Cost Recovery Fee Percentages, Reports and Program Information
Section 304(d)(2) of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act authorizes and requires NOAA Fisheries to recover the actual costs directly related to the management, data collection, and enforcement of any Limited Access Privilege (LAP) program and the Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program. Recovering costs is a four-step annual process:
- Calculate the incremental costs incurred to manage and enforce the fishery.
- Calculate the total value of the fishery.
- Divide the total costs in step one by the total fishery value in step two to determine the fee percentage.
- Apply the fee percentage to each permit holder’s catch and invoice each permit holder.
Fee Percentages, Ex-Vessel Prices and Standard Prices
Cost Recovery Reports
Observer Fee Collection Program
Observer coverage for vessels in the partial coverage category is funded through a system of fees based on the ex-vessel value of their harvest of groundfish and halibut.
How to Pay Fees
Fees must be paid online at eFISH with a credit card or electronic check
- Payment Instructions for Cost Recovery and Observer Program fees using eFISH
- Cost Recovery fees are due for the following programs:
How to Make Amendments
An IFQ permit holder must either accept the accuracy of the NMFS estimated fee liability associated with his or her IFQ landings for each IFQ permit or calculate a revised IFQ fee liability for all or part of his or her IFQ landings using the Fee Submission Form
Payment Method Changes
- Effective December 1, 2019, NMFS will no longer accept checks or money orders.
- Effective May 23, 2016, NMFS will no longer accept credit card information by phone, mail, fax, or in-person. Credit card payments may only be made online through your eFISH account.
- Effective June 1, 2015, the maximum transaction limit for credit cards was reduced to $24,999.99.
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