NMFS Publishes 2016 Individual Fishing Quota Cost Recovery Prices and Fee Percentage for North Pacific Halibut and Sablefish Fisheries

Summary

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has released the standard prices and fee percentage for cost recovery of individual fishing quotas (IFQs) for the North Pacific halibut and sablefish fisheries, effective for the 2016 fishing year, with a fee percentage of 3.0 percent, to help fishermen calculate their IFQ cost recovery fees due by January 31, 2017.