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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XA580] 

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 2020 is 3.0 percent. This 

action is intended to provide holders of 

halibut and sablefish IFQ permits with 

the 2020 standard prices and fee 

percentage to calculate the required 

payment for IFQ cost recovery fees due 

by January 31, 2021. 

DATES: The standard prices and fee 

percentages are valid on December 18, 

2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Charmaine Weeks, Fee Coordinator, 

907–586–7231. 

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. 

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 

§ 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 at § 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 their IFQ permit(s). The IFQ permit 

holder is responsible for self-collecting 

the fee for all IFQ halibut and IFQ 

sablefish landings on their 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 § 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 exvessel 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 § 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 


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pounds landed as guided angler fish is 

converted to IFQ equivalent pound(s) as 

specified in § 300.65(c)(5)(ii)(E) 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 § 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 exvessel 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 2020 calendar year 

is 4.3 percent of the standard ex-vessel 

value; however, the fee percentage must 

not exceed 3.0 percent pursuant to 

§ 304(d)(2)(B) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act. Therefore, the 2020 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 2020 halibut and sablefish IFQ 

fishing season. An IFQ permit holder is 

responsible for submitting the 2020 IFQ 

fee payment to NMFS on or before 

January 31, 2021. Payment must be 

made in accordance with the payment 

methods set forth in § 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 2020 fee percentage of 3.0 percent 

is the same as the 2019 fee percentage 

of 3.0 percent (84 FR 70153, December 

20, 2019). Between 2019 and 2020 there 

was a net 1.6 percent decrease in 

management costs; however, the 

decrease in costs was offset by a 31.3 

percent drop in the value of the halibut 

and sablefish harvests over the same 

time period. The drop in value was 

primarily due to low ex-vessel prices in 

both the sablefish and halibut fisheries 

in 2020. The drop in value, despite the 

decrease in management costs, impacted 

the fee percentage to raise it to its actual 

value of 4.3 percent. As noted above, 

however, the fee percentage is capped at 

3.0 percent for the IFQ program. 

TABLE 1—REGISTERED BUYER STANDARD EX-VESSEL PRICES BY LANDING LOCATION FOR THE 2020 IFQ SEASON 1

Landing location Period ending 

Halibut 

standard ex 

vessel price 

Sablefish 

standard ex 

vessel price 

CORDOVA .................................................................................... ........................................................................................................ ........................ ........................

March 31 ....................................................................................... ........................ ........................

April 30 .......................................................................................... ........................ ........................

May 31 .......................................................................................... ........................ ........................

June 30 ......................................................................................... 4.16 ........................

July 31 ........................................................................................... 3.89 ........................

August 31 ...................................................................................... 2.78 ........................

September 30 ................................................................................ 4.12 1.89 

October 31 .................................................................................... 4.12 1.89 

November 30 ................................................................................. 4.12 1.89 

HOMER ......................................................................................... ........................................................................................................ ........................ ........................

March 31 ....................................................................................... ........................ ........................

April 30 .......................................................................................... ........................ ........................

May 31 .......................................................................................... 4.2 1.44 

June 30 ......................................................................................... 4.46 1.69 

July 31 ........................................................................................... 4.57 ........................

August 31 ...................................................................................... 4.38 1.94 

September 30 ................................................................................ 4.21 ........................

October 31 .................................................................................... 4.21 ........................

30-Nov ........................................................................................... 4.21 ........................

KETCHIKAN .................................................................................. ........................................................................................................ ........................ ........................

March 31 ....................................................................................... ........................ ........................

April 30 .......................................................................................... ........................ ........................

May 31 .......................................................................................... 3.81 ........................

June 30 ......................................................................................... 4.07 ........................

July 31 ........................................................................................... 4.18 ........................

August 31 ...................................................................................... 4.69 ........................

September 30 ................................................................................ 4.8 ........................

October 31 .................................................................................... 4.8 ........................

November 30 ................................................................................. 4.8 ........................

KODIAK ......................................................................................... ........................................................................................................ ........................ ........................

March 31 ....................................................................................... ........................ ........................

April 30 .......................................................................................... 3.93 1.39 

May 31 .......................................................................................... 3.75 1.31 

June 30 ......................................................................................... 3.83 1.57 

July 31 ........................................................................................... 4.14 1.35 

August 31 ...................................................................................... 4.19 1.73 

September 30 ................................................................................ 4.1 1.57 

October 31 .................................................................................... 4.1 1.57 

November 30 ................................................................................. 4.1 1.57 

PETERSBURG .............................................................................. ........................................................................................................ ........................ ........................

March 31 ....................................................................................... ........................ ........................

April 30 .......................................................................................... ........................ ........................

May 31 .......................................................................................... ........................ ........................


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TABLE 1—REGISTERED BUYER STANDARD EX-VESSEL PRICES BY LANDING LOCATION FOR THE 2020 IFQ SEASON 1— 

Continued 

Landing location Period ending 

Halibut 

standard ex 

vessel price 

Sablefish 

standard ex 

vessel price 

June 30 ......................................................................................... 3.97 ........................

July 31 ........................................................................................... 4.47 ........................

August 31 ...................................................................................... 4.39 ........................

September 30 ................................................................................ 4.15 ........................

October 31 .................................................................................... 4.15 ........................

November 30 ................................................................................. 4.15 ........................

SEWARD ....................................................................................... ........................................................................................................ ........................ ........................

March 31 ....................................................................................... ........................ ........................

April 30 .......................................................................................... ........................ ........................

May 31 .......................................................................................... ........................ ........................

June 30 ......................................................................................... ........................ ........................

July 31 ........................................................................................... 4.75 1.63 

August 31 ...................................................................................... 4.37 1.63 

September 30 ................................................................................ ........................ ........................

October 31 .................................................................................... ........................ ........................

November 30 ................................................................................. ........................ ........................

SITKA ............................................................................................ ........................................................................................................ ........................ ........................

March 31 ....................................................................................... 3.97 ........................

April 30 .......................................................................................... 3.76 2.06 

May 31 .......................................................................................... 4.03 1.85 

June 30 ......................................................................................... 4.24 2.11 

July 31 ........................................................................................... 4.28 2.24 

August 31 ...................................................................................... ........................ ........................

September 30 ................................................................................ 4.17 1.92 

October 31 .................................................................................... 4.17 1.92 

November 30 ................................................................................. 4.17 1.92 

YAKUTAT ...................................................................................... ........................................................................................................ ........................ ........................

March 31 ....................................................................................... ........................ ........................

April 30 .......................................................................................... ........................ ........................

May 31 .......................................................................................... ........................ ........................

June 30 ......................................................................................... 4.3 ........................

July 31 ........................................................................................... 4.68 ........................

August 31 ...................................................................................... 4.34 ........................

September 30 ................................................................................ 4.28 ........................

October 31 .................................................................................... 4.28 ........................

November 30 ................................................................................. 4.28 ........................

PORT GROUP BERING SEA2 ..................................................... ........................................................................................................ ........................ ........................

March 31 ....................................................................................... ........................ ........................

April 30 .......................................................................................... ........................ ........................

May 31 .......................................................................................... 3.41 1.65 

June 30 ......................................................................................... 3.53 1.56 

July 31 ........................................................................................... 3.61 ........................

August 31 ...................................................................................... 3.87 1.93 

September 30 ................................................................................ 3.88 1.3 

October 31 .................................................................................... 3.88 1.3 

November 30 ................................................................................. 3.88 1.3 

PORT GROUP CENTRAL GOA3 ................................................. ........................................................................................................ ........................ ........................

March 31 ....................................................................................... 4.16 1.92 

April 30 .......................................................................................... 3.94 2 

May 31 .......................................................................................... 4 2 

June 30 ......................................................................................... 4.23 2.14 

July 31 ........................................................................................... 4.36 1.64 

August 31 ...................................................................................... 4.18 1.76 

September 30 ................................................................................ 4.13 1.61 

October 31 .................................................................................... 4.13 1.61 

November 30 ................................................................................. 4.13 1.61 

PORT GROUP SE ALASKA4 ....................................................... ........................................................................................................ ........................ ........................

March 31 ....................................................................................... 4.41 2.28 

April 30 .......................................................................................... 3.96 2.02 

May 31 .......................................................................................... 4.03 1.94 

June 30 ......................................................................................... 4.17 2.03 

July 31 ........................................................................................... 4.25 1.97 

August 31 ...................................................................................... 4.44 2.14 

September 30 ................................................................................ 4.36 2.07 

October 31 .................................................................................... 4.36 2.07 

November 30 ................................................................................. 4.36 2.07 

ALL-ALASKA5 ............................................................................... ........................................................................................................ ........................ ........................

March 31 ....................................................................................... 4.34 2.16 

April 30 .......................................................................................... 3.92 1.97 

May 31 .......................................................................................... 3.98 1.92 

June 30 ......................................................................................... 4.1 1.98 

July 31 ........................................................................................... 4.19 1.77 

August 31 ...................................................................................... 4.15 1.85 

September 30 ................................................................................ 4.13 1.8 

October 31 .................................................................................... 4.13 1.8 

November 30 ................................................................................. 4.13 1.8 

ALL 5 .............................................................................................. ........................................................................................................ ........................ ........................

March 31 ....................................................................................... 4.34 2.16 


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TABLE 1—REGISTERED BUYER STANDARD EX-VESSEL PRICES BY LANDING LOCATION FOR THE 2020 IFQ SEASON 1— 

Continued 

Landing location Period ending 

Halibut 

standard ex 

vessel price 

Sablefish 

standard ex 

vessel price 

April 30 .......................................................................................... 3.92 1.97 

May 31 .......................................................................................... 3.98 1.92 

June 30 ......................................................................................... 4.1 1.98 

July 31 ........................................................................................... 4.19 1.77 

August 31 ...................................................................................... 4.15 1.85 

September 30 ................................................................................ 4.13 1.8 

October 31 .................................................................................... 4.13 1.8 

November 30 ................................................................................. 4.13 1.8 

1 Note: In many instances, prices are not shown in order to comply with confidentiality guidelines 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 14, 2020. 

Jennifer M. Wallace, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XA704] 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting. 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s (Pacific Council) 

will host an online meeting of the Area 

2A Pacific halibut governmental 

management entities, that is open to the 

public. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Monday, January 4, 2021, from 10:30 

a.m. until 2 p.m., Pacific Standard Time, 

or until business for the day has been 

completed. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held 

online. Specific meeting information, 

including directions on how to join the 

meeting and system requirements will 

be provided in the meeting 

announcement on the Pacific Council’s 

website (see www.pcouncil.org). You 

may send an email to Mr. Kris 

Kleinschmidt (kris.kleinschmidt@

noaa.gov) or contact him at (503) 820– 

2412 for technical assistance 

Council address: Pacific Fishery 

Management Council, 7700 NE 

Ambassador Place, Suite 101, Portland, 

OR 97220–1384. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Robin Ehlke, Pacific Council; telephone: 

(503) 820–2426. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

primary purpose of the online meeting 

is to prepare and develop 

recommendations for the 2021 

International Pacific Halibut 

Commission’s (IPHC) annual meeting 

held online from January 25 through 

January 29, 2021. Recommendations 

generated from the 2A managers 

meeting will be communicated to the 

IPHC by the Pacific Council’s 

representatives. Attendees may also 

address other topics relating to Pacific 

halibut management. 

Although nonemergency issues not 

contained in the meeting agenda may be 

discussed, those issues may not be the 

subject of formal action during this 

meeting. Action will be restricted to 

those issues specifically listed in this 

document and any issues arising after 

publication of this document that 

require emergency action under section 

305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery 

Conservation and Management Act, 

provided the public has been notified of 

the intent to take final action to address 

the emergency. 

Special Accommodations 

Requests for auxiliary aids should be 

directed to Mr. Kris Kleinschmidt at 

(503) 820–2412 at least 10 business days 

prior to the meeting date. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq. 

Dated: December 15, 2020. 

Rey Israel Marquez, 

Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

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Administration 

[RTID 0648–XA705] 

Pacific Fishery Management Council; 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s (Pacific Council) 

Ad Hoc Ecosystem Workgroup (EWG) 

will hold an online meeting, which is 

open to the public. 

DATES: The online meeting will be held 

on Tuesday, January 5, 2021, from 10 

a.m. to 12 p.m., Pacific Standard Time 

or until business is completed. 

ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held 

online. Specific meeting information, 

including directions on how to join the 

meeting and system requirements will 

be provided in the meeting 

announcement on the Pacific Council’s 

website (see www.pcouncil.org). You 

may send an email to Mr. Kris 


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