018. Processors and
registered buyers have access to this
system through a User ID and password
issued by NMFS. Instructions for
electronic payment will be provided on
the NMFS Alaska Region Web site at
https://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov and on
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the observer fee invoice to be mailed to
each permit holder.
Standard Prices
This notice provides the standard exvessel prices for groundfish and halibut
species subject to the observer fee in
2017. Data sources for ex-vessel prices
are—
• For groundfish other than sablefish
IFQ and sablefish accruing against the
fixed gear sablefish CDQ reserve, the
State of Alaska’s Commercial Fishery
Entry Commission’s (CFEC) gross
revenue data, which are based on the
Commercial Operator Annual Report
(COAR) and Alaska Department of Fish
and Game (ADF&G) fish tickets; and
• For halibut IFQ, halibut CDQ,
sablefish IFQ, and sablefish accruing
against the fixed gear sablefish CDQ
reserve, the IFQ Buyer Report that is
submitted annually to NMFS under
§ 679.5(l)(7)(i).
The standard prices in this notice
were calculated using applicable
guidance for protecting confidentiality
of data submitted to or collected by
NMFS. NMFS does not publish any
price information that would permit the
identification of an individual or
business. At least four different vessels
must make landings of a species with a
particular gear type at a particular port
in order for NMFS to publish that price
data for that species-gear-port
combination. Similarly, at least three
different processors in a particular port
must purchase a species harvested with
a particular gear type in order for NMFS
to publish a price for that species-gearport combination. Price data that is
confidential because fewer than four
vessels or three processors contributed
data to a particular species-gear-port
combination has been aggregated to
protect confidential data.
Groundfish Standard Ex-Vessel Prices
Table 1 shows the groundfish species
standard ex-vessel prices for 2017.
These prices are based on the CFEC
gross revenue data, which are based on
landings data from ADF&G fish tickets
and information from the COAR. The
COAR contains statewide buying and
production information, and is
considered the most complete routinely
collected information to determine the
ex-vessel value of groundfish harvested
from waters off Alaska.
The standard ex-vessel prices for
groundfish were calculated by adding
ex-vessel value from the CFEC gross
revenue files for 2013, 2014, and 2015
by species, port, and gear category, and
adding the volume (weight) from the
CFEC gross revenue files for 2013, 2014,
and 2015 by species, port, and gear
category, and then dividing total exvessel value over the 3-year period in
each category by total volume over the
3-year period in each category. This
calculation results in an average exvessel price per pound by species, port,
and gear category for the 3-year period.
Three gear categories were used for the
standard ex-vessel prices: (1) Non-trawl
gear, including hook-and-line, pot, jig,
troll, and others (Non-Trawl); (2) nonpelagic trawl gear (NPT); and (3) pelagic
trawl gear (PTR).
CFEC ex-vessel value and volume
data are available in the fall of the year
following the year the fishing occurred.
Thus, it is not possible to base ex-vessel
fee liabilities on standard prices that are
less than 2 years old. For the 2017
standard ex-vessel prices, the most
recent ex-vessel value and volume data
available is from 2015.
If a particular groundfish species is
not listed in Table 1, the standard exvessel price for a species group, if it
exists in the management area, will be
used. If price data for a particular
species remained confidential once
aggregated to the ALL level, data is
aggregated by species group (Flathead
Sole; GOA Deep-water Flatfish; GOA
Shallow-water Flatfish; GOA Skate,
Other; and Other Rockfish). Standard
prices for the groundfish species groups
are shown in Table 2.
If a port-level price does not meet the
confidentiality requirements, the data
are aggregated by port group. Port-group
data for Southeast Alaska (SEAK) and
the Eastern GOA excluding Southeast
Alaska (EGOAxSE) also are presented
separately when price data are available.
Port-group data is then aggregated by
regulatory area in the GOA (Eastern
GOA, Central GOA, and Western GOA)
and by subarea in the BSAI (BS subarea
and AI subarea). If confidentiality
requirements are still not met by
aggregating prices across ports at these
levels, the prices are aggregated at the
level of BSAI or GOA, then statewide
(AK) and ports outside of Alaska
(OTAK), and finally all ports, including
those outside of Alaska (‘‘ALL’’).
Standard prices are presented
separately for non-pelagic trawl and
pelagic trawl when non-confidential
data is available. NMFS also calculated
prices for a ‘‘Pelagic Trawl/Non-pelagic
Trawl Combined’’ (PTR/NPT) category
that can be used when combining trawl
price data for landings of a species in a
particular port or port group will not
violate confidentiality requirements.
Creating this standard price category
allows NMFS to assess a fee on 2017
landings of some of the species with
pelagic trawl gear based on a combined
trawl gear price for the port or port
group.
If no standard ex-vessel price is listed
for a species or species group and gear
category combination in Table 1, Table
2, or Table 3, no fee will be assessed on
that landing. Volume and value data for
that species will be added to the
standard ex-vessel prices in future
years, if that data becomes available and
display of a standard ex-vessel price
meets confidentiality requirements.
TABLE 1—STANDARD EX-VESSEL PRICES FOR GROUNDFISH SPECIES FOR 2017 OBSERVER COVERAGE FEE
[Based on volume and value from 2013, 2014, and 2015]
Port/area 3 4
Alaska Plaice Flounder (133) ..........................................
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Kodiak ................................
CGOA ................................
GOA ...................................
AK ......................................
ALL .....................................
Kodiak ................................
CGOA ................................
GOA ...................................
AK ......................................
ALL .....................................
AK ......................................
Sitka ...................................
SEAK .................................
EGOA .................................
Arrowtooth Flounder (121) ..............................................
Black Rockfish (142) .......................................................
Bocaccio Rockfish (137) .................................................
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0.09
0.09
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TABLE 1—STANDARD EX-VESSEL PRICES FOR GROUNDFISH SPECIES FOR 2017 OBSERVER COVERAGE FEE—Continued
[Based on volume and value from 2013, 2014, and 2015]
Species1 2
Port/area 3 4
Butter Sole (126) .............................................................
Canary Rockfish (146) ....................................................
China Rockfish (149) .......................................................
Copper Rockfish (138) ....................................................
Dover Sole (124) .............................................................
Dusky Rockfish (172) ......................................................
English Sole (128) ...........................................................
Flathead Sole (122) .........................................................
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ALL .....................................
Kodiak ................................
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GOA ...................................
AK ......................................
ALL .....................................
Ketchikan ...........................
Sitka ...................................
SEAK .................................
EGOA .................................
Seward ...............................
CGOA ................................
GOA ...................................
AK ......................................
ALL .....................................
Sitka ...................................
SEAK .................................
Cordova .............................
EGOAxSE ..........................
Homer ................................
Seward ...............................
CGOA ................................
GOA ...................................
AK ......................................
ALL .....................................
Sitka ...................................
SEAK .................................
EGOA .................................
Homer ................................
CGOA ................................
GOA ...................................
AK ......................................
ALL .....................................
Kodiak ................................
CGOA ................................
GOA ...................................
AK ......................................
ALL .....................................
Sitka ...................................
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EGOAxSE ..........................
Homer ................................
Kodiak ................................
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Kodiak ................................
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TABLE 1—STANDARD EX-VESSEL PRICES FOR GROUNDFISH SPECIES FOR 2017 OBSERVER COVERAGE FEE—Continued
[Based on volume and value from 2013, 2014, and 2015]
Species1 2
Port/area 3 4
Pacific Cod (110) .............................................................
Pacific Ocean Perch (141) ..............................................
Pollock (270) ...................................................................
Quillback Rockfish (147) .................................................
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Redbanded Rockfish (153) .............................................
Redstripe Rockfish (158) .................................................
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Juneau ...............................
Ketchikan ...........................
Petersburg .........................
Sitka ...................................
SEAK .................................
Cordova .............................
EGOAxSE ..........................
Homer ................................
Kenai ..................................
Kodiak ................................
Seward ...............................
CGOA ................................
WGOA ................................
GOA ...................................
Adak ...................................
AI ........................................
DH/Unalaska ......................
BS ......................................
BSAI ...................................
AK ......................................
ALL .....................................
Kodiak ................................
CGOA ................................
GOA ...................................
AK ......................................
ALL .....................................
Homer ................................
Kodiak ................................
Seward ...............................
CGOA ................................
WGOA ................................
GOA ...................................
DH/Unalaska ......................
BS ......................................
BSAI ...................................
AK ......................................
ALL .....................................
Ketchikan ...........................
Petersburg .........................
Sitka ...................................
SEAK .................................
Cordova .............................
EGOAxSE ..........................
Homer ................................
Seward ...............................
CGOA ................................
GOA ...................................
AK ......................................
ALL .....................................
Juneau ...............................
Ketchikan ...........................
Sitka ...................................
SEAK .................................
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TABLE 1—STANDARD EX-VESSEL PRICES FOR GROUNDFISH SPECIES FOR 2017 OBSERVER COVERAGE FEE—Continued
[Based on volume and value from 2013, 2014, and 2015]
Species1 2
Port/area 3 4
Rex Sole (125) ................................................................
Rock Sole (123) ..............................................................
Rosethorn Rockfish (150) ...............................................
Rougheye Rockfish (151) ................................................
Sablefish (blackcod) (710) ..............................................
Shortraker Rockfish (152) ...............................................
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Silvergray Rockfish (157) ................................................
Skate, Alaska (703) .........................................................
Skate, Big (702) ..............................................................
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[Based on volume and value from 2013, 2014, and 2015]
Species1 2
Port/area 3 4
Skate, Longnose (701) ....................................................
Skate, Other (700) ...........................................................
Squid (875) ......................................................................
Starry Flounder (129) ......................................................
Thornyhead Rockfish (Idiots) (143) .................................
Tiger Rockfish (148) ........................................................
Widow Rockfish (156) .....................................................
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[Based on volume and value from 2013, 2014, and 2015]
Species1 2
Port/area 3 4
Yellowtail Rockfish (155) .................................................
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1 If species is not listed, use price for the species group in Table 2 if it exists in the management area. If no price is available for the species or
species group in Table 1, Table 2, or Table 3, no fee will be assessed on that landing. That species will come into standard ex-vessel prices in
future years.
2 For species codes, see Table 2a to 50 CFR part 679.
3 Regulatory areas are defined at § 679.2. (AI = Aleutian Islands subarea; AK = Alaska; ALL = all parts including those outside Alaska; BS =
Bering Sea subarea; BSAI = Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands; CGOA = Central Gulf of Alaska; EGOA = Eastern Gulf of Alaska; EGOAxSE = Eastern
Gulf of Alaska except Southeast Alaska; GOA = Gulf of Alaska; SEAK = Southeast Alaska; WGOA = Western Gulf of Alaska)
4 If a price is listed for the species, port, and gear type combination, that price will be applied to the round weight equivalent for groundfish
landings. If no price is listed for the port and gear type combination, use port group and gear type, or see Table 2 or Table 3.
5 n/a = ex-vessel prices for sablefish landed with hook-and-line, pot, or jig gear are listed in Table 3 with the prices for IFQ and CDQ landings.
TABLE 2—STANDARD EX-VESSEL PRICES FOR GROUNDFISH SPECIES GROUPS FOR 2017 OBSERVER COVERAGE FEE
[Based on volume and value from 2013, 2014, and 2015]
Species group 1
Port/area 2 3
Flathead Sole (FSOL) .....................................................................
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GOA Deep-water Flatfish 4 (DFL4) .................................................
GOA Shallow-water Flatfish 5 (SFL1) ..............................................
GOA Skate, Other (USKT) ..............................................................
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1 If groundfish species is not listed in Table 1, use price for the species group if it exists in the management area. If no price is available for the
species or species group in Table 1, Table 2, or Table 3, no fee will be assessed on that landing. That species will come into standard ex-vessel
prices in future years.
2 Regulatory areas are defined at § 679.2. (AK = Alaska; BS = Bering Sea subarea; BSAI = Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands; CGOA = Central Gulf
of Alaska; EGOA = Eastern Gulf of Alaska; EGOAxSE = Eastern Gulf of Alaska except Southeast Alaska; GOA = Gulf of Alaska; SEAK = Southeast Alaska; WGOA = Western Gulf of Alaska)
3 If a price is listed for the species, port, and gear type combination, that price will be applied to the round weight equivalent for groundfish
landings. If no price is listed for the port and gear type combination, use port group and gear type combination.
4 ‘‘Deep-water flatfish’’ in the GOA means Dover sole, Greenland turbot, Kamchatka flounder, and deepsea sole.
5 ‘‘Shallow-water flatfish’’ in the GOA means flatfish not including ‘‘deep-water flatfish,’’ flathead sole, rex sole, or arrowtooth flounder.
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6 In the GOA:
‘‘Other rockfish (slope rockfish)’’ means Sebastes aurora (aurora), S. melanostomus (blackgill), S. paucispinis (bocaccio), S. goodei
(chilipepper), S. crameri (darkblotch), S. elongatus (greenstriped), S. variegatus (harlequin), S. wilsoni (pygmy), S. babcocki (redbanded), S.
proriger (redstripe), S. zacentrus (sharpchin), S. jordani (shortbelly), S. brevispinis (silvergray), S. diploproa (splitnose), S. saxicola (stripetail), S.
miniatus (vermilion), S. reedi (yellowmouth), S. entomelas (widow), and S. flavidus (yellowtail).
‘‘Demersal shelf rockfish’’ means Sebastes pinniger (canary), S. nebulosus (china), S. caurinus (copper), S. maliger (quillback), S.
helvomaculatus (rosethorn), S. nigrocinctus (tiger), and S. ruberrimus (yelloweye).
‘‘Other rockfish’’ in the Western and Central Regulatory Areas means other rockfish (slope rockfish) and demersal shelf rockfish.
‘‘Other rockfish’’ in the West Yakutat District of the EGOA means other rockfish (slope rockfish), northern rockfish (S. polyspinis), and demersal
shelf rockfish.
‘‘Other rockfish’’ in the SEO District of the GOA (and SEAK for Table 2) means other rockfish (slope rockfish) and northern rockfish (S.
polyspinis).
7 ‘‘Other rockfish’’ in the BSAI includes all Sebastes and Sebastolobus species except for Pacific ocean perch, northern, shortraker, and
rougheye rockfish.
TABLE 3—STANDARD EX-VESSEL PRICES FOR HALIBUT IFQ, HALIBUT CDQ, SABLEFISH IFQ, AND SABLEFISH ACCRUING
AGAINST THE FIXED GEAR SABLEFISH CDQ RESERVE FOR THE 2017 OBSERVER FEE
[Based on 2016 IFQ Buyer Report]
Species
Port/area 1
Halibut (200) .................................................................................................................
Juneau ......................................................
Ketchikan ..................................................
Petersburg ................................................
Sitka ..........................................................
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Cordova ....................................................
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Homer .......................................................
Kodiak .......................................................
Seward ......................................................
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ALL ............................................................
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SEAK ........................................................
EGOAxSE .................................................
Homer .......................................................
Kodiak .......................................................
Seward ......................................................
CGOA .......................................................
WGOA .......................................................
BS .............................................................
BSAI ..........................................................
AK .............................................................
ALL ............................................................
Sablefish (710) .............................................................................................................
Price 2
$6.75
6.80
6.71
6.51
6.69
6.87
6.75
7.19
6.63
6.96
6.90
6.18
6.02
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6.65
6.65
4.48
4.42
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1 Regulatory areas are defined at § 679.2. (AK = Alaska; ALL = all ports including those outside Alaska; BS = Bering Sea subarea; BSAI = Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands; CGOA = Central Gulf of Alaska; EGOAxSE = Eastern Gulf of Alaska except Southeast Alaska; SEAK = Southeast
Alaska; WGOA = Western Gulf of Alaska)
2 If a price is listed for the species and port combination, that price will be applied to the round weight equivalent for sablefish landings and the
headed and gutted weight equivalent for halibut landings. If no price is listed for the port, use port group.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
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Standard Ex-vessel Prices
Table 3 shows the observer fee
standard ex-vessel prices for halibut and
sablefish. These standard prices are
calculated as a single annual average
price, by species and port or port group.
Volume and ex-vessel value data
collected on the 2016 IFQ Buyer Report
for landings made from October 1, 2015,
through September 30, 2016, were used
to calculate the standard ex-vessel
prices for the 2017 observer fee for
halibut IFQ, halibut CDQ, sablefish IFQ,
and sablefish landings that accrue
against the fixed gear sablefish CDQ
reserve.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XF048
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; North
Pacific Observer Program Standard Ex-Vessel Prices
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notification of standard ex-vessel prices.
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SUMMARY: NMFS publishes standard ex-vessel prices for groundfish and
halibut for the calculation of the observer fee under the North Pacific
Observer Program (Observer Program). This notice is intended to provide
information to vessel owners, processors, registered buyers, and other
participants about the standard ex-vessel prices that will be used to
calculate the observer fee for landings of groundfish and halibut made
in 2017. NMFS will send invoices to processors and registered buyers
subject to the fee by January 15, 2018. Fees are due to NMFS on or
before February 15, 2018.
DATES: Effective January 1, 2017.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general questions about the
observer fee and standard ex-vessel prices, contact Sally Bibb at 907-
586-7389. For questions about the fee billing process, contact Carl
Greene at 907-586-7003. Additional information about the Observer
Program is available on NMFS Alaska Region's Web site at https://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/fisheries/observer-program.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The Observer Program deploys NMFS-certified observers (observers)
who collect information necessary for the conservation and management
of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) and Gulf of Alaska (GOA)
groundfish and halibut fisheries. Fishery managers use information
collected by observers to monitor quotas, manage groundfish and
prohibited species catch, and document and reduce fishery interactions
with protected resources. Scientists use observer-collected information
for stock assessments and marine ecosystem research.
The Observer Program is divided into two observer coverage
categories--the partial observer coverage category and the full
observer coverage category. All groundfish and halibut vessels and
processors are included in one of these two categories. The partial
observer coverage category includes vessels and processors that are not
required to have an observer at all times; the full observer coverage
category includes vessels and processors required to have all of their
fishing and processing operations off Alaska observed. Vessels and
processors in the full coverage category arrange and pay for observer
services from a permitted observer provider. Observer coverage for the
partial coverage category is funded through a system of fees based on
the ex-vessel value of groundfish and halibut.
Landings Subject to Observer Coverage Fee
The objective of the observer fee assessment is to levy a fee on
all landings accruing against a Federal total allowable catch (TAC) for
groundfish or a commercial halibut quota made by vessels that are
subject to Federal regulations and not included in the full coverage
category. A fee is only assessed on landings of groundfish from vessels
designated on a Federal Fisheries Permit or from vessels landing
individual fishing quota (IFQ) or community development quota (CDQ)
halibut or IFQ sablefish. Within the subset of vessels subject to the
observer fee, only landings accruing against an IFQ allocation or a
Federal TAC for groundfish are included in the fee assessment. A table
with additional information about which landings are and are not
subject to the observer fee is in NMFS regulations at Sec. 679.55(c)
and is on page 2 of an informational bulletin titled ``Observer Fee
Collection'' on the NMFS Alaska Region Web site at https://
alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/observerfees.pdf.
Fee Determination
A fee equal to 1.25 percent of the ex-vessel value is assessed on
the landings of groundfish and halibut subject to the fee. Ex-vessel
value is determined by multiplying the standard price for groundfish by
the round weight equivalent for each species, gear, and port
combination, and the standard price for halibut by the headed and
gutted weight equivalent. NMFS will assess each landing report
submitted via eLandings and each manual landing entered into the IFQ
landing database and determine if the landing is subject to the
observer fee and, if it is, which groundfish in the landing are subject
to the observer fee. All IFQ or CDQ halibut in a landing subject to the
observer fee will be assessed as part of the fee. For any groundfish or
halibut subject to the observer fee, NMFS will apply the appropriate
standard ex-vessel prices for the species, gear type, and port, and
calculate the observer fee associated with the landing.
Processors and registered buyers access the landing-specific,
observer fee information through NMFS Web Application (https://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/webapps/efish/login) or eLandings (https://elandings.alaska.gov/). For IFQ halibut, CDQ halibut, and IFQ
sablefish, this information is available as soon as the IFQ report is
submitted. For groundfish and sablefish that accrue against the fixed
gear sablefish CDQ reserve, the observer fee information is generally
available within 24 hours of receipt of the report. The time lag on the
groundfish and sablefish CDQ fee information is necessary because NMFS
must process the landings report through the catch accounting system
computer programs to determine if all of the groundfish in the landings
are subject to the observer fee. Information about which groundfish in
a landing accrues against a Federal TAC is not immediately available
from the processor's data entry into eLandings.
The intent of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council and NMFS
is for vessel owners to split the fee 50/50 with the processor or
registered buyer. While vessels and processors are responsible for
their portion of the fee, the owner of a shoreside processor or a
stationary floating processor and the registered buyer are responsible
for collecting the fee, including the vessel's portion of the fee, and
remitting the full fee to NMFS.
NMFS will send invoices to processors and registered buyers for
their total fee, which is determined by the sum of the fees reported
for each landing for that processor or registered buyer for the prior
calendar year, by January 15, 2018. Processors and registered buyers
must pay the fees to NMFS using NMFS Web Application by February 15,
2018. Processors and registered buyers have access to this system
through a User ID and password issued by NMFS. Instructions for
electronic payment will be provided on the NMFS Alaska Region Web site
at https://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov and on
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the observer fee invoice to be mailed to each permit holder.
Standard Prices
This notice provides the standard ex-vessel prices for groundfish
and halibut species subject to the observer fee in 2017. Data sources
for ex-vessel prices are--
For groundfish other than sablefish IFQ and sablefish
accruing against the fixed gear sablefish CDQ reserve, the State of
Alaska's Commercial Fishery Entry Commission's (CFEC) gross revenue
data, which are based on the Commercial Operator Annual Report (COAR)
and Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) fish tickets; and
For halibut IFQ, halibut CDQ, sablefish IFQ, and sablefish
accruing against the fixed gear sablefish CDQ reserve, the IFQ Buyer
Report that is submitted annually to NMFS under Sec. 679.5(l)(7)(i).
The standard prices in this notice were calculated using applicable
guidance for protecting confidentiality of data submitted to or
collected by NMFS. NMFS does not publish any price information that
would permit the identification of an individual or business. At least
four different vessels must make landings of a species with a
particular gear type at a particular port in order for NMFS to publish
that price data for that species-gear-port combination. Similarly, at
least three different processors in a particular port must purchase a
species harvested with a particular gear type in order for NMFS to
publish a price for that species-gear-port combination. Price data that
is confidential because fewer than four vessels or three processors
contributed data to a particular species-gear-port combination has been
aggregated to protect confidential data.
Groundfish Standard Ex-Vessel Prices
Table 1 shows the groundfish species standard ex-vessel prices for
2017. These prices are based on the CFEC gross revenue data, which are
based on landings data from ADF&G fish tickets and information from the
COAR. The COAR contains statewide buying and production information,
and is considered the most complete routinely collected information to
determine the ex-vessel value of groundfish harvested from waters off
Alaska.
The standard ex-vessel prices for groundfish were calculated by
adding ex-vessel value from the CFEC gross revenue files for 2013,
2014, and 2015 by species, port, and gear category, and adding the
volume (weight) from the CFEC gross revenue files for 2013, 2014, and
2015 by species, port, and gear category, and then dividing total ex-
vessel value over the 3-year period in each category by total volume
over the 3-year period in each category. This calculation results in an
average ex-vessel price per pound by species, port, and gear category
for the 3-year period. Three gear categories were used for the standard
ex-vessel prices: (1) Non-trawl gear, including hook-and-line, pot,
jig, troll, and others (Non-Trawl); (2) non-pelagic trawl gear (NPT);
and (3) pelagic trawl gear (PTR).
CFEC ex-vessel value and volume data are available in the fall of
the year following the year the fishing occurred. Thus, it is not
possible to base ex-vessel fee liabilities on standard prices that are
less than 2 years old. For the 2017 standard ex-vessel prices, the most
recent ex-vessel value and volume data available is from 2015.
If a particular groundfish species is not listed in Table 1, the
standard ex-vessel price for a species group, if it exists in the
management area, will be used. If price data for a particular species
remained confidential once aggregated to the ALL level, data is
aggregated by species group (Flathead Sole; GOA Deep-water Flatfish;
GOA Shallow-water Flatfish; GOA Skate, Other; and Other Rockfish).
Standard prices for the groundfish species groups are shown in Table 2.
If a port-level price does not meet the confidentiality
requirements, the data are aggregated by port group. Port-group data
for Southeast Alaska (SEAK) and the Eastern GOA excluding Southeast
Alaska (EGOAxSE) also are presented separately when price data are
available. Port-group data is then aggregated by regulatory area in the
GOA (Eastern GOA, Central GOA, and Western GOA) and by subarea in the
BSAI (BS subarea and AI subarea). If confidentiality requirements are
still not met by aggregating prices across ports at these levels, the
prices are aggregated at the level of BSAI or GOA, then statewide (AK)
and ports outside of Alaska (OTAK), and finally all ports, including
those outside of Alaska (``ALL'').
Standard prices are presented separately for non-pelagic trawl and
pelagic trawl when non-confidential data is available. NMFS also
calculated prices for a ``Pelagic Trawl/Non-pelagic Trawl Combined''
(PTR/NPT) category that can be used when combining trawl price data for
landings of a species in a particular port or port group will not
violate confidentiality requirements. Creating this standard price
category allows NMFS to assess a fee on 2017 landings of some of the
species with pelagic trawl gear based on a combined trawl gear price
for the port or port group.
If no standard ex-vessel price is listed for a species or species
group and gear category combination in Table 1, Table 2, or Table 3, no
fee will be assessed on that landing. Volume and value data for that
species will be added to the standard ex-vessel prices in future years,
if that data becomes available and display of a standard ex-vessel
price meets confidentiality requirements.
Table 1--Standard Ex-Vessel Prices for Groundfish Species for 2017 Observer Coverage Fee
[Based on volume and value from 2013, 2014, and 2015]
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Species\1\ \2\ Port/area \3\ \4\ Non-Trawl NPT PTR PTR/NPT
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Alaska Plaice Flounder (133)........ Kodiak................ -- $0.09 -- $0.09
CGOA.................. -- 0.09 -- 0.09
GOA................... -- 0.09 -- 0.09
AK.................... -- 0.09 -- 0.09
ALL................... -- 0.09 -- 0.09
Arrowtooth Flounder (121)........... Kodiak................ -- 0.06 $0.07 --
CGOA.................. -- 0.06 0.07 --
GOA................... -- 0.06 0.07 --
AK.................... -- 0.06 0.07 --
ALL................... -- 0.06 0.07 --
Black Rockfish (142)................ AK.................... $0.52 0.17 -- 0.17
Bocaccio Rockfish (137)............. Sitka................. 0.51 -- -- --
SEAK.................. 0.41 -- -- --
EGOA.................. 0.41 -- -- --
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GOA................... 0.41 -- -- --
AK.................... 0.41 -- -- --
ALL................... 0.41 -- -- --
Butter Sole (126)................... Kodiak................ -- 0.16 0.15 --
CGOA.................. -- 0.16 0.15 --
GOA................... -- 0.16 0.15 --
AK.................... -- 0.16 0.15 --
ALL................... -- 0.16 0.15 --
Canary Rockfish (146)............... Ketchikan............. 0.36 -- -- --
Sitka................. 0.49 -- -- --
SEAK.................. 0.45 -- -- --
EGOA.................. 0.44 -- -- --
Seward................ 0.41 -- -- --
CGOA.................. 0.42 -- -- --
GOA................... 0.43 -- -- --
AK.................... 0.43 -- -- --
ALL................... 0.43 -- -- --
China Rockfish (149)................ Sitka................. 0.92 -- -- --
SEAK.................. 0.82 -- -- --
Cordova............... 0.45 -- -- --
EGOAxSE............... 0.45 -- -- --
Homer................. 0.65 -- -- --
Seward................ 0.61 -- -- --
CGOA.................. 0.62 -- -- --
GOA................... 0.59 -- -- --
AK.................... 0.59 -- -- --
ALL................... 0.59 -- -- --
Copper Rockfish (138)............... Sitka................. 1.04 -- -- --
SEAK.................. 0.86 -- -- --
EGOA.................. 0.74 -- -- --
Homer................. 0.38 -- -- --
CGOA.................. 0.40 -- -- --
GOA................... 0.53 -- -- --
AK.................... 0.53 -- -- --
ALL................... 0.53 -- -- --
Dover Sole (124).................... Kodiak................ -- 0.10 0.09 --
CGOA.................. -- 0.10 0.09 --
GOA................... -- 0.10 0.09 --
AK.................... -- 0.10 0.09 --
ALL................... -- 0.10 0.09 --
Dusky Rockfish (172)................ Sitka................. 0.53 -- -- --
SEAK.................. 0.52 -- -- --
EGOAxSE............... 0.32 -- -- --
Homer................. 0.52 -- -- --
Kodiak................ 0.32 0.18 0.17 --
Seward................ 0.54 -- -- --
CGOA.................. 0.33 0.18 0.17 --
GOA................... 0.37 0.18 0.17 --
AK.................... 0.37 0.18 0.17 --
ALL................... 0.37 0.18 0.17 --
English Sole (128).................. Kodiak................ -- 0.15 0.11 --
CGOA.................. -- 0.15 0.11 --
GOA................... -- 0.15 0.11 --
AK.................... -- 0.15 0.11 --
ALL................... -- 0.15 0.11 --
Flathead Sole (122)................. Kodiak................ -- 0.16 0.16 --
CGOA.................. -- 0.16 0.15 --
GOA................... -- 0.16 0.12 --
AK.................... -- 0.16 0.12 --
ALL................... -- 0.16 0.12 --
Northern Rockfish (136)............. Kodiak................ 0.14 0.17 0.17 --
CGOA.................. 0.16 0.17 0.17 --
GOA................... 0.16 0.17 0.17 --
AK.................... 0.23 0.17 0.17 --
ALL................... 0.23 0.17 0.17 --
Octopus (870)....................... Homer................. 0.70 -- -- --
Kodiak................ 0.55 0.56 0.52 --
CGOA.................. 0.56 0.56 0.52 --
WGOA.................. 0.41 -- -- --
GOA................... 0.53 0.56 0.52 --
DH/Unalaska........... 0.30 -- -- --
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BS.................... 0.29 -- -- --
BSAI.................. 0.29 -- -- --
AK.................... 0.51 0.53 0.52 --
ALL................... 0.51 0.53 0.52 --
Pacific Cod (110)................... Juneau................ 0.59 -- -- --
Ketchikan............. 0.38 -- -- --
Petersburg............ 0.14 -- -- --
Sitka................. 0.57 -- -- --
SEAK.................. 0.57 -- -- --
Cordova............... 0.32 -- -- --
EGOAxSE............... 0.34 -- -- --
Homer................. 0.34 -- -- --
Kenai................. 0.29 -- -- --
Kodiak................ 0.32 0.27 0.27 --
Seward................ 0.33 -- -- --
CGOA.................. 0.32 0.27 0.27 --
WGOA.................. 0.27 0.25 -- 0.24
GOA................... -- 0.26 0.21 --
Adak.................. 0.29 -- -- --
AI.................... 0.29 -- -- --
DH/Unalaska........... 0.29 0.26 -- 0.26
BS.................... 0.28 0.26 -- 0.26
BSAI.................. -- 0.26 -- 0.26
AK.................... 0.29 0.26 0.20 --
ALL................... 0.29 0.26 0.20 --
Pacific Ocean Perch (141)........... Kodiak................ -- 0.19 0.20 --
CGOA.................. -- 0.19 0.20 --
GOA................... 0.27 0.19 0.19 --
AK.................... 0.35 0.19 0.19 --
ALL................... 0.35 0.19 0.19 --
Pollock (270)....................... Homer................. 0.33 -- -- --
Kodiak................ 0.12 0.15 0.14 --
Seward................ 0.06 -- -- --
CGOA.................. 0.12 0.15 0.14 --
WGOA.................. -- 0.13 -- 0.12
GOA................... 0.12 0.15 0.14 --
DH/Unalaska........... 0.13 0.16 -- 0.16
BS.................... 0.08 0.15 -- 0.14
BSAI.................. 0.08 0.15 -- 0.14
AK.................... 0.12 0.15 0.14 --
ALL................... 0.12 0.15 0.14 --
Quillback Rockfish (147)............ Ketchikan............. 0.47 -- -- --
Petersburg............ 0.25 -- -- --
Sitka................. 0.87 -- -- --
SEAK.................. 0.81 -- -- --
Cordova............... 0.31 -- -- --
EGOAxSE............... 0.34 -- -- --
Homer................. 0.45 -- -- --
Seward................ 0.39 -- -- --
CGOA.................. 0.39 -- -- --
GOA................... 0.54 -- -- --
AK.................... 0.54 -- -- --
ALL................... 0.54 -- -- --
Redbanded Rockfish (153)............ Juneau................ 0.30 -- -- --
Ketchikan............. 0.32 -- -- --
Sitka................. 0.51 -- -- --
SEAK.................. 0.37 -- -- --
EGOAxSE............... 0.34 -- -- --
Homer................. 0.35 -- -- --
Kodiak................ 0.20 0.18 -- 0.18
Seward................ 0.40 -- -- --
CGOA.................. 0.34 0.18 -- 0.18
GOA................... 0.36 0.18 -- 0.18
AK.................... 0.36 0.18 -- 0.18
ALL................... 0.36 0.18 -- 0.18
Redstripe Rockfish (158)............ SEAK.................. 0.49 -- -- --
EGOA.................. 0.49 -- -- --
Seward................ 0.63 -- -- --
CGOA.................. 0.48 -- -- --
GOA................... 0.48 -- -- --
AK.................... 0.48 -- -- --
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ALL................... 0.48 -- -- --
Rex Sole (125)...................... Kodiak................ -- 0.31 0.32 --
CGOA.................. -- 0.31 0.32 --
GOA................... -- 0.31 0.32 --
AK.................... -- 0.31 0.32 --
ALL................... -- 0.31 0.32 --
Rock Sole (123)..................... Kodiak................ -- 0.25 0.25 --
CGOA.................. -- 0.25 0.25 --
GOA................... 0.21 0.25 0.25 --
AK.................... 0.21 0.25 0.25 --
ALL................... 0.21 0.25 0.25 --
Rosethorn Rockfish (150)............ SEAK.................. 0.52 -- -- --
EGOA.................. 0.52 -- -- --
Seward................ 0.42 -- -- --
CGOA.................. 0.42 -- -- --
GOA................... 0.45 -- -- --
AK.................... 0.45 -- -- --
ALL................... 0.45 -- -- --
Rougheye Rockfish (151)............. Petersburg............ 0.26 -- -- --
Sitka................. 0.51 -- -- --
SEAK.................. 0.41 -- -- --
Cordova............... 0.29 -- -- --
EGOAxSE............... 0.30 -- -- --
Homer................. 0.35 -- -- --
Kodiak................ 0.30 0.23 0.22 --
Seward................ 0.40 -- -- --
CGOA.................. 0.35 0.23 0.22 --
GOA................... 0.36 0.24 0.22 --
BS.................... 0.45 -- -- --
BSAI.................. 0.43 -- -- --
AK.................... 0.36 0.24 0.22 --
ALL................... 0.36 0.24 0.22 --
Sablefish (blackcod) (710).......... Kodiak................ \5\ n/a 2.64 2.67 --
CGOA.................. \5\ n/a 2.64 2.66 --
GOA................... \5\ n/a 2.65 2.66 --
AK.................... \5\ n/a 2.65 2.66 --
ALL................... \5\ n/a 2.65 2.66 --
Shortraker Rockfish (152)........... Juneau................ 0.32 -- -- --
Ketchikan............. 0.31 -- -- --
Petersburg............ 0.27 -- -- --
Sitka................. 0.51 -- -- --
SEAK.................. 0.39 -- -- --
EGOAxSE............... 0.46 -- -- --
Homer................. 0.37 -- -- --
Kodiak................ 0.30 0.19 0.22 --
Seward................ 0.40 -- -- --
CGOA.................. 0.39 0.19 0.22 --
GOA................... 0.40 0.24 0.22 --
BS.................... 0.44 -- -- --
BSAI.................. 0.42 -- -- --
AK.................... 0.40 0.24 0.22 --
ALL................... 0.40 0.24 0.22 --
Silvergray Rockfish (157)........... Juneau................ 0.33 -- -- --
Ketchikan............. 0.37 -- -- --
Sitka................. 0.54 -- -- --
SEAK.................. 0.44 -- -- --
EGOAxSE............... 0.34 -- -- --
Homer................. 0.65 -- -- --
Seward................ 0.43 -- -- --
CGOA.................. 0.46 -- -- --
GOA................... 0.44 -- -- --
AK.................... 0.44 -- -- --
ALL................... 0.44 -- -- --
Skate, Alaska (703)................. GOA................... 0.41 -- -- --
AK.................... 0.41 -- -- --
ALL................... 0.41 -- -- --
Skate, Big (702).................... EGOAxSE............... 0.41 -- -- --
EGOA.................. 0.41 -- -- --
Kodiak................ 0.45 0.45 0.45 --
Seward................ 0.40 -- -- --
CGOA.................. 0.44 0.45 0.45 --
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GOA................... 0.44 0.45 0.45 --
AK.................... 0.44 0.45 0.45 --
ALL................... 0.44 0.45 0.45 --
Skate, Longnose (701)............... Petersburg............ 0.40 -- -- --
SEAK.................. 0.40 -- -- --
EGOAxSE............... 0.40 -- -- --
Homer................. 0.36 -- -- --
Kodiak................ 0.45 0.45 0.45 --
Seward................ 0.40 -- -- --
CGOA.................. 0.43 0.45 0.45 --
GOA................... 0.43 0.45 0.45 --
AK.................... 0.43 0.45 0.45 --
ALL................... 0.43 0.45 0.45 --
Skate, Other (700).................. GOA................... 0.32 -- -- --
AK.................... 0.35 -- -- --
ALL................... 0.35 -- -- --
Squid (875)......................... Kodiak................ -- -- 0.06 0.06
CGOA.................. -- -- 0.08 0.08
GOA................... -- -- 0.08 0.08
AK.................... -- 0.03 0.07 --
ALL................... -- 0.03 0.07 --
Starry Flounder (129)............... Kodiak................ -- 0.09 -- 0.09
CGOA.................. -- 0.09 -- 0.09
GOA................... -- 0.09 -- 0.09
AK.................... -- 0.09 -- 0.09
ALL................... -- 0.09 -- 0.09
Thornyhead Rockfish (Idiots) (143).. Juneau................ 1.01 -- -- --
Ketchikan............. 1.15 -- -- --
Petersburg............ 0.97 -- -- --
SEAK.................. 1.07 -- -- --
EGOAxSE............... 0.74 -- -- --
Homer................. 0.78 -- -- --
Kodiak................ 0.65 0.67 -- 0.70
Seward................ 0.82 -- -- --
CGOA.................. 0.76 0.67 -- 0.70
WGOA.................. 0.73 -- -- --
GOA................... -- 0.68 -- 0.71
DH/Unalaska........... 0.75 -- -- --
BS.................... 0.72 -- -- --
BSAI.................. 0.69 -- -- --
AK.................... 0.84 0.68 -- 0.71
ALL................... 0.84 0.68 -- 0.71
Tiger Rockfish (148)................ SEAK.................. 0.47 -- -- --
EGOAxSE............... 0.32 -- -- --
Homer................. 0.42 -- -- --
Seward................ 0.40 -- -- --
CGOA.................. 0.40 -- -- --
GOA................... 0.42 -- -- --
AK.................... 0.42 -- -- --
ALL................... 0.42 -- -- --
Widow Rockfish (156)................ Sitka................. 0.46 -- -- --
SEAK.................. 0.46 -- -- --
EGOA.................. 0.46 -- -- --
GOA................... 0.47 -- -- --
AK.................... 0.47 -- -- --
ALL................... 0.47 -- -- --
Yelloweye Rockfish (145)............ Craig................. 1.33 -- -- --
Ketchikan............. 1.40 -- -- --
Petersburg............ 1.11 -- -- --
Sitka................. 1.76 -- -- --
SEAK.................. 1.58 -- -- --
Cordova............... 1.01 -- -- --
Whittier.............. 0.85 -- -- --
EGOAxSE............... 0.94 -- -- --
Homer................. 0.80 -- -- --
Kodiak................ 0.40 0.25 -- 0.25
Seward................ 0.58 -- -- --
CGOA.................. 0.60 0.25 -- 0.25
WGOA.................. 0.45 -- -- --
GOA................... -- 0.25 -- 0.25
BS.................... 0.31 -- -- --
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BSAI.................. 0.31 -- -- --
AK.................... 1.34 0.25 -- 0.25
ALL................... 1.34 0.25 -- 0.25
Yellowtail Rockfish (155)........... Sitka................. 0.48 -- -- --
SEAK.................. 0.48 -- -- --
EGOA.................. 0.48 -- -- --
Homer................. 0.54 -- -- --
Seward................ 0.87 -- -- --
CGOA.................. 0.40 -- -- --
GOA................... 0.42 -- -- --
AK.................... 0.42 -- -- --
ALL................... 0.42 -- -- --
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-- = no landings in last 3 years or the data is confidential.
\1\ If species is not listed, use price for the species group in Table 2 if it exists in the management area. If
no price is available for the species or species group in Table 1, Table 2, or Table 3, no fee will be
assessed on that landing. That species will come into standard ex-vessel prices in future years.
\2\ For species codes, see Table 2a to 50 CFR part 679.
\3\ Regulatory areas are defined at Sec. 679.2. (AI = Aleutian Islands subarea; AK = Alaska; ALL = all parts
including those outside Alaska; BS = Bering Sea subarea; BSAI = Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands; CGOA = Central
Gulf of Alaska; EGOA = Eastern Gulf of Alaska; EGOAxSE = Eastern Gulf of Alaska except Southeast Alaska; GOA =
Gulf of Alaska; SEAK = Southeast Alaska; WGOA = Western Gulf of Alaska)
\4\ If a price is listed for the species, port, and gear type combination, that price will be applied to the
round weight equivalent for groundfish landings. If no price is listed for the port and gear type combination,
use port group and gear type, or see Table 2 or Table 3.
\5\ n/a = ex-vessel prices for sablefish landed with hook-and-line, pot, or jig gear are listed in Table 3 with
the prices for IFQ and CDQ landings.
Table 2--Standard Ex-Vessel Prices for Groundfish Species Groups for 2017 Observer Coverage Fee
[Based on volume and value from 2013, 2014, and 2015]
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Species group \1\ Port/area \2\ \3\ Non-trawl NPT PTR
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Flathead Sole (FSOL)...................... Kodiak....................... -- $0.16 $0.16
CGOA......................... -- 0.16 0.15
GOA.......................... -- 0.16 0.12
AK........................... -- 0.16 0.12
GOA Deep-water Flatfish \4\ (DFL4)........ Kodiak....................... -- 0.10 0.09
CGOA......................... -- 0.10 0.09
GOA.......................... -- 0.10 0.09
GOA Shallow-water Flatfish \5\ (SFL1)..... Kodiak....................... -- 0.23 0.23
CGOA......................... -- 0.23 0.23
GOA.......................... $0.23 0.23 0.23
GOA Skate, Other (USKT)................... EGOA......................... 0.40 -- --
CGOA......................... 0.39 -- --
GOA.......................... 0.39 -- --
Other Rockfish \6\ \7\ (ROCK)............. Juneau....................... 0.42 -- --
Ketchikan.................... 0.33 -- --
Petersburg................... 0.36 -- --
Sitka........................ 0.55 -- --
SEAK......................... 0.46 -- --
Cordova...................... 0.83 -- --
Whittier..................... 0.72 -- --
EGOAxSE...................... 0.78 -- --
Homer........................ 0.76 -- --
Kodiak....................... 0.38 0.20 0.20
Seward....................... 0.50 -- --
CGOA......................... 0.53 0.20 0.20
WGOA......................... 0.60 -- --
GOA.......................... -- 0.20 0.20
DH/Unalaska.................. 0.75 -- --
BS........................... 0.72 -- --
BSAI......................... 0.68 -- --
AK........................... -- 0.20 0.20
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-- = no landings in last 3 years or the data is confidential.
\1\ If groundfish species is not listed in Table 1, use price for the species group if it exists in the
management area. If no price is available for the species or species group in Table 1, Table 2, or Table 3, no
fee will be assessed on that landing. That species will come into standard ex-vessel prices in future years.
\2\ Regulatory areas are defined at Sec. 679.2. (AK = Alaska; BS = Bering Sea subarea; BSAI = Bering Sea/
Aleutian Islands; CGOA = Central Gulf of Alaska; EGOA = Eastern Gulf of Alaska; EGOAxSE = Eastern Gulf of
Alaska except Southeast Alaska; GOA = Gulf of Alaska; SEAK = Southeast Alaska; WGOA = Western Gulf of Alaska)
\3\ If a price is listed for the species, port, and gear type combination, that price will be applied to the
round weight equivalent for groundfish landings. If no price is listed for the port and gear type combination,
use port group and gear type combination.
\4\ ``Deep-water flatfish'' in the GOA means Dover sole, Greenland turbot, Kamchatka flounder, and deepsea sole.
\5\ ``Shallow-water flatfish'' in the GOA means flatfish not including ``deep-water flatfish,'' flathead sole,
rex sole, or arrowtooth flounder.
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\6\ In the GOA:
``Other rockfish (slope rockfish)'' means Sebastes aurora (aurora), S. melanostomus (blackgill), S. paucispinis
(bocaccio), S. goodei (chilipepper), S. crameri (darkblotch), S. elongatus (greenstriped), S. variegatus
(harlequin), S. wilsoni (pygmy), S. babcocki (redbanded), S. proriger (redstripe), S. zacentrus (sharpchin),
S. jordani (shortbelly), S. brevispinis (silvergray), S. diploproa (splitnose), S. saxicola (stripetail), S.
miniatus (vermilion), S. reedi (yellowmouth), S. entomelas (widow), and S. flavidus (yellowtail).
``Demersal shelf rockfish'' means Sebastes pinniger (canary), S. nebulosus (china), S. caurinus (copper), S.
maliger (quillback), S. helvomaculatus (rosethorn), S. nigrocinctus (tiger), and S. ruberrimus (yelloweye).
``Other rockfish'' in the Western and Central Regulatory Areas means other rockfish (slope rockfish) and
demersal shelf rockfish.
``Other rockfish'' in the West Yakutat District of the EGOA means other rockfish (slope rockfish), northern
rockfish (S. polyspinis), and demersal shelf rockfish.
``Other rockfish'' in the SEO District of the GOA (and SEAK for Table 2) means other rockfish (slope rockfish)
and northern rockfish (S. polyspinis).
\7\ ``Other rockfish'' in the BSAI includes all Sebastes and Sebastolobus species except for Pacific ocean
perch, northern, shortraker, and rougheye rockfish.
Table 3--Standard Ex-Vessel Prices for Halibut IFQ, Halibut CDQ,
Sablefish IFQ, and Sablefish Accruing Against the Fixed Gear Sablefish
CDQ Reserve for the 2017 Observer Fee
[Based on 2016 IFQ Buyer Report]
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Species Port/area \1\ Price \2\
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Halibut (200)..................... Juneau.............. $6.75
Ketchikan........... 6.80
Petersburg.......... 6.71
Sitka............... 6.51
SEAK................ 6.69
Cordova............. 6.87
EGOAxSE............. 6.75
Homer............... 7.19
Kodiak.............. 6.63
Seward.............. 6.96
CGOA................ 6.90
WGOA................ 6.18
BS.................. 6.02
BSAI................ 5.96
AK.................. 6.65
ALL................. 6.65
Sablefish (710)................... Ketchikan........... 4.48
SEAK................ 4.42
EGOAxSE............. 3.90
Homer............... 4.25
Kodiak.............. 4.15
Seward.............. 4.14
CGOA................ 4.15
WGOA................ 4.10
BS.................. 5.11
BSAI................ 5.10
AK.................. 4.25
ALL................. 4.25
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\1\ Regulatory areas are defined at Sec. 679.2. (AK = Alaska; ALL =
all ports including those outside Alaska; BS = Bering Sea subarea;
BSAI = Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands; CGOA = Central Gulf of Alaska;
EGOAxSE = Eastern Gulf of Alaska except Southeast Alaska; SEAK =
Southeast Alaska; WGOA = Western Gulf of Alaska)
\2\ If a price is listed for the species and port combination, that
price will be applied to the round weight equivalent for sablefish
landings and the headed and gutted weight equivalent for halibut
landings. If no price is listed for the port, use port group.
Halibut and Sablefish IFQ and CDQ Standard Ex-vessel Prices
Table 3 shows the observer fee standard ex-vessel prices for
halibut and sablefish. These standard prices are calculated as a single
annual average price, by species and port or port group. Volume and ex-
vessel value data collected on the 2016 IFQ Buyer Report for landings
made from October 1, 2015, through September 30, 2016, were used to
calculate the standard ex-vessel prices for the 2017 observer fee for
halibut IFQ, halibut CDQ, sablefish IFQ, and sablefish landings that
accrue against the fixed gear sablefish CDQ reserve.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: December 8, 2016.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016-29895 Filed 12-12-16; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-P
