# Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area; New Cost Recovery Fee Programs
> **Rule** · Final rule. · Published 2016-01-05 · Effective 2016-02-04 · 81 FR 150
## Document
- **Document number:** 2015-33096
- **Category:** catch-limit
- **Region:** north pacific
- **Federal Register citation:** 81 FR 150
- **Publication date:** 2016-01-05
- **Effective date:** 2016-02-04
- **NOAA docket:** Docket No. 140304192-5999-02
## Abstract

NMFS publishes regulations to implement cost recovery fee programs for the Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program for groundfish and halibut, and three limited access privilege programs: The American Fisheries Act (AFA), Aleutian Islands Pollock, and Amendment 80 Programs. The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) authorizes and requires the collection of cost recovery fees for the CDQ Program and limited access privilege programs. Cost recovery fees recover the actual costs directly related to the management, data collection, and enforcement of the programs. The Magnuson-Stevens Act mandates that cost recovery fees not exceed 3 percent of the annual ex-vessel value of fish harvested by a program subject to a cost recovery fee. This action is intended to promote the goals and objectives of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (FMP), and other applicable laws.

## Source
- [Federal Register document](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2016/01/05/2015-33096/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-bering-sea-and-aleutian-islands-management-area)
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