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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
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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 (GOA) Rockfish Program
(Rockfish Program). This action is
intended to provide participants in a
rockfish cooperative with the standard
prices and fee percentage for the 2023
fishing year, which was authorized from
May 1 through November 15. The fee
percentage is 3.00 percent. The fee
payments are due from each rockfish
cooperative on or before February 15,
2024.
DATES: Valid on: February 2, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Charmaine Weeks, 907–586–7105.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
The rockfish fisheries are conducted
in Federal waters near Kodiak, Alaska
by trawl and longline vessels.
Regulations implementing the 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 shareholders to
authorize harvest of these species. The
rockfish primary species are northern
rockfish, Pacific Ocean perch, and
dusky rockfish. The rockfish secondary
species include Pacific cod, rougheye
rockfish, shortraker rockfish, sablefish,
and thornyhead rockfish. Rockfish
cooperatives began fishing under the
Rockfish Program in 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 3.00 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. Rockfish
processors that receive and purchase
landings of rockfish CQ groundfish must
submit, on an annual basis, a volume
and value report for the period May 1
to November 15 (50 CFR
679.5(r)(10)(ii)).
Regulations at 50 CFR 679.85(b)(2)
require the Regional Administrator to
publish rockfish standard ex-vessel
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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 50
CFR 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 50 CFR
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, as the fee
percentage is established by regulation
in the first quarter of the calendar year
based on the program costs and the
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fishery value of the previous calendar
year.
Using the fee percentage formula
described above, the estimated
percentage of program costs to value for
the 2023 calendar year is 3.59 percent
of the standard ex-vessel value; since
this is higher than the regulatory cap,
the fee percentage is the capped 3.00
percent. Program costs for 2023
increased by 11.40 percent compared to
2022 costs; however, the fishery value
Species
Month
Dusky Rockfish .........................................................................................................
May .........................................................
June ........................................................
July .........................................................
Aug .........................................................
September ..............................................
October ...................................................
November ...............................................
May .........................................................
June ........................................................
July .........................................................
Aug .........................................................
September ..............................................
October ...................................................
November ...............................................
May .........................................................
June ........................................................
July .........................................................
Aug .........................................................
September ..............................................
October ...................................................
November ...............................................
May .........................................................
June ........................................................
July .........................................................
Aug .........................................................
September ..............................................
October ...................................................
November ...............................................
May .........................................................
June ........................................................
July .........................................................
Aug .........................................................
September ..............................................
October ...................................................
November ...............................................
May .........................................................
June ........................................................
July .........................................................
Aug .........................................................
September ..............................................
October ...................................................
November ...............................................
May .........................................................
June ........................................................
July .........................................................
Aug .........................................................
September ..............................................
October ...................................................
November ...............................................
May .........................................................
June ........................................................
July .........................................................
Aug .........................................................
September ..............................................
October ...................................................
November ...............................................
Northern Rockfish .....................................................................................................
Pacific Cod ...............................................................................................................
Pacific Ocean Perch .................................................................................................
Rougheye Rockfish ..................................................................................................
Sablefish ...................................................................................................................
Shortraker Rockfish ..................................................................................................
Thornyhead Rockfish ................................................................................................
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decreased approximately 21.30 percent
resulting in a higher fee percentage.
Similar to 2022, the majority of 2023
costs were a result of direct personnel
and contract costs.
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Average
price/lb
$0.14
0.11
0.12
0.12
0.12
0.10
0.12
0.14
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.37
0.37
0.33
0.33
0.33
0.28
0.33
0.14
0.14
0.13
0.13
0.13
0.09
0.13
0.11
0.10
0.10
0.10
0.10
0.10
0.10
0.75
0.81
0.69
0.69
0.69
0.69
0.69
0.13
0.19
0.15
0.15
0.15
0.15
0.15
0.40
0.40
0.39
0.39
0.39
0.39
0.39
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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 29, 2024.
Everett Wayne Baxter,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024–02067 Filed 2–1–24; 8:45 am]
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PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND OR
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Committee for Purchase From
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The Committee is proposing
to delete product(s) and service(s) from
the Procurement List that were
furnished by nonprofit agencies
employing persons who are blind or
have other severe disabilities.
DATES: Comments must be received on
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ADDRESSES: Committee for Purchase
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Washington, DC.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
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Community Services Board, Wytheville,
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XD674]
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 (GOA)
Rockfish Program (Rockfish Program). This action is intended to provide
participants in a rockfish cooperative with the standard prices and fee
percentage for the 2023 fishing year, which was authorized from May 1
through November 15. The fee percentage is 3.00 percent. The fee
payments are due from each rockfish cooperative on or before February
15, 2024.
DATES: Valid on: February 2, 2024.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charmaine Weeks, 907-586-7105.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
The rockfish fisheries are conducted in Federal waters near Kodiak,
Alaska by trawl and longline vessels. Regulations implementing the
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
shareholders to authorize harvest of these species. The rockfish
primary species are northern rockfish, Pacific Ocean perch, and dusky
rockfish. The rockfish secondary species include Pacific cod, rougheye
rockfish, shortraker rockfish, sablefish, and thornyhead rockfish.
Rockfish cooperatives began fishing under the Rockfish Program in 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 3.00
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. Rockfish processors that receive and purchase
landings of rockfish CQ groundfish must submit, on an annual basis, a
volume and value report for the period May 1 to November 15 (50 CFR
679.5(r)(10)(ii)).
Regulations at 50 CFR 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 50
CFR 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 50 CFR 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, as the fee percentage is established by regulation in the
first quarter of the calendar year based on the program costs and the
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fishery value of the previous calendar year.
Using the fee percentage formula described above, the estimated
percentage of program costs to value for the 2023 calendar year is 3.59
percent of the standard ex-vessel value; since this is higher than the
regulatory cap, the fee percentage is the capped 3.00 percent. Program
costs for 2023 increased by 11.40 percent compared to 2022 costs;
however, the fishery value decreased approximately 21.30 percent
resulting in a higher fee percentage. Similar to 2022, the majority of
2023 costs were a result of direct personnel and contract costs.
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Species Month Average price/lb
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Dusky Rockfish.................. May................ $0.14
June............... 0.11
July............... 0.12
Aug................ 0.12
September.......... 0.12
October............ 0.10
November........... 0.12
Northern Rockfish............... May................ 0.14
June............... 0.13
July............... 0.13
Aug................ 0.13
September.......... 0.13
October............ 0.13
November........... 0.13
Pacific Cod..................... May................ 0.37
June............... 0.37
July............... 0.33
Aug................ 0.33
September.......... 0.33
October............ 0.28
November........... 0.33
Pacific Ocean Perch............. May................ 0.14
June............... 0.14
July............... 0.13
Aug................ 0.13
September.......... 0.13
October............ 0.09
November........... 0.13
Rougheye Rockfish............... May................ 0.11
June............... 0.10
July............... 0.10
Aug................ 0.10
September.......... 0.10
October............ 0.10
November........... 0.10
Sablefish....................... May................ 0.75
June............... 0.81
July............... 0.69
Aug................ 0.69
September.......... 0.69
October............ 0.69
November........... 0.69
Shortraker Rockfish............. May................ 0.13
June............... 0.19
July............... 0.15
Aug................ 0.15
September.......... 0.15
October............ 0.15
November........... 0.15
Thornyhead Rockfish............. May................ 0.40
June............... 0.40
July............... 0.39
Aug................ 0.39
September.......... 0.39
October............ 0.39
November........... 0.39
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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 29, 2024.
Everett Wayne Baxter,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-02067 Filed 2-1-24; 8:45 am]
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