81 FR 89900 - Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; North Pacific Halibut and Sablefish Individual Fishing Quota Cost Recovery Programs
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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 239 (December 13, 2016)
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[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 239 (Tuesday, December 13, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 89900-89904] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-29879] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RIN 0648-XF038 Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; North Pacific Halibut and Sablefish Individual Fishing Quota Cost Recovery Programs AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of standard prices and fee percentage. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: NMFS publishes the individual fishing quota (IFQ) standard prices and fee percentage for cost recovery for the IFQ Program for the halibut and sablefish fisheries of the North Pacific (IFQ Program). The fee percentage for 2016 is 3.0 percent. This action is intended to provide holders of halibut and sablefish IFQ permits with the 2016 standard prices and fee percentage to calculate the required payment for IFQ cost recovery fees due by January 31, 2017. DATES: Effective December 13, 2016. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carl Greene, Fee Coordinator, 907-586- 7105. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Background NMFS Alaska Region administers the IFQ Program in the North Pacific. The IFQ Program is a limited access system authorized by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson- Stevens Act) and the Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982. Fishing under the IFQ Program began in March 1995. Regulations implementing the IFQ Program are set forth at 50 CFR part 679. [[Page 89901]] In 1996, the Magnuson-Stevens Act was amended to, among other purposes, require the Secretary of Commerce to ``collect a fee to recover the actual costs directly related to the management and enforcement of any . . . individual quota program.'' This requirement was further amended in 2006 to include collection of the actual costs of data collection, and to replace the reference to ``individual quota program'' with a more general reference to ``limited access privilege program'' at section 304(d)(2)(A). Section 304(d)(2) of the Magnuson- Stevens Act also specifies an upper limit on these fees, when the fees must be collected, and where the fees must be deposited. On March 20, 2000, NMFS published regulations in Sec. 679.45 implementing cost recovery for the IFQ Program (65 FR 14919). Under the regulations, an IFQ permit holder must pay a cost recovery fee for every pound of IFQ halibut and IFQ sablefish that is landed on his or her IFQ permit(s). The IFQ permit holder is responsible for self- collecting the fee for all IFQ halibut and IFQ sablefish landings on his or her permit(s). The IFQ permit holder is also responsible for submitting IFQ fee payment(s) to NMFS on or before the due date of January 31 of the year following the year in which the IFQ landings were made. The total dollar amount of the fee due is determined by multiplying the NMFS published fee percentage by the ex-vessel value of all IFQ landings made on the permit(s) during the IFQ fishing year. As required by Sec. 679.45(d)(1) and (d)(3)(i), NMFS publishes this notice of the fee percentage for the halibut and sablefish IFQ fisheries in the Federal Register during or before the last quarter of each year. Standard Prices The fee is based on the sum of all payments made to fishermen for the sale of the fish during the year. This includes any retro-payments (e.g., bonuses, delayed partial payments, post-season payments) made to the IFQ permit holder for previously landed IFQ halibut or sablefish. For purposes of calculating IFQ cost recovery fees, NMFS distinguishes between two types of ex-vessel value: Actual and standard. Actual ex-vessel value is the amount of all compensation, monetary or non-monetary, that an IFQ permit holder received as payment for his or her IFQ fish sold. Standard ex-vessel value is the default value used to calculate the fee. IFQ permit holders have the option of using actual ex-vessel value if they can satisfactorily document it; otherwise, the standard ex-vessel value is used. Section 679.45(b)(3)(iii) requires the Regional Administrator to publish IFQ standard prices during the last quarter of each calendar year. These standard prices are used, along with estimates of IFQ halibut and IFQ sablefish landings, to calculate standard ex-vessel values. The standard prices are described in U.S. dollars per IFQ equivalent pound for IFQ halibut and IFQ sablefish landings made during the year. According to Sec. 679.2, IFQ equivalent pound(s) means the weight amount, recorded in pounds, and calculated as round weight for sablefish and headed and gutted weight for halibut, for an IFQ landing. The weight of halibut in pounds landed as guided angler fish is converted to IFQ equivalent pound(s) as specified in Sec. 300.65(c) of this title. NMFS calculates the standard prices to closely reflect the variations in the actual ex-vessel values of IFQ halibut and IFQ sablefish landings by month and port or port-group. The standard prices for IFQ halibut and IFQ sablefish are listed in the tables that follow the next section. Data from ports are combined as necessary to protect confidentiality. Fee Percentage NMFS calculates the fee percentage each year according to the factors and methods described at Sec. 679.45(d)(2). NMFS determines the fee percentage that applies to landings made in the previous year by dividing the total costs directly related to the management, data collection, and enforcement of the IFQ Program (management costs) during the previous year by the total standard ex-vessel value of IFQ halibut and IFQ sablefish landings made during the previous year (fishery value). NMFS captures the actual management costs associated with certain management, data collection, and enforcement functions through an established accounting system that allows staff to track labor, travel, contracts, rent, and procurement. NMFS calculates the fishery value as described under the section, Standard Prices. Using the fee percentage formula described above, the estimated percentage of management costs to fishery value for the 2016 calendar year is 3.1 percent of the standard ex-vessel value; except the fee percentage amount must not exceed 3.0 percent pursuant section 304(d)(2)(B) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act. Therefore, the 2016 fee percentage is set at 3.0 percent. An IFQ permit holder is to use the fee percentage of 3.0 percent to calculate his or her fee for IFQ equivalent pound(s) landed during the 2016 halibut and sablefish IFQ fishing season. An IFQ permit holder is responsible for submitting the 2016 IFQ fee payment to NMFS on or before January 31, 2017. Payment must be made in accordance with the payment methods set forth in Sec. 679.45(a)(4). NMFS no longer accepts credit card information by phone or in-person for fee payments. NMFS has determined that the practice of accepting credit card information by phone or in-person no longer meets agency standards for protection of personal financial information (81 FR 23645; April 22, 2016). The 2016 fee percentage of 3.0 percent is unchanged from the 2015 fee percentage of 3.0 percent (80 FR 78172; December 16, 2015). Between 2015 and 2016, there was a 5 percent increase in management costs. NMFS incurred higher costs in 2015 due to additional costs to maintain permit databases; however, other costs decreased, therefore the change in overall management costs was limited. The value of halibut and sablefish harvests under the IFQ Program also increased by 3 percent from 2015 to 2016. This increase in value of the fishery offset some of the increase in management costs, which limited the change in the fee percentage between 2015 and 2016. Table 1--Registered Buyer Standard Ex-Vessel Prices by Landing Location for the 2016 IFQ Season [Registered Buyer Standard Ex-Vessel Prices by Landing Location for 2015 IFQ Season] \1\ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sablefish Landing location Period ending Halibut standard Standard ex- ex-vessel price vessel price ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cordova.................................... March 31..................... - - April 30..................... - - May 31....................... - - [[Page 89902]] June 30...................... - - July 31...................... 7.17 - August 31.................... - - September 30................. - - October 31................... - - November 30.................. - - Homer...................................... March 31..................... - - April 30..................... 6.69 3.97 May 31....................... 6.99 4.21 June 30...................... 7.32 4.17 July 31...................... 7.20 - August 31.................... 7.27 4.39 September 30................. 6.96 4.68 October 31................... 6.96 4.68 November 30.................. 6.96 4.68 Ketchikan.................................. March 31..................... 6.51 - April 30..................... 6.72 - May 31....................... 6.77 - June 30...................... 6.77 - July 31...................... 6.69 - August 31.................... 6.76 - September 30................. 7.15 5.20 October 31................... 7.15 5.20 November 30.................. 7.15 5.20 Kodiak..................................... March 31..................... 6.40 - April 30..................... 6.52 4.01 May 31....................... 6.51 4.05 June 30...................... 6.54 3.95 July 31...................... 6.70 4.36 August 31.................... 6.85 4.38 September 30................. 6.78 4.49 October 31................... 6.78 4.49 November 30.................. 6.78 4.49 Petersburg................................. March 31..................... - - April 30..................... - - May 31....................... 6.65 - June 30...................... 6.63 - July 31...................... - - August 31.................... 6.97 - September 30................. - - October 31................... - - November 30.................. - - Seward..................................... March 31..................... 6.57 3.94 April 30..................... 6.69 - May 31....................... 6.88 4.02 June 30...................... 7.21 - July 31...................... - - August 31.................... - - September 30................. 6.96 4.87 October 31................... 6.96 4.87 November 30.................. 6.96 4.87 Sitka...................................... March 31..................... 6.48 - April 30..................... - - May 31....................... 6.45 - June 30...................... 6.45 - July 31...................... - - August 31.................... - - September 30................. - - October 31................... - - November 30.................. - - Port Group Bering Sea \2\.................. March 31..................... - - April 30..................... - - May 31....................... 6.04 - June 30...................... 6.10 4.19 July 31...................... 6.08 5.14 August 31.................... 6.17 4.64 September 30................. 6.17 4.82 [[Page 89903]] October 31................... 6.17 4.82 November 30.................. 6.17 4.82 Port Group Central Gulf \3\................ March 31..................... 6.58 3.95 April 30..................... 6.63 3.91 May 31....................... 6.76 4.03 June 30...................... 7.10 4.09 July 31...................... 7.14 4.32 August 31.................... 7.03 4.36 September 30................. 6.91 4.75 October 31................... 6.91 4.75 November 30.................. 6.91 4.75 Port Group Southeast \4\................... March 31..................... 6.56 3.89 April 30..................... 6.56 3.94 May 31....................... 6.60 4.38 June 30...................... 6.68 4.51 July 31...................... 6.76 4.68 August 31.................... 6.95 4.74 September 30................. 6.92 5.13 October 31................... 6.92 5.13 November 30.................. 6.92 5.13 All-Alaska \5\............................. March 31..................... 6.55 3.90 April 30..................... 6.57 3.97 May 31....................... 6.66 4.14 June 30...................... 6.82 4.25 July 31...................... 6.79 4.56 August 31.................... 6.80 4.48 September 30................. 6.72 4.91 October 31................... 6.72 4.91 November 30.................. 6.72 4.91 All \6\.................................... March 31..................... 6.55 3.90 April 30..................... 6.57 3.97 May 31....................... 6.82 4.14 June 30...................... 6.79 4.25 July 31...................... 6.80 4.56 August 31.................... 6.72 4.48 September 30................. 6.72 4.91 October 31................... 6.72 4.91 November 30.................. 6.72 4.94 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Note: In many instances prices have not been reported to comply with confidentiality guidelines that prevent price reports when there are fewer than three processors operating in a location during a month. \2\ Landing locations Within Port Group--Bering Sea: Adak, Akutan, Akutan Bay, Atka, Bristol Bay, Chefornak, Dillingham, Captains Bay, Dutch Harbor, Egegik, Ikatan Bay, Hooper Bay, King Cove, King Salmon, Kipnuk, Mekoryuk, Naknek, Nome, Quinhagak, Savoonga, St. George, St. Lawrence, St. Paul, Togiak, Toksook Bay, Tununak, Beaver Inlet, Ugadaga Bay, Unalaska. \3\ Landing Locations Within Port Group--Central Gulf of Alaska: Anchor Point, Anchorage, Alitak, Chignik, Cordova, Eagle River, False Pass, West Anchor Cove, Girdwood, Chinitna Bay, Halibut Cove, Homer, Kasilof, Kenai, Kenai River, Alitak, Kodiak, Port Bailey, Nikiski, Ninilchik, Old Harbor, Palmer, Sand Point, Seldovia, Resurrection Bay, Seward, Valdez, Whittier. \4\ Landing Locations Within Port Group--Southeast Alaska: Angoon, Baranof Warm Springs, Craig, Edna Bay, Elfin Cove, Excursion Inlet, Gustavus, Haines, Hollis, Hoonah, Hyder, Auke Bay, Douglas, Tee Harbor, Juneau, Kake, Ketchikan, Klawock, Metlakatla, Pelican, Petersburg, Portage Bay, Port Alexander, Port Graham, Port Protection, Point Baker, Sitka, Skagway, Tenakee Springs, Thorne Bay, Wrangell, Yakutat. \5\ Landing Locations Within Port Group--All: For Alaska: All landing locations included in 2, 3, and 4. For California: Eureka, Fort Bragg, Other California. For Oregon: Astoria, Aurora, Lincoln City, Newport, Warrenton, Other Oregon. For Washington: Anacortes, Bellevue, Bellingham, Nagai Island, Edmonds, Everett, Granite Falls, Ilwaco, La Conner, Port Angeles, Port Orchard, Port Townsend, Rainier, Fox Island, Mercer Island, Seattle, Standwood, Other Washington. For Canada: Port Hardy, Port Edward, Prince Rupert, Vancouver, Haines Junction, Other Canada. Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Dated: December 8, 2016. Emily H. Menashes, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 2016-29879 Filed 12-12-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-22-P
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proposed collection of information; (c) RP/PEIS). The RP/PEIS was prepared and_Programmatic_Environmental_
ways to enhance the quality, utility, and under the authority of Comprehensive Impact_Statement_for_Restoration_
clarity of the information to be Environmental Response, Resulting_from_the_Kalamazoo_River_
collected; and (d) ways to minimize the Compensation, and Liability Act Natural_Resource_Damage_
burden of the collection of information (CERCLA) of 1980 and was also Assessment.pdf. Electronic
on respondents, including through the developed to comply with the Federal correspondence regarding it can be
use of automated collection techniques agency decision-making requirements of submitted to rc.compliance@noaa.gov.
or other forms of information the National Environmental Policy Act Otherwise, please submit any written
technology. of 1969 (NEPA) and NOAA’s comments via U.S. mail to the
Comments submitted in response to environmental review procedures responsible official named in the
this notice will be summarized and/or (NOAA Administrative Order 216–6, as ADDRESSES section.
included in the request for OMB preserved by NAO 216–6A). The Dated: December 7, 2016.
approval of this information collection; document was designed to solicit public Carrie Selberg,
they also will become a matter of public opinion on a proposed restoration
Deputy Director, Office of Habitat
record. program for the Kalamazoo River Conservation, National Marine Fisheries
Sheleen Dumas,
natural resource damage assessment Service.
(NRDA). This ROD documents the [FR Doc. 2016–29792 Filed 12–12–16; 8:45 am]
PRA Departmental Lead, Office of the Chief
Information Officer.
Trustees’ decision to select Alternative
BILLING CODE 3510–22–P
C and conduct restoration within the
[FR Doc. 2016–29778 Filed 12–12–16; 8:45 am]
Kalamazoo River watershed (described
BILLING CODE 3510–13–P
in the RP/PEIS in Section 3.2.3). This DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
alternative would consist of a mixture of
aquatic habitat restoration, riparian and National Oceanic and Atmospheric
DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
wetland habitat restoration, dam Administration
National Oceanic and Atmospheric removal for river and fish passage
RIN 0648–XF038
Administration restoration, and habitat conservation
actions in the Kalamazoo River Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic
RIN 0648–XE808 watershed, including potential projects Zone Off Alaska; North Pacific Halibut
in tributaries. Through this alternative, and Sablefish Individual Fishing Quota
Record of Decision for the Kalamazoo
the Trustees could conduct restoration Cost Recovery Programs
River Natural Resources Damage
actions in locations that have not been
Assessment: Final Restoration Plan
affected by PCBs, including projects in AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries
and Programmatic Environmental
tributaries other than Portage Creek, and Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Impact Statement
in remediated areas that were Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries previously contaminated with PCBs. Commerce.
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and This alternative also includes the two ACTION: Notice of standard prices and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), specific projects to restore aquatic fee percentage.
Commerce. connectivity on the Kalamazoo River by
ACTION: Notice of availability of a removing dams in and near Otsego, SUMMARY: NMFS publishes the
Record of Decision. Michigan. The Trustees selected this individual fishing quota (IFQ) standard
alternative since it allows the most prices and fee percentage for cost
SUMMARY: The NOAA National Marine flexibility to meet the Trustees’ recovery for the IFQ Program for the
Fisheries Service (NMFS) announces the restoration objectives, both in terms of halibut and sablefish fisheries of the
availability of the Record of Decision geographic location and timing. The North Pacific (IFQ Program). The fee
(ROD) for the Kalamazoo River Natural scale of restoration activity that will be percentage for 2016 is 3.0 percent. This
Resources Damage Assessment: Final implemented by the Trustees under the action is intended to provide holders of
Restoration Plan and Programmatic RP/PEIS will depend upon the halibut and sablefish IFQ permits with
Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS). resolution of natural resource damage the 2016 standard prices and fee
The NMFS Office of Habitat claims with the parties responsible for percentage to calculate the required
Conservation Director signed the ROD poly-chlorinated biphenyl releases. payment for IFQ cost recovery fees due
on November 29, 2016, which Under CERCLA, settlements received by by January 31, 2017.
constitutes the agency’s final decision. the Trustees, either through negotiated DATES: Effective December 13, 2016.
ADDRESSES: Patricia A. Montanio, or adjudicated processes, must be used FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carl
Director, Office of Habitat Conservation, to restore, rehabilitate, replace, and/or Greene, Fee Coordinator, 907–586–7105.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric acquire the equivalent of those natural SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Administration, 1315 East-West resources that have been injured. The
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Final RP/PEIS will guide future Trustee Background
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie decision-making regarding the NMFS Alaska Region administers the
Sims, NOAA Restoration Center, 4840 expenditure of settlements and the IFQ Program in the North Pacific. The
South State Road, Ann Arbor, Michigan implementation of restoration activities. IFQ Program is a limited access system
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48108–9719. The NOAA RC is not soliciting authorized by the Magnuson-Stevens
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The comments on the PEIS but will consider Fishery Conservation and Management
Kalamazoo River Trustees prepared the any comments submitted that would Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) and the
Final Restoration Plan and assist us in preparing future NEPA Northern Pacific Halibut Act of 1982.
Programmatic Environmental Impact documents. An electronic copy of the Fishing under the IFQ Program began in
Statement for Restoration Resulting PEIS is available at: https:// March 1995. Regulations implementing
from the Kalamazoo River Natural darrp.noaa.gov/sites/default/files/case- the IFQ Program are set forth at 50 CFR
Resource Damage Assessment (Final documents/Final_Restoration_Plan_ part 679.
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In 1996, the Magnuson-Stevens Act between two types of ex-vessel value: captures the actual management costs
was amended to, among other purposes, Actual and standard. Actual ex-vessel associated with certain management,
require the Secretary of Commerce to value is the amount of all compensation, data collection, and enforcement
‘‘collect a fee to recover the actual costs monetary or non-monetary, that an IFQ functions through an established
directly related to the management and permit holder received as payment for accounting system that allows staff to
enforcement of any . . . individual his or her IFQ fish sold. Standard ex- track labor, travel, contracts, rent, and
quota program.’’ This requirement was vessel value is the default value used to procurement. NMFS calculates the
further amended in 2006 to include calculate the fee. IFQ permit holders fishery value as described under the
collection of the actual costs of data have the option of using actual ex-vessel section, Standard Prices.
collection, and to replace the reference value if they can satisfactorily document Using the fee percentage formula
to ‘‘individual quota program’’ with a it; otherwise, the standard ex-vessel described above, the estimated
more general reference to ‘‘limited value is used. percentage of management costs to
access privilege program’’ at section Section 679.45(b)(3)(iii) requires the
304(d)(2)(A). Section 304(d)(2) of the fishery value for the 2016 calendar year
Regional Administrator to publish IFQ is 3.1 percent of the standard ex-vessel
Magnuson-Stevens Act also specifies an standard prices during the last quarter
upper limit on these fees, when the fees value; except the fee percentage amount
of each calendar year. These standard must not exceed 3.0 percent pursuant
must be collected, and where the fees prices are used, along with estimates of
must be deposited. section 304(d)(2)(B) of the Magnuson-
IFQ halibut and IFQ sablefish landings, Stevens Act. Therefore, the 2016 fee
On March 20, 2000, NMFS published to calculate standard ex-vessel values.
regulations in § 679.45 implementing percentage is set at 3.0 percent. An IFQ
The standard prices are described in permit holder is to use the fee
cost recovery for the IFQ Program (65 U.S. dollars per IFQ equivalent pound
FR 14919). Under the regulations, an percentage of 3.0 percent to calculate
for IFQ halibut and IFQ sablefish his or her fee for IFQ equivalent
IFQ permit holder must pay a cost landings made during the year.
recovery fee for every pound of IFQ pound(s) landed during the 2016 halibut
According to § 679.2, IFQ equivalent and sablefish IFQ fishing season. An
halibut and IFQ sablefish that is landed pound(s) means the weight amount,
on his or her IFQ permit(s). The IFQ IFQ permit holder is responsible for
recorded in pounds, and calculated as submitting the 2016 IFQ fee payment to
permit holder is responsible for self- round weight for sablefish and headed
collecting the fee for all IFQ halibut and NMFS on or before January 31, 2017.
and gutted weight for halibut, for an IFQ
IFQ sablefish landings on his or her Payment must be made in accordance
landing. The weight of halibut in
permit(s). The IFQ permit holder is also with the payment methods set forth in
pounds landed as guided angler fish is
responsible for submitting IFQ fee § 679.45(a)(4). NMFS no longer accepts
converted to IFQ equivalent pound(s) as
payment(s) to NMFS on or before the credit card information by phone or in-
specified in § 300.65(c) of this title.
due date of January 31 of the year person for fee payments. NMFS has
NMFS calculates the standard prices to
following the year in which the IFQ determined that the practice of
closely reflect the variations in the
landings were made. The total dollar accepting credit card information by
actual ex-vessel values of IFQ halibut
amount of the fee due is determined by phone or in-person no longer meets
and IFQ sablefish landings by month
multiplying the NMFS published fee agency standards for protection of
percentage by the ex-vessel value of all and port or port-group. The standard
personal financial information (81 FR
IFQ landings made on the permit(s) prices for IFQ halibut and IFQ sablefish
are listed in the tables that follow the 23645; April 22, 2016).
during the IFQ fishing year. As required The 2016 fee percentage of 3.0 percent
by § 679.45(d)(1) and (d)(3)(i), NMFS next section. Data from ports are
combined as necessary to protect is unchanged from the 2015 fee
publishes this notice of the fee
confidentiality. percentage of 3.0 percent (80 FR 78172;
percentage for the halibut and sablefish
December 16, 2015). Between 2015 and
IFQ fisheries in the Federal Register Fee Percentage 2016, there was a 5 percent increase in
during or before the last quarter of each
year. NMFS calculates the fee percentage management costs. NMFS incurred
each year according to the factors and higher costs in 2015 due to additional
Standard Prices methods described at § 679.45(d)(2). costs to maintain permit databases;
The fee is based on the sum of all NMFS determines the fee percentage however, other costs decreased,
payments made to fishermen for the sale that applies to landings made in the therefore the change in overall
of the fish during the year. This previous year by dividing the total costs management costs was limited. The
includes any retro-payments (e.g., directly related to the management, data value of halibut and sablefish harvests
bonuses, delayed partial payments, collection, and enforcement of the IFQ under the IFQ Program also increased
post-season payments) made to the IFQ Program (management costs) during the by 3 percent from 2015 to 2016. This
permit holder for previously landed IFQ previous year by the total standard ex- increase in value of the fishery offset
halibut or sablefish. vessel value of IFQ halibut and IFQ some of the increase in management
For purposes of calculating IFQ cost sablefish landings made during the costs, which limited the change in the
recovery fees, NMFS distinguishes previous year (fishery value). NMFS fee percentage between 2015 and 2016.
TABLE 1—REGISTERED BUYER STANDARD EX-VESSEL PRICES BY LANDING LOCATION FOR THE 2016 IFQ SEASON
[Registered Buyer Standard Ex–Vessel Prices by Landing Location for 2015 IFQ Season] 1
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Halibut Sablefish
Landing Period standard Standard
location ending ex-vessel ex-vessel
price price
Cordova .................................................................. March 31 ................................................................ - -
April 30 ................................................................... - -
May 31 ................................................................... - -
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TABLE 1—REGISTERED BUYER STANDARD EX-VESSEL PRICES BY LANDING LOCATION FOR THE 2016 IFQ SEASON—
Continued
[Registered Buyer Standard Ex–Vessel Prices by Landing Location for 2015 IFQ Season 1]
Halibut Sablefish
Landing Period standard Standard
location ending ex-vessel ex-vessel
price price
June 30 .................................................................. - -
July 31 .................................................................... 7.17 -
August 31 ............................................................... - -
September 30 ......................................................... - -
October 31 ............................................................. - -
November 30 .......................................................... - -
Homer ..................................................................... March 31 ................................................................ - -
April 30 ................................................................... 6.69 3.97
May 31 ................................................................... 6.99 4.21
June 30 .................................................................. 7.32 4.17
July 31 .................................................................... 7.20 -
August 31 ............................................................... 7.27 4.39
September 30 ......................................................... 6.96 4.68
October 31 ............................................................. 6.96 4.68
November 30 .......................................................... 6.96 4.68
Ketchikan ................................................................ March 31 ................................................................ 6.51 -
April 30 ................................................................... 6.72 -
May 31 ................................................................... 6.77 -
June 30 .................................................................. 6.77 -
July 31 .................................................................... 6.69 -
August 31 ............................................................... 6.76 -
September 30 ......................................................... 7.15 5.20
October 31 ............................................................. 7.15 5.20
November 30 .......................................................... 7.15 5.20
Kodiak ..................................................................... March 31 ................................................................ 6.40 -
April 30 ................................................................... 6.52 4.01
May 31 ................................................................... 6.51 4.05
June 30 .................................................................. 6.54 3.95
July 31 .................................................................... 6.70 4.36
August 31 ............................................................... 6.85 4.38
September 30 ......................................................... 6.78 4.49
October 31 ............................................................. 6.78 4.49
November 30 .......................................................... 6.78 4.49
Petersburg .............................................................. March 31 ................................................................ - -
April 30 ................................................................... - -
May 31 ................................................................... 6.65 -
June 30 .................................................................. 6.63 -
July 31 .................................................................... - -
August 31 ............................................................... 6.97 -
September 30 ......................................................... - -
October 31 ............................................................. - -
November 30 .......................................................... - -
Seward .................................................................... March 31 ................................................................ 6.57 3.94
April 30 ................................................................... 6.69 -
May 31 ................................................................... 6.88 4.02
June 30 .................................................................. 7.21 -
July 31 .................................................................... - -
August 31 ............................................................... - -
September 30 ......................................................... 6.96 4.87
October 31 ............................................................. 6.96 4.87
November 30 .......................................................... 6.96 4.87
Sitka ........................................................................ March 31 ................................................................ 6.48 -
April 30 ................................................................... - -
May 31 ................................................................... 6.45 -
June 30 .................................................................. 6.45 -
July 31 .................................................................... - -
August 31 ............................................................... - -
September 30 ......................................................... - -
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October 31 ............................................................. - -
November 30 .......................................................... - -
Port Group Bering Sea 2 ......................................... March 31 ................................................................ - -
April 30 ................................................................... - -
May 31 ................................................................... 6.04 -
June 30 .................................................................. 6.10 4.19
July 31 .................................................................... 6.08 5.14
August 31 ............................................................... 6.17 4.64
September 30 ......................................................... 6.17 4.82
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TABLE 1—REGISTERED BUYER STANDARD EX-VESSEL PRICES BY LANDING LOCATION FOR THE 2016 IFQ SEASON—
Continued
[Registered Buyer Standard Ex–Vessel Prices by Landing Location for 2015 IFQ Season] 1
Halibut Sablefish
Landing Period standard Standard
location ending ex-vessel ex-vessel
price price
October 31 ............................................................. 6.17 4.82
November 30 .......................................................... 6.17 4.82
Port Group Central Gulf 3 ........................................ March 31 ................................................................ 6.58 3.95
April 30 ................................................................... 6.63 3.91
May 31 ................................................................... 6.76 4.03
June 30 .................................................................. 7.10 4.09
July 31 .................................................................... 7.14 4.32
August 31 ............................................................... 7.03 4.36
September 30 ......................................................... 6.91 4.75
October 31 ............................................................. 6.91 4.75
November 30 .......................................................... 6.91 4.75
Port Group Southeast 4 ........................................... March 31 ................................................................ 6.56 3.89
April 30 ................................................................... 6.56 3.94
May 31 ................................................................... 6.60 4.38
June 30 .................................................................. 6.68 4.51
July 31 .................................................................... 6.76 4.68
August 31 ............................................................... 6.95 4.74
September 30 ......................................................... 6.92 5.13
October 31 ............................................................. 6.92 5.13
November 30 .......................................................... 6.92 5.13
All-Alaska 5 .............................................................. March 31 ................................................................ 6.55 3.90
April 30 ................................................................... 6.57 3.97
May 31 ................................................................... 6.66 4.14
June 30 .................................................................. 6.82 4.25
July 31 .................................................................... 6.79 4.56
August 31 ............................................................... 6.80 4.48
September 30 ......................................................... 6.72 4.91
October 31 ............................................................. 6.72 4.91
November 30 .......................................................... 6.72 4.91
All 6 .......................................................................... March 31 ................................................................ 6.55 3.90
April 30 ................................................................... 6.57 3.97
May 31 ................................................................... 6.82 4.14
June 30 .................................................................. 6.79 4.25
July 31 .................................................................... 6.80 4.56
August 31 ............................................................... 6.72 4.48
September 30 ......................................................... 6.72 4.91
October 31 ............................................................. 6.72 4.91
November 30 .......................................................... 6.72 4.94
1 Note: In many instances prices have not been reported to comply with confidentiality guidelines that prevent price reports when there are
fewer than three processors operating in a location during a month.
2 Landing locations Within Port Group—Bering Sea: Adak, Akutan, Akutan Bay, Atka, Bristol Bay, Chefornak, Dillingham, Captains Bay, Dutch
Harbor, Egegik, Ikatan Bay, Hooper Bay, King Cove, King Salmon, Kipnuk, Mekoryuk, Naknek, Nome, Quinhagak, Savoonga, St. George, St.
Lawrence, St. Paul, Togiak, Toksook Bay, Tununak, Beaver Inlet, Ugadaga Bay, Unalaska.
3 Landing Locations Within Port Group—Central Gulf of Alaska: Anchor Point, Anchorage, Alitak, Chignik, Cordova, Eagle River, False Pass,
West Anchor Cove, Girdwood, Chinitna Bay, Halibut Cove, Homer, Kasilof, Kenai, Kenai River, Alitak, Kodiak, Port Bailey, Nikiski, Ninilchik, Old
Harbor, Palmer, Sand Point, Seldovia, Resurrection Bay, Seward, Valdez, Whittier.
4 Landing Locations Within Port Group—Southeast Alaska: Angoon, Baranof Warm Springs, Craig, Edna Bay, Elfin Cove, Excursion Inlet, Gus-
tavus, Haines, Hollis, Hoonah, Hyder, Auke Bay, Douglas, Tee Harbor, Juneau, Kake, Ketchikan, Klawock, Metlakatla, Pelican, Petersburg, Por-
tage Bay, Port Alexander, Port Graham, Port Protection, Point Baker, Sitka, Skagway, Tenakee Springs, Thorne Bay, Wrangell, Yakutat.
5 Landing Locations Within Port Group—All: For Alaska: All landing locations included in 2, 3, and 4. For California: Eureka, Fort Bragg, Other
California. For Oregon: Astoria, Aurora, Lincoln City, Newport, Warrenton, Other Oregon. For Washington: Anacortes, Bellevue, Bellingham,
Nagai Island, Edmonds, Everett, Granite Falls, Ilwaco, La Conner, Port Angeles, Port Orchard, Port Townsend, Rainier, Fox Island, Mercer Is-
land, Seattle, Standwood, Other Washington. For Canada: Port Hardy, Port Edward, Prince Rupert, Vancouver, Haines Junction, Other Canada.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. Dated: December 8, 2016.
Emily H. Menashes,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
pmangrum on DSK3GDR082PROD with NOTICES
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2016–29879 Filed 12–12–16; 8:45 am]
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