This action provides participants in the Pacific Coast Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Program with the 2026 cost recovery fee percentages and the average mothership (MS) price per pound to be used in the catcher/processor (C/P) Co-op program to calculate the fee amount for the upcoming calendar year. For the 2026 calendar year, NMFS announces the following fee percentages by sector specific program: 3.0 percent for the Shorebased Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Program; 0.3 percent for the C/P Co-op Program; and 3.0 percent for the MS Co-op Program. For 2026, the MS pricing to be used as a proxy by the C/P Co- op Program is $0.10/pound (lb) for Pacific whiting.
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Notice, 2026 cost recovery fee percentages and average mothership cooperative program pricing.
Applicable January 1, 2026.
| Document Number | 2025-23841 |
| FR Citation | 90 FR 60682 |
| Type | Notice |
| Published | Dec 29, 2025 |
| Effective Date | - |
| RIN | - |
| Docket ID | RTID 0648-XF278 |
| Pages | 60682–60683 (2 pages) |
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