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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: January 17, 2018.
Tracey L. Thompson,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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Administration
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Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
Zone Off Alaska; Groundfish of the
Gulf of Alaska; Central Gulf of Alaska
Rockfish Program
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notification of standard prices
and fee percentage.
AGENCY:
NMFS publishes the standard
ex-vessel prices and fee percentage for
cost recovery under the Central Gulf of
Alaska Rockfish Program. This action is
intended to provide participants in a
rockfish cooperative with the standard
prices and fee percentage for the 2017
fishing year, which was authorized from
May 1 through November 15. The fee
percentage is 2.04 percent. The fee
payments are due from each rockfish
cooperative on or before February 15,
2018.
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The rockfish fisheries are conducted
in Federal waters near Kodiak, AK, by
trawl and longline vessels. Regulations
implementing the Central Gulf of Alaska
(GOA) Rockfish Program (Rockfish
Program) are set forth at 50 CFR part
679. Exclusive harvesting privileges are
allocated as quota share under the
Rockfish Program for rockfish primary
and secondary species. Each year,
NMFS issues rockfish primary and
secondary species cooperative quota
(CQ) to rockfish quota share holders to
authorize harvest of these species. The
rockfish primary species are northern
rockfish, Pacific ocean perch, and dusky
rockfish. In 2012, dusky rockfish
replaced the pelagic shelf rockfish
species group in the GOA Groundfish
Harvest Specifications (77 FR 15194,
March 14, 2012). The rockfish
secondary species include Pacific cod,
rougheye rockfish, shortraker rockfish,
sablefish, and thornyhead rockfish.
Rockfish cooperatives began fishing
under the Rockfish Program on May 1,
2012.
The Rockfish Program is a limited
access privilege program established
under the provisions of section 303A of
the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act
(Magnuson-Stevens Act). Sections 303A
and 304(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act
require NMFS to collect fees to recover
the actual costs directly related to the
management, data collection and
analysis, and enforcement of any
limited access privilege program.
Therefore, NMFS is required to collect
fees for the Rockfish Program under
sections 303A and 304(d)(2) of the
Magnuson-Stevens Act. Section
304(d)(2) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act
also limits the cost recovery fee so that
it may not exceed 3 percent of the exvessel value of the fish harvested under
the Rockfish Program.
Standard Prices
NMFS calculates cost recovery fees
based on standard ex-vessel value
prices, rather than actual price data
provided by each rockfish CQ holder.
Use of standard ex-vessel prices is
allowed under sections 303A and
304(d)(2) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act.
NMFS generates a standard ex-vessel
price for each rockfish primary and
secondary species on a monthly basis to
determine the average price paid per
pound for all shoreside processors
receiving rockfish primary and
secondary species CQ.
Regulations at § 679.85(b)(2) require
the Regional Administrator to publish
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rockfish standard ex-vessel values
during the first quarter of each calendar
year. The standard prices are described
in U.S. dollars per pound for rockfish
primary and secondary species CQ
landings made during the previous year.
Fee Percentage
NMFS assesses a fee on the standard
ex-vessel value of rockfish primary
species and rockfish secondary species
CQ harvested by rockfish cooperatives
in the Central GOA and waters adjacent
to the Central GOA when rockfish
primary species caught by a cooperative
are deducted from the Federal total
allowable catch. The rockfish entry level
longline fishery and trawl vessels that
opt out of joining a cooperative are not
subject to cost recovery fees because
those participants do not receive
rockfish CQ. Specific details on the
Rockfish Program’s cost recovery
provision may be found in the
implementing regulations set forth at
§ 679.85.
NMFS informs—by letter—each
rockfish cooperative of the fee
percentage applied to the previous
year’s landings and the total amount
due. Fees are due on or before February
15 of each year. Failure to pay on time
will result in the permit holder’s
rockfish quota share becoming nontransferable, and the person will be
ineligible to receive any additional
rockfish quota share by transfer. In
addition, cooperative members will not
receive any rockfish CQ the following
year until full payment of the fee is
received by NMFS.
NMFS calculates and publishes in the
Federal Register the fee percentage in
the first quarter of each year according
to the factors and methods described in
Federal regulations at § 679.85(c)(2).
NMFS determines the fee percentage
that applies to landings made in the
previous year by dividing the total
Rockfish Program management, data
collection and analysis, and
enforcement costs (direct program costs)
during the previous year by the total
standard ex-vessel value of the rockfish
primary species and rockfish secondary
species for all rockfish CQ landings
made during the previous year (fishery
value). NMFS captures the direct
program costs through an established
accounting system that allows staff to
track labor, travel, contracts, rent, and
procurement. Fee collections in any
given year may be less than, or greater
than, the direct program costs and
fishery value for that year, because, by
regulation, the fee percentage is
established in the first quarter of the
calendar year based on the program
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costs and the fishery value of the
previous calendar year.
Using the fee percentage formula
described above, the estimated
percentage of program costs to value for
the 2017 calendar year is 2.04 percent
of the standard ex-vessel value. The fee
percentage for 2017 is a decrease from
the 2016 fee percentage of 2.54 percent
(82 FR 5533, January 18, 2017). Program
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costs for 2017 were 46 percent lower
than in 2016, with the majority of the
reduction coming from personnel,
overhead, and contracting costs.
TABLE 1—STANDARD EX-VESSEL PRICES BY SPECIES FOR THE 2017 ROCKFISH PROGRAM SEASON IN KODIAK, ALASKA
Species
Period ending
Dusky rockfish * ............................................................................................................
May 31 ......................................................
June 30 .....................................................
July 31 ......................................................
August 31 ..................................................
September 30 ...........................................
October 31 ................................................
November 30 ............................................
May 31 ......................................................
June 30 .....................................................
July 31 ......................................................
August 31 ..................................................
September 30 ...........................................
October 31 ................................................
November 30 ............................................
May 31 ......................................................
June 30 .....................................................
July 31 ......................................................
August 31 ..................................................
September 30 ...........................................
October 31 ................................................
November 30 ............................................
May 31 ......................................................
June 30 .....................................................
July 31 ......................................................
August 31 ..................................................
September 30 ...........................................
October 31 ................................................
November 30 ............................................
May 31 ......................................................
June 30 .....................................................
July 31 ......................................................
August 31 ..................................................
September 30 ...........................................
October 31 ................................................
November 30 ............................................
May 31 ......................................................
June 30 .....................................................
July 31 ......................................................
August 31 ..................................................
September 30 ...........................................
October 31 ................................................
November 30 ............................................
May 31 ......................................................
June 30 .....................................................
July 31 ......................................................
August 31 ..................................................
September 30 ...........................................
October 31 ................................................
November 30 ............................................
May 31 ......................................................
June 30 .....................................................
July 31 ......................................................
August 31 ..................................................
September 30 ...........................................
October 31 ................................................
November 30 ............................................
Northern rockfish ..........................................................................................................
Pacific cod ....................................................................................................................
Pacific ocean perch ......................................................................................................
Rougheye rockfish ........................................................................................................
Sablefish .......................................................................................................................
Shortraker rockfish .......................................................................................................
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Standard
ex-vessel
price per
pound
$0.16
0.16
0.16
0.16
0.16
0.16
0.16
0.15
0.14
0.15
0.15
0.15
0.15
0.15
0.36
0.35
0.35
0.35
0.35
0.35
0.35
0.18
0.18
0.18
0.18
0.18
0.18
0.18
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.20
0.15
3.80
3.27
3.37
3.37
3.61
3.07
3.12
0.21
0.21
0.21
0.21
0.21
0.21
0.21
0.39
0.35
0.36
0.36
0.38
0.37
0.32
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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 773 et seq.; 1801 et
seq.; 3631 et seq.; Pub. L. 108–447; Pub. L.
111–281.
Dated: January 17, 2018.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2018–01009 Filed 1–19–18; 8:45 am]
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Ocean Exploration Advisory Board
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This notice sets forth the
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Dated: January 11, 2018.
David Holst,
Chief Financial Officer, Office of Oceanic and
Atmospheric Research, National Oceanic and
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-XF878
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Groundfish
of the Gulf of Alaska; Central Gulf of Alaska Rockfish Program
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 the standard ex-vessel prices and fee
percentage for cost recovery under the Central Gulf of Alaska Rockfish
Program. This action is intended to provide participants in a rockfish
cooperative with the standard prices and fee percentage for the 2017
fishing year, which was authorized from May 1 through November 15. The
fee percentage is 2.04 percent. The fee payments are due from each
rockfish cooperative on or before February 15, 2018.
DATES: Valid on: January 22, 2018.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carl Greene, 907-586-7105.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The rockfish fisheries are conducted in Federal waters near Kodiak,
AK, by trawl and longline vessels. Regulations implementing the Central
Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Rockfish Program (Rockfish Program) are set forth
at 50 CFR part 679. Exclusive harvesting privileges are allocated as
quota share under the Rockfish Program for rockfish primary and
secondary species. Each year, NMFS issues rockfish primary and
secondary species cooperative quota (CQ) to rockfish quota share
holders to authorize harvest of these species. The rockfish primary
species are northern rockfish, Pacific ocean perch, and dusky rockfish.
In 2012, dusky rockfish replaced the pelagic shelf rockfish species
group in the GOA Groundfish Harvest Specifications (77 FR 15194, March
14, 2012). The rockfish secondary species include Pacific cod, rougheye
rockfish, shortraker rockfish, sablefish, and thornyhead rockfish.
Rockfish cooperatives began fishing under the Rockfish Program on May
1, 2012.
The Rockfish Program is a limited access privilege program
established under the provisions of section 303A of the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act).
Sections 303A and 304(d) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act require NMFS to
collect fees to recover the actual costs directly related to the
management, data collection and analysis, and enforcement of any
limited access privilege program. Therefore, NMFS is required to
collect fees for the Rockfish Program under sections 303A and 304(d)(2)
of the Magnuson-Stevens Act. Section 304(d)(2) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Act also limits the cost recovery fee so that it may not exceed 3
percent of the ex-vessel value of the fish harvested under the Rockfish
Program.
Standard Prices
NMFS calculates cost recovery fees based on standard ex-vessel
value prices, rather than actual price data provided by each rockfish
CQ holder. Use of standard ex-vessel prices is allowed under sections
303A and 304(d)(2) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act. NMFS generates a
standard ex-vessel price for each rockfish primary and secondary
species on a monthly basis to determine the average price paid per
pound for all shoreside processors receiving rockfish primary and
secondary species CQ.
Regulations at Sec. 679.85(b)(2) require the Regional
Administrator to publish rockfish standard ex-vessel values during the
first quarter of each calendar year. The standard prices are described
in U.S. dollars per pound for rockfish primary and secondary species CQ
landings made during the previous year.
Fee Percentage
NMFS assesses a fee on the standard ex-vessel value of rockfish
primary species and rockfish secondary species CQ harvested by rockfish
cooperatives in the Central GOA and waters adjacent to the Central GOA
when rockfish primary species caught by a cooperative are deducted from
the Federal total allowable catch. The rockfish entry level longline
fishery and trawl vessels that opt out of joining a cooperative are not
subject to cost recovery fees because those participants do not receive
rockfish CQ. Specific details on the Rockfish Program's cost recovery
provision may be found in the implementing regulations set forth at
Sec. 679.85.
NMFS informs--by letter--each rockfish cooperative of the fee
percentage applied to the previous year's landings and the total amount
due. Fees are due on or before February 15 of each year. Failure to pay
on time will result in the permit holder's rockfish quota share
becoming non-transferable, and the person will be ineligible to receive
any additional rockfish quota share by transfer. In addition,
cooperative members will not receive any rockfish CQ the following year
until full payment of the fee is received by NMFS.
NMFS calculates and publishes in the Federal Register the fee
percentage in the first quarter of each year according to the factors
and methods described in Federal regulations at Sec. 679.85(c)(2).
NMFS determines the fee percentage that applies to landings made in the
previous year by dividing the total Rockfish Program management, data
collection and analysis, and enforcement costs (direct program costs)
during the previous year by the total standard ex-vessel value of the
rockfish primary species and rockfish secondary species for all
rockfish CQ landings made during the previous year (fishery value).
NMFS captures the direct program costs through an established
accounting system that allows staff to track labor, travel, contracts,
rent, and procurement. Fee collections in any given year may be less
than, or greater than, the direct program costs and fishery value for
that year, because, by regulation, the fee percentage is established in
the first quarter of the calendar year based on the program
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costs and the fishery value of the previous calendar year.
Using the fee percentage formula described above, the estimated
percentage of program costs to value for the 2017 calendar year is 2.04
percent of the standard ex-vessel value. The fee percentage for 2017 is
a decrease from the 2016 fee percentage of 2.54 percent (82 FR 5533,
January 18, 2017). Program costs for 2017 were 46 percent lower than in
2016, with the majority of the reduction coming from personnel,
overhead, and contracting costs.
Table 1--Standard Ex-Vessel Prices by Species for the 2017 Rockfish
Program Season in Kodiak, Alaska
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Standard ex-
Species Period ending vessel price
per pound
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Dusky rockfish *.................. May 31.............. $0.16
June 30............. 0.16
July 31............. 0.16
August 31........... 0.16
September 30........ 0.16
October 31.......... 0.16
November 30......... 0.16
Northern rockfish................. May 31.............. 0.15
June 30............. 0.14
July 31............. 0.15
August 31........... 0.15
September 30........ 0.15
October 31.......... 0.15
November 30......... 0.15
Pacific cod....................... May 31.............. 0.36
June 30............. 0.35
July 31............. 0.35
August 31........... 0.35
September 30........ 0.35
October 31.......... 0.35
November 30......... 0.35
Pacific ocean perch............... May 31.............. 0.18
June 30............. 0.18
July 31............. 0.18
August 31........... 0.18
September 30........ 0.18
October 31.......... 0.18
November 30......... 0.18
Rougheye rockfish................. May 31.............. 0.20
June 30............. 0.20
July 31............. 0.20
August 31........... 0.20
September 30........ 0.20
October 31.......... 0.20
November 30......... 0.15
Sablefish......................... May 31.............. 3.80
June 30............. 3.27
July 31............. 3.37
August 31........... 3.37
September 30........ 3.61
October 31.......... 3.07
November 30......... 3.12
Shortraker rockfish............... May 31.............. 0.21
June 30............. 0.21
July 31............. 0.21
August 31........... 0.21
September 30........ 0.21
October 31.......... 0.21
November 30......... 0.21
Thornyhead rockfish............... May 31.............. 0.39
June 30............. 0.35
July 31............. 0.36
August 31........... 0.36
September 30........ 0.38
October 31.......... 0.37
November 30......... 0.32
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* The pelagic shelf rockfish species group has been changed to ``dusky
rockfish.''
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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 773 et seq.; 1801 et seq.; 3631 et seq.;
Pub. L. 108-447; Pub. L. 111-281.
Dated: January 17, 2018.
Alan D. Risenhoover,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
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