Notice2021-27103
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; North Pacific Observer Program Standard Ex-Vessel Prices
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December 15, 2021
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Abstract
NMFS publishes standard ex-vessel prices for groundfish and halibut for the calculation of the observer fee under the North Pacific Observer Program (Observer Program). This notice is intended to provide information to vessel owners, processors, registered buyers, and other Observer Program participants about the standard ex-vessel prices that will be used to calculate the observer fee for landings of groundfish and halibut made in 2022. NMFS will send invoices to processors and registered buyers subject to the fee by January 15, 2023. Fees are due to NMFS on or before February 15, 2023.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 238 (Wednesday, December 15, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71240-71248]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27103]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XB544]
Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; North
Pacific Observer Program Standard Ex-Vessel Prices
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notification of standard ex-vessel prices.
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SUMMARY: NMFS publishes standard ex-vessel prices for groundfish and
halibut for the calculation of the observer fee under the North Pacific
Observer Program (Observer Program). This notice is intended to provide
information to vessel owners, processors, registered buyers, and other
Observer Program participants about the standard ex-vessel prices that
will be used to calculate the observer fee for landings of groundfish
and halibut made in 2022. NMFS will send invoices to processors and
registered buyers subject to the fee by January 15, 2023. Fees are due
to NMFS on or before February 15, 2023.
DATES: The standard prices are valid on January 1, 2022.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general questions about the
observer fee and standard ex-vessel prices, contact Abby Jahn at (907)
586-7445. For questions about the fee billing process,
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contact Charmaine Weeks at (907) 586-7231. Additional information about
the Observer Program is available on NMFS Alaska Region's website at
<a href="https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/alaska/fisheries-observers/north-pacific-observer-program">https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/alaska/fisheries-observers/north-pacific-observer-program</a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Regulations at 50 CFR part 679, subpart E, governing the Observer
Program, require the deployment of NMFS-certified observers (observers)
and electronic monitoring (EM) systems to collect information necessary
for the conservation and management of the Bering Sea and Aleutian
Islands (BSAI) and Gulf of Alaska (GOA) groundfish and halibut
fisheries. Fishery managers use information collected by observers and
EM systems to monitor quotas, manage groundfish and prohibited species
catch, and document and reduce fishery interactions with protected
resources. Scientists use observer-collected information for stock
assessments and marine ecosystem research.
The Observer Program includes two observer coverage categories: The
partial coverage category and the full coverage category. All
groundfish and halibut vessels and processors subject to observer
coverage are included in one of these two categories. Defined at 50 CFR
679.51, the partial coverage category includes vessels and processors
that are not required to have an observer at all times, and the full
coverage category includes vessels and processors required to have all
of their fishing and processing activity observed. Vessels and
processors in the full coverage category arrange and pay for observer
services from a permitted observer provider. Observer coverage and EM
for the partial coverage category is funded through a system of fees
based on the ex-vessel value of groundfish and halibut. Throughout this
notice, the term ``processor'' refers to shoreside processors,
stationary floating processors, and catcher/processors in the partial
coverage category.
Landings Subject to Observer Coverage Fee
Pursuant to section 313 of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, NMFS is
authorized to assess a fee on all landings accruing against a Federal
total allowable catch (TAC) for groundfish or commercial halibut quota
landings made by vessels that are subject to Federal regulations and
not included in the full coverage category. A fee is assessed only on
landings of groundfish from vessels designated on a Federal Fisheries
Permit or from vessels landing individual fishing quota (IFQ) or
community development quota (CDQ) halibut or IFQ sablefish. Within the
subset of vessels subject to the observer fee, only landings accruing
against an IFQ allocation or a Federal TAC for groundfish are included
in the fee assessment. A table with additional information about which
landings are subject to the observer fee is at Sec. 679.55(c) and on
page 2 of an informational bulletin titled ``Observer Fee Collection''
that can be downloaded from the NMFS Alaska Region website at <a href="https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/document/observer-fee-collection-north-pacific-groundfish-and-halibut-fisheries-observer">https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/resource/document/observer-fee-collection-north-pacific-groundfish-and-halibut-fisheries-observer</a>.
Fee Determination
A fee equal to 1.65 percent of the ex-vessel value is assessed on
the landings of groundfish and halibut subject to the fee. Ex-vessel
value is determined by multiplying the standard price for groundfish by
the round weight equivalent for each species, gear, and port
combination, and the standard price for halibut by the headed and
gutted weight equivalent. Standard prices are determined by aggregating
prices by species, gear, and area grouping to arrive at an average
price per pound for each grouping. NMFS reviews each vessel landing
report and determines whether the reported landing is subject to the
observer fee and, if so, which groundfish species in the landing are
subject to the observer fee. All IFQ or CDQ halibut in a landing
subject to the observer fee will be included in the observer fee
calculation. For any landed groundfish or halibut subject to the
observer fee, NMFS will apply the appropriate standard ex-vessel prices
for the species, gear type, and port, and calculate the observer fee
associated with the landing.
Processors and registered buyers can access the landing-specific,
observer fee information through NMFS Web Application (<a href="https://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/webapps/efish/login">https://alaskafisheries.noaa.gov/webapps/efish/login</a>) or eLandings (<a href="https://elandings.alaska.gov/">https://elandings.alaska.gov/</a>). Observer fee information is either available
immediately or within 24 hours after a landing report is submitted
electronically. A time lag occurs for some landings because NMFS must
process each landing report through the catch accounting system to
determine which groundfish in a landing accrues against a Federal TAC
and are subject to the observer fee.
Under the fee system, catcher vessel owners split the fee with the
registered buyers or owners of shoreside or stationary floating
processors. While the owners of catcher vessels and processors in the
partial coverage category are each responsible for paying their portion
of the fee, the owners of shoreside or stationary floating processors
and registered buyers are responsible for collecting the fees from
catcher vessels, and remitting the full fee to NMFS. Owners of catcher/
processors in the partial coverage category are responsible for
remitting the full fee to NMFS.
NMFS sends invoices to processors and registered buyers by January
15 of each calendar year. The total fee amount is determined by the sum
of the fees reported for each landing at that processor or registered
buyer in the prior calendar year. Processors and registered buyers must
pay the fees to NMFS using eFISH. Payments are due by February 15 of
each year. Processors and registered buyers have access to this system
through a User ID and password issued by NMFS. Instructions for
electronic payment are provided on the NMFS Alaska Region website at
<a href="https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/alaska/commercial-fishing/observer-fee-collection-and-payment-north-pacific-groundfish-and-halibut">https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/alaska/commercial-fishing/observer-fee-collection-and-payment-north-pacific-groundfish-and-halibut</a> and on the
observer fee invoice to be mailed to each processor and registered
buyer.
Standard Prices
This notice provides the standard ex-vessel prices for groundfish
and halibut species subject to the observer fee in 2022. Data sources
for ex-vessel prices are:
<bullet> For groundfish other than sablefish IFQ and sablefish
accruing against the fixed gear sablefish CDQ reserve, the State of
Alaska's Commercial Fishery Entry Commission's (CFEC) gross revenue
data, which are based on the Commercial Operator Annual Report (COAR)
and Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) fish tickets; and
<bullet> For halibut IFQ, halibut CDQ, sablefish IFQ, and sablefish
accruing against the fixed gear sablefish CDQ reserve, the IFQ Buyer
Report that is submitted to NMFS annually by each registered buyer that
operates as a shoreside processor and receives and purchases IFQ
landings of sablefish and halibut or CDQ landings of halibut under
Sec. 679.5(l)(7)(i).
The standard prices in this notice were calculated using the
following procedures for protecting confidentiality of data submitted
to or collected by NMFS. NMFS does not publish any price information
that would permit the identification of an individual or business. For
NMFS to publish a standard price for a particular species-
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gear-port combination, the price data used to calculate the standard
price must represent landings from at least four different vessels to
at least three different processors in a port or port group. Price data
that are confidential because fewer than four vessels or three
processors contributed data to a particular species-gear-port
combination have been aggregated.
Groundfish Standard Ex-Vessel Prices
Table 1 shows the groundfish species standard ex-vessel prices that
will be used to calculate the fee for 2022. These prices are based on
the CFEC gross revenue data, which are based on landings data from
ADF&G fish tickets and information from the COAR. The COAR contains
statewide buying and production information, and is considered the most
complete routinely collected information to determine the ex-vessel
value of groundfish harvested from waters off Alaska.
The standard ex-vessel prices for groundfish were calculated by
adding ex-vessel value from the CFEC gross revenue files for 2018,
2019, and 2020 by species, port, and gear category, and adding the
volume (round weight equivalent) from the CFEC gross revenue files for
2018, 2019, and 2020 by species, port, and gear category, and then
dividing total ex-vessel value over the three-year period in each
category by total volume over the three-year period in each category.
This calculation results in an average ex-vessel price per pound by
species, port, and gear category for the three-year period. Three gear
categories were used for the standard ex-vessel prices: (1) Non-trawl
gear, including hook-and-line, pot, jig, troll, and others (Non-Trawl);
(2) non-pelagic trawl gear (NPT); and (3) pelagic trawl gear (PTR).
CFEC ex-vessel value and volume data are available in the fall of
the year following the year the fishing occurred. Thus, it is not
possible to base ex-vessel fee liabilities on standard prices that are
less than two years old. For the 2022 groundfish standard ex-vessel
prices, the most recent ex-vessel value and volume data available are
from 2020.
If a particular groundfish species is not listed in Table 1, the
standard ex-vessel price for a species group (if it exists in the
management area) will be used. If price data for a particular species
remained confidential once aggregated to the outside of Alaska (ALL)
level, data are aggregated by species group (Flathead Sole; GOA Deep-
water Flatfish; GOA Shallow-water Flatfish; GOA Skate, Other; and Other
Rockfish). Standard prices for the groundfish species groups are shown
in Table 2.
If a port-level price does not meet the confidentiality
requirements, the data are aggregated by port group. Port-group data
for Southeast Alaska (SEAK) and the Eastern GOA excluding Southeast
Alaska (EGOAxSE) also are presented separately when price data are
available. Port-group data are aggregated by regulatory area in the GOA
(Eastern GOA, Central GOA, and Western GOA) and by subarea in the BSAI
(BS subarea and AI subarea). If confidentiality requirements are still
not met by aggregating prices across ports at these levels, the prices
are aggregated at the level of BSAI or GOA, then statewide (AK) and
ports outside of Alaska (OTAK), and finally all ports, including those
outside of Alaska (ALL).
Standard prices are presented separately for non-pelagic trawl and
pelagic trawl when non-confidential data are available. NMFS also
calculated prices for a ``Pelagic Trawl/Non-pelagic Trawl Combined''
(PTR/NPT) category that can be used when combining trawl price data for
landings of a species in a particular port or port group will not
violate confidentiality requirements. Creating this standard price
category allows NMFS to assess a fee on 2022 landings of some of the
species with pelagic trawl gear based on a combined trawl gear price
for the port or port group.
If no standard ex-vessel price is listed for a species or species
group and gear category combination in Table 1, Table 2, or Table 3, no
fee will be assessed on that landing. Volume and value data for that
species will be added to the standard ex-vessel prices in future years,
if the data become available and display of a standard ex-vessel price
meets confidentiality requirements.
Table 1--Standard Ex-Vessel Prices for Groundfish Species for 2022 Observer Coverage Fee
[Based on volume and value from 2018, 2019, and 2020]
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Port/area 3 4
Species (species code) \1\ Non-trawl NPT PTR PTR/NPT
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Alaska Plaice Flounder (133).. Kodiak.......... ---- $0.13 ---- $0.13
CGOA............ ---- 0.13 ---- 0.13
GOA............. ---- 0.12 ---- 0.12
AK.............. ---- 0.12 ---- 0.12
ALL............. ---- 0.12 ---- 0.12
Arrowtooth Flounder (121)..... Kodiak.......... ---- 0.07 $0.06 ----
CGOA............ ---- 0.07 0.06 ----
GOA............. ---- 0.07 0.08 ----
AK.............. ---- 0.07 0.08 ----
ALL............. ---- 0.07 0.08 ----
Atka Mackerel (193)........... Kodiak.......... ---- 0.17 0.11 ----
CGOA............ ---- 0.17 0.11 ----
GOA............. ---- 0.17 0.11 ----
AK.............. ---- 0.17 0.09 ----
ALL............. ---- 0.17 0.09 ----
Black Rockfish (142).......... AK.............. $0.62 0.15 ---- 0.15
Bocaccio Rockfish (137)....... Sitka........... 0.46 ---- ---- ----
SEAK............ 0.46 ---- ---- ----
EGOA............ 0.39 ---- ---- ----
GOA............. 0.39 ---- ---- ----
AK.............. 0.39 ---- ---- ----
ALL............. 0.43 ---- ---- ----
Butter Sole (126)............. Kodiak.......... ---- 0.13 ---- 0.13
CGOA............ ---- 0.13 ---- 0.13
GOA............. ---- 0.13 ---- 0.13
AK.............. ---- 0.13 ---- 0.13
ALL............. ---- 0.13 ---- 0.13
Canary Rockfish (146)......... Craig........... 0.35 ---- ---- ----
Juneau.......... 0.41 ---- ---- ----
Sitka........... 0.49 ---- ---- ----
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SEAK............ 0.49 ---- ---- ----
EGOAxSE......... 0.44 ---- ---- ----
Homer........... 0.38 ---- ---- ----
Seward.......... 0.58 ---- ---- ----
CGOA............ 0.56 ---- ---- ----
GOA............. 0.49 ---- ---- ----
AK.............. 0.49 ---- ---- ----
ALL............. 0.49 ---- ---- ----
China Rockfish (149).......... Juneau.......... 0.53 ---- ---- ----
Sitka........... 0.48 ---- ---- ----
SEAK............ 0.63 ---- ---- ----
Cordova......... 0.39 ---- ---- ----
EGOAxSE......... 0.37 ---- ---- ----
Homer........... 0.46 ---- ---- ----
Seward.......... 0.34 ---- ---- ----
CGOA............ 0.43 ---- ---- ----
GOA............. 0.47 ---- ---- ----
AK.............. 0.47 ---- ---- ----
ALL............. 0.47 ---- ---- ----
Copper Rockfish (138)......... Sitka........... 0.45 ---- ---- ----
SEAK............ 0.47 ---- ---- ----
Cordova......... 0.56 ---- ---- ----
EGOAxSE......... 0.55 ---- ---- ----
Homer........... 0.52 ---- ---- ----
Seward.......... 0.59 ---- ---- ----
CGOA............ 0.54 ---- ---- ----
GOA............. 0.52 ---- ---- ----
AK.............. 0.52 ---- ---- ----
ALL............. 0.52 ---- ---- ----
Darkblotched Rockfish (159)... ALL............. 0.50 ---- ---- ----
Dover Sole (124).............. Kodiak.......... ---- 0.07 ---- 0.07
CGOA............ ---- 0.07 ---- 0.07
GOA............. ---- 0.08 ---- 0.08
AK.............. ---- 0.08 ---- 0.08
ALL............. ---- 0.08 ---- 0.08
Dusky Rockfish (172).......... Juneau.......... 0.39 ---- ---- ----
Sitka........... 0.51 ---- ---- ----
SEAK............ 0.50 ---- ---- ----
EGOAxSE......... 0.27 ---- ---- ----
Homer........... 0.53 ---- ---- ----
Kodiak.......... 0.46 0.17 0.15 ----
Seward.......... 0.64 ---- ---- ----
CGOA............ 0.48 0.17 0.15 ----
GOA............. 0.48 0.17 0.15 ----
AK.............. 0.48 0.17 0.15 ----
ALL............. 0.48 0.17 0.15 ----
English Sole (128)............ Kodiak.......... ---- 0.13 ---- 0.13
CGOA............ ---- 0.13 ---- 0.13
GOA............. ---- 0.13 ---- 0.13
AK.............. ---- 0.13 ---- 0.13
ALL............. ---- 0.13 ---- 0.13
Flathead Sole (122)........... Kodiak.......... ---- 0.14 0.14 ----
CGOA............ ---- 0.14 0.14 ----
GOA............. ---- 0.14 0.14 ----
AK.............. ---- 0.14 0.14 ----
ALL............. ---- 0.14 0.14 ----
Northern Rockfish (136)....... Kodiak.......... ---- 0.16 0.15 ----
CGOA............ ---- 0.16 0.15 ----
GOA............. ---- 0.16 0.15 ----
AK.............. 0.93 0.16 0.15 ----
ALL............. 0.93 0.16 0.15 ----
Octopus (870)................. Homer........... 0.80 ---- ---- ----
Kodiak.......... 0.53 0.55 ---- 0.55
CGOA............ 0.56 0.55 ---- 0.55
GOA............. 0.58 0.55 ---- 0.55
Dutch Harbor.... 0.46 ---- ---- ----
BS.............. 0.63 ---- ---- ----
BSAI............ 0.50 ---- ---- ----
AK.............. 0.52 0.55 ---- 0.55
ALL............. 0.52 0.55 ---- 0.55
Pacific Cod (110)............. Craig........... 0.26 ---- ---- ----
Juneau.......... 0.69 ---- ---- ----
Ketchikan....... 0.25 ---- ---- ----
Petersburg...... 0.53 ---- ---- ----
Sitka........... 0.52 ---- ---- ----
SEAK............ 0.65 ---- ---- ----
Cordova......... 0.60 ---- ---- ----
Whittier........ 0.52 ---- ---- ----
EGOAxSE......... 0.55 ---- ---- ----
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Homer........... 0.56 ---- ---- ----
Kodiak.......... 0.51 0.43 0.41 ----
Seward.......... 0.55 ---- ---- ----
CGOA............ 0.52 0.43 0.41 ----
WGOA............ 0.43 0.39 ---- 0.39
GOA............. ---- 0.41 0.36 ----
Dillingham...... 0.35 ---- ---- ----
Dutch Harbor.... 0.42 0.41 0.05 ----
BS.............. 0.42 0.40 0.08 ----
BSAI............ 0.41 0.39 0.08 ----
Stationary 0.42 ---- ---- 0.39
Floating
Processor.
AK.............. 0.43 0.39 0.33 ----
ALL............. 0.43 0.39 0.33 ----
Pacific Ocean Perch (141)..... EGOA............ 1.17 ---- ---- ----
Kodiak.......... ---- 0.17 0.17 ----
Seward.......... 0.12 ---- ---- ----
CGOA............ 0.12 0.17 0.17 ----
GOA............. 0.81 0.17 0.17 ----
BS.............. ---- ---- 0.05 0.05
BSAI............ ---- ---- 0.10 0.10
AK.............. 0.81 0.17 0.17 ----
ALL............. 0.79 0.17 0.17 ----
Pollock (270)................. Kodiak.......... 0.04 0.14 0.13 ----
Seward.......... 0.05 ---- ---- ----
CGOA............ 0.05 0.14 0.13 ----
WGOA............ ---- ---- 0.12 0.12
GOA............. 0.04 0.14 0.13 ----
Dutch Harbor.... ---- ---- 0.16 0.16
BS.............. ---- ---- 0.15 0.15
BSAI............ ---- 0.10 0.15 ----
Stationary ---- ---- ---- 0.11
Floating
Processor.
AK.............. 0.04 0.14 0.13 ----
ALL............. 0.04 0.14 0.13 ----
Quillback Rockfish (147)...... Craig........... 0.58 ---- ---- ----
Juneau.......... 0.42 ---- ---- ----
Ketchikan....... 0.64 ---- ---- ----
Petersburg...... 0.23 ---- ---- ----
Sitka........... 0.62 ---- ---- ----
SEAK............ 0.54 ---- ---- ----
Cordova......... 0.41 ---- ---- ----
EGOAxSE......... 0.40 ---- ---- ----
Homer........... 0.41 ---- ---- ----
Kodiak.......... 0.72 ---- ---- ----
Seward.......... 0.52 ---- ---- ----
CGOA............ 0.50 ---- ---- ----
GOA............. 0.51 ---- ---- ----
AK.............. 0.51 ---- ---- ----
ALL............. 0.51 ---- ---- ----
Redbanded Rockfish (153)...... Juneau.......... 0.31 ---- ---- ----
Ketchikan....... 0.35 ---- ---- ----
Petersburg...... 0.23 ---- ---- ----
Sitka........... 0.44 ---- ---- ----
SEAK............ 0.35 ---- ---- ----
Cordova......... 0.27 ---- ---- ----
EGOAxSE......... 0.28 ---- ---- ----
Homer........... 0.29 ---- ---- ----
Kodiak.......... 0.20 0.14 ---- 0.14
Seward.......... 0.34 ---- ---- ----
CGOA............ 0.28 0.14 ---- 0.14
GOA............. 0.33 0.15 ---- 0.15
AK.............. 0.33 0.15 ---- 0.15
ALL............. 0.34 0.15 ---- 0.15
Redstripe Rockfish (158)...... SEAK............ 0.49 ---- ---- ----
EGOA............ 0.50 ---- ---- ----
CGOA............ 0.57 ---- ---- ----
GOA............. 0.50 ---- ---- ----
AK.............. 0.50 ---- ---- ----
ALL............. 0.50 ---- ---- ----
Rex Sole (125)................ Kodiak.......... ---- 0.33 0.26 ----
CGOA............ ---- 0.33 0.26 ----
GOA............. ---- 0.34 0.45 ----
AK.............. ---- 0.34 0.42 ----
ALL............. ---- 0.34 0.42 ----
Rock Sole (123)............... Kodiak.......... ---- 0.18 0.17 ----
CGOA............ ---- 0.18 0.17 ----
GOA............. ---- 0.18 0.17 ----
AK.............. ---- 0.18 0.17 ----
ALL............. ---- 0.18 0.17 ----
Rosethorn Rockfish (150)...... SEAK............ 0.43 ---- ---- ----
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EGOA............ 0.43 ---- ---- ----
Seward.......... 0.35 ---- ---- ----
CGOA............ 0.35 ---- ---- ----
GOA............. 0.43 ---- ---- ----
AK.............. 0.43 ---- ---- ----
ALL............. 0.43 ---- ---- ----
Rougheye Rockfish (151)....... Juneau.......... 0.33 ---- ---- ----
Ketchikan....... 0.34 ---- ---- ----
Petersburg...... 0.28 ---- ---- ----
Sitka........... 0.46 ---- ---- ----
SEAK............ 0.40 ---- ---- ----
Cordova......... 0.27 ---- ---- ----
Whittier........ 0.45 ---- ---- ----
EGOAxSE......... 0.27 ---- ---- ----
Homer........... 0.37 ---- ---- ----
Kodiak.......... 0.28 0.25 0.19 ----
Seward.......... 0.39 ---- ---- ----
CGOA............ 0.33 0.25 0.19 ----
GOA............. 0.35 0.25 0.19 ----
BSAI............ 0.26 ---- ---- ----
AK.............. 0.35 0.25 0.19 ----
Bellingham...... 0.36 ---- ---- ----
OTAK............ 0.36 ---- ---- ----
ALL............. 0.35 0.25 0.19 ----
Sablefish (blackcod) (710).... Kodiak.......... \5\ n/a 1.31 ---- 1.31
CGOA............ \5\ n/a 1.31 ---- 1.31
GOA............. \5\ n/a 1.27 ---- 1.26
AK.............. \5\ n/a 1.27 0.51 ----
ALL............. \5\ n/a 1.27 0.51 ----
Shortraker Rockfish (152)..... Juneau.......... 0.33 ---- ---- ----
Ketchikan....... 0.34 ---- ---- ----
Petersburg...... 0.28 ---- ---- ----
Sitka........... 0.42 ---- ---- ----
SEAK............ 0.38 ---- ---- ----
Cordova......... 0.45 ---- ---- ----
Whittier........ 0.47 ---- ---- ----
EGOAxSE......... 0.47 ---- ---- ----
Homer........... 0.37 ---- ---- ----
Kodiak.......... 0.21 0.18 0.20 ----
Seward.......... 0.37 ---- ---- ----
CGOA............ 0.33 0.18 0.20 ----
GOA............. 0.37 0.28 0.20 ----
AK.............. 0.37 0.28 0.20 ----
ALL............. 0.37 0.28 0.20 ----
Silvergray Rockfish (157)..... Craig........... 0.34 ---- ---- ----
Juneau.......... 0.41 ---- ---- ----
Petersburg...... 0.26 ---- ---- ----
Sitka........... 0.47 ---- ---- ----
SEAK............ 0.42 ---- ---- ----
Cordova......... 0.40 ---- ---- ----
EGOAxSE......... 0.31 ---- ---- ----
Homer........... 0.34 ---- ---- ----
Kodiak.......... 0.23 0.13 ---- 0.13
Seward.......... 0.42 ---- ---- ----
CGOA............ 0.38 0.13 ---- 0.13
GOA............. 0.40 0.13 ---- 0.13
AK.............. 0.40 0.13 ---- 0.13
ALL............. 0.40 0.13 ---- 0.13
Skate, Big (702).............. EGOA............ 0.40 ---- ---- ----
Kodiak.......... 0.45 0.45 0.45 ----
Seward.......... 0.45 ---- ---- ----
CGOA............ 0.45 0.45 0.45 ----
GOA............. 0.44 0.45 0.43 ----
AK.............. 0.44 0.45 0.43 ----
ALL............. 0.44 0.45 0.43 ----
Skate, Longnose (701)......... SEAK............ 0.40 ---- ---- ----
EGOAxSE......... 0.18 ---- ---- ----
Homer........... 0.31 ---- ---- ----
Kodiak.......... 0.45 0.45 0.45 ----
Seward.......... 0.43 ---- ---- ----
CGOA............ 0.43 0.45 0.45 ----
GOA............. 0.38 0.45 0.39 ----
AK.............. 0.38 0.45 0.39 ----
ALL............. 0.38 0.45 0.39 ----
Skate, Other (700)............ GOA............. 0.42 ---- ---- 0.39
AK.............. 0.42 0.09 ---- 0.09
ALL............. 0.42 0.09 ---- 0.09
Starry Flounder (129)......... Kodiak.......... ---- 0.07 ---- 0.08
CGOA............ ---- 0.07 ---- 0.08
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GOA............. ---- 0.07 ---- 0.08
AK.............. ---- 0.07 ---- 0.08
ALL............. ---- 0.07 ---- 0.08
Thornyhead Rockfish (Idiots) Juneau.......... 0.94 ---- ---- ----
(143).
Ketchikan....... 1.07 ---- ---- ----
Petersburg...... 0.99 ---- ---- ----
Sitka........... 0.96 ---- ---- ----
SEAK............ 0.97 ---- ---- ----
Cordova......... 0.59 ---- ---- ----
Whittier........ 0.44 ---- ---- ----
EGOAxSE......... 0.67 ---- ---- ----
Homer........... 0.66 ---- ---- ----
Kodiak.......... 0.68 0.43 ---- 0.43
Seward.......... 0.71 ---- ---- ----
CGOA............ 0.70 0.43 ---- 0.43
GOA............. 0.82 0.45 ---- 0.44
BS.............. 0.72 ---- ---- ----
BSAI............ 0.70 ---- ---- ----
AK.............. 0.81 0.45 ---- 0.44
ALL............. 0.81 0.45 ---- 0.44
Tiger Rockfish (148).......... Juneau.......... 0.51 ---- ---- ----
Sitka........... 0.48 ---- ---- ----
SEAK............ 0.49 ---- ---- ----
Cordova......... 0.32 ---- ---- ----
EGOAxSE......... 0.32 ---- ---- ----
Homer........... 0.41 ---- ---- ----
Seward.......... 0.46 ---- ---- ----
CGOA............ 0.42 ---- ---- ----
GOA............. 0.43 ---- ---- ----
AK.............. 0.43 ---- ---- ----
ALL............. 0.43 ---- ---- ----
Vermilion Rockfish (184)...... SEAK............ 0.61 ---- ---- ----
EGOA............ 0.61 ---- ---- ----
GOA............. 0.61 ---- ---- ----
AK.............. 0.61 ---- ---- ----
ALL............. 0.61 ---- ---- ----
Widow Rockfish (156).......... GOA............. 0.71 ---- ---- ----
AK.............. 0.71 ---- ---- ----
ALL............. 0.71 ---- ---- ----
Yelloweye Rockfish (145)...... Craig........... 1.86 ---- ---- ----
Juneau.......... 0.94 ---- ---- ----
Ketchikan....... 1.70 ---- ---- ----
Petersburg...... 1.12 ---- ---- ----
Sitka........... 1.90 ---- ---- ----
SEAK............ 1.68 ---- ---- ----
Cordova......... 0.81 ---- ---- ----
Whittier........ 0.82 ---- ---- ----
EGOAxSE......... 0.82 ---- ---- ----
Homer........... 0.72 ---- ---- ----
Kodiak.......... 0.34 0.25 ---- 0.25
Seward.......... 0.60 ---- ---- ----
CGOA............ 0.59 0.25 ---- 0.25
WGOA............ 0.46 ---- ---- ----
GOA............. ---- 0.25 ---- 0.25
BSAI............ 0.21 ---- ---- ----
AK.............. 1.42 0.25 ---- 0.25
ALL............. 1.42 0.25 ---- 0.25
Yellowtail Rockfish (155)..... Sitka........... 0.57 ---- ---- ----
SEAK............ 0.57 ---- ---- ----
EGOA............ 0.57 ---- ---- ----
Homer........... 0.50 ---- ---- ----
CGOA............ 0.66 ---- ---- ----
GOA............. 0.61 ---- ---- ----
AK.............. 0.61 ---- ---- ----
ALL............. 0.61 ---- ---- ----
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---- = no landings in last 3 years or the data is confidential.
\1\ If species is not listed, use price for the species group in Table 2 if it exists in the management area. If
no price is available for the species or species group in Table 1, Table 2, or Table 3, no fee will be
assessed on that landing. That species will come into standard ex-vessel prices in future years.
\2\ For species codes, see Table 2a to 50 CFR part 679.
\3\ Regulatory areas are defined at Sec. 679.2. (AK = Alaska; ALL = all ports including those outside Alaska;
BS = Bering Sea subarea; BSAI = Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands; CGOA = Central Gulf of Alaska; EGOA = Eastern
Gulf of Alaska; EGOAxSE = Eastern Gulf of Alaska except Southeast Alaska; GOA = Gulf of Alaska; SEAK =
Southeast Alaska; WGOA = Western Gulf of Alaska).
\4\ If a price is listed for the species, port, and gear type combination, that price will be applied to the
round weight equivalent for groundfish landings. If no price is listed for the port and gear type combination,
use port group and gear type combination, or see Table 2 or Table 3.
\5\ n/a = ex-vessel prices for sablefish landed with hook-and-line, pot, or jig gear are listed in Table 3 with
the prices for IFQ and CDQ landings.
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Table 2--Standard Ex-Vessel Prices for Groundfish Species Groups for 2022 Observer Coverage Fee
[Based on volume and value from 2018, 2019, and 2020]
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Port/area \2\
Species group \1\ \3\ Non-Trawl NPT PTR PTR/NPT
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BSAI Skate and GOA $0.41 ---- $0.39
GOA Skate,
Other \4\
(USKT).
AK.............. ---- 0.08 ---- 0.08
Flathead Sole \5\ (FSOL)...... Kodiak.......... ---- 0.14 $0.14 ----
CGOA............ ---- 0.14 0.14 ----
GOA............. ---- 0.14 0.14 ----
AK.............. ---- 0.14 0.14 ----
GOA Deep Water Flatfish \6\ Kodiak.......... ---- 0.07 ---- 0.07
(DFL4).
CGOA............ ---- 0.07 ---- 0.07
GOA............. ---- 0.08 ---- 0.08
GOA Shallow Water Flatfish \7\ Kodiak.......... ---- 0.16 0.15 ----
(SFL1).
CGOA............ ---- 0.16 0.15 ----
GOA............. ---- 0.16 0.15 ----
Other Rockfish \8\ \9\ (ROCK). Craig........... $0.33 ---- ---- ----
Juneau.......... 0.46 ---- ---- ----
Ketchikan....... 0.37 ---- ---- ----
Petersburg...... 0.39 ---- ---- ----
Sitka........... 0.46 ---- ---- ----
SEAK............ 0.43 ---- ---- ----
Cordova......... 0.70 ---- ---- ----
Whittier........ 0.69 ---- ---- ----
EGOAxSE......... 0.66 ---- ---- ----
Homer........... 0.68 ---- ---- ----
Kodiak.......... 0.31 0.18 ---- 0.18
Seward.......... 0.56 ---- ---- ----
CGOA............ 0.55 0.18 ---- 0.18
WGOA............ 0.57 ---- ---- ----
GOA............. ---- 0.18 ---- 0.18
BS.............. 0.71 ---- ---- ----
BSAI 0.68............ ---- ---- ----
AK ----............ 0.21 ---- 0.21
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---- = no landings in last 3 years or the data is confidential.
\1\ If groundfish species is not listed in Table 1, use price for the species group if it exists in the
management area. If no price is available for the species or species group in Table 1, Table 2, or Table 3, no
fee will be assessed on that landing. That species will come into standard ex-vessel prices in future years.
\2\ Regulatory areas are defined at Sec. 679.2. (AK = Alaska; ALL = all ports including those outside Alaska;
BS = Bering Sea subarea; BSAI = Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands; CGOA = Central Gulf of Alaska; EGOA = Eastern
Gulf of Alaska; EGOAxSE = Eastern Gulf of Alaska except Southeast Alaska; GOA = Gulf of Alaska; SEAK =
Southeast Alaska; WGOA = Western Gulf of Alaska).
\3\ If a price is listed for the species, port, and gear type combination, that price will be applied to the
round weight equivalent for groundfish landings. If no price is listed for the port and gear type combination,
use port group and gear type combination.
\4\ ``BSAI Skate and GOA Skate, Other'' means all skates in the BSAI and all skates with the exception of Raja
binoculata (Big) and R. rhina (Longnose) in the GOA.
\5\ ``Flathead sole'' includes Hippoglossoides elassodon (flathead sole) and H. robustus (Bering flounder).
\6\ ``Deep-water flatfish'' in the GOA means Dover sole, Greenland turbot, Kamchatka flounder, and deepsea sole.
\7\ ``Shallow-water flatfish'' in the GOA means flatfish not including ``deep-water flatfish'', flathead sole,
rex sole, or arrowtooth flounder.
\8\ In the GOA:
``Other rockfish means Sebastes aurora (aurora), S. melanostomus (blackgill), S. paucispinis (bocaccio), S.
goodei (chilipepper), S. crameri (darkblotch), S. elongatus (greenstriped), S. variegatus (harlequin), S.
wilsoni (pygmy), S. babcocki (redbanded), S. proriger (redstripe), S. zacentrus (sharpchin), S. jordani
(shortbelly), S. brevispinis (silvergray), S. diploproa (splitnose), S. saxicola (stripetail), S. miniatus
(vermilion), S. reedi (yellowmouth), S. entomelas (widow), and S. flavidus (yellowtail). In the Eastern GOA
only, ``other rockfish'' also includes northern rockfish (S. polyspinous).
``Other rockfish'' in the Western and Central Regulatory Areas and in the West Yakutat District of the Eastern
Regulatory Area means all rockfish species included in the ``other rockfish'' and demersal shelf rockfish
categories. The ``other rockfish'' species group in the SEO District only includes other rockfish.
``Demersal shelf rockfish'' means Sebastes pinniger (canary), S. nebulosus (china), S. caurinus (copper), S.
maliger (quillback), S. helvomaculatus (rosethorn), S. nigrocinctus (tiger), and S. ruberrimus (yelloweye).
\9\ ``Other rockfish'' in the BSAI includes all Sebastes and Sebastolobus species except for Pacific ocean
perch, dark rockfish, northern rockfish, shortraker rockfish, and blackspotted/rougheye rockfish.
Halibut and Sablefish IFQ and CDQ Standard Ex-Vessel Prices
Table 3 shows the observer fee standard ex-vessel prices for
halibut and sablefish. These standard prices are calculated as a single
annual average price, by species and port or port group. Volume and ex-
vessel value data collected on the 2021 IFQ Buyer Report for landings
made from October 15, 2020, through September 30, 2021, were used to
calculate the standard ex-vessel prices for the 2022 observer fee for
halibut IFQ, halibut CDQ, sablefish IFQ, and sablefish landings that
accrue against the fixed gear sablefish CDQ reserve.
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Table 3--Standard Ex-Vessel Prices for Halibut IFQ, Halibut CDQ,
Sablefish IFQ, and Sablefish Accruing Against the Fixed Gear Sablefish
CDQ Reserve for the 2022 Observer Fee
[Based on 2021 IFQ Buyer Reports]
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Species Port/area \1\ Price \2\
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Halibut (200)..................... Craig............... $6.03
Ketchikan........... 5.94
Petersburg.......... 6.15
Sitka............... 5.81
SEAK................ 5.97
EGOAxSE............. 6.15
Homer............... 6.65
Kodiak.............. 5.44
Seward.............. 6.76
CGOA................ 6.36
GOA................. 6.17
BS.................. 5.39
BSAI................ 5.39
AK.................. 6.04
ALL................. 6.05
Sablefish (710)................... Craig............... 1.90
Sitka............... 2.12
SEAK................ 2.07
EGOAxSE............. 1.79
Homer............... 2.23
Kodiak.............. 1.66
Seward.............. 1.79
CGOA................ 1.74
GOA................. 1.85
BS.................. 1.60
BSAI................ 1.60
AK.................. 1.82
ALL................. 1.82
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\1\ Regulatory areas are defined at Sec. 679.2. (AK = Alaska; ALL =
all ports including those outside Alaska; BS = Bering Sea subarea;
CGOA = Central Gulf of Alaska; EGOAxSE = Eastern Gulf of Alaska except
Southeast Alaska; SEAK = Southeast Alaska; WGOA = Western Gulf of
Alaska).
\2\ If a price is listed for the species and port combination, that
price will be applied to the round weight equivalent for sablefish
landings and the headed and gutted weight equivalent for halibut
landings. If no price is listed for the port, use port group.
(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.)
Dated: December 9, 2021.
Ngagne Jafnar Gueye,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2021-27103 Filed 12-14-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 3510-22-P
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