Notice
17 Sep 2025
economic impact, regulatory compliance, fishing industry, noaa, fee adjustment, crab fisheries, bering sea
🦀Fee Adjustment in Bering Sea Crab Fisheries
NMFS issues this notice to decrease the fee rate to 1 percent for the Bristol Bay red king crab reduction endorsement fishery to repay the $17,129,957.23 subloan of the $97,399,357.11 reduction loan to finance the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BSAI) King and Tanner crab fishing capacity reduction program. The fee rates for the other reduction endorsement fisheries within the BSAI King and Tanner crab fishing capacity reduction program remain unchanged at 5 percent.
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