# 2026-15911: Government Sets 2.09% Fee for Alaska Pacific Cod Trawlers

2026-15911, Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area; Cost Recovery Fee Notice for the Pacific Cod Trawl Cooperative Program, is a Federal Register notice from Commerce Department, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration published 2026-08-05, effective 2026-08-05; PRIA reads it as touching household money (as of 2026-08-12).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-15911
- As of: 2026-08-12
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-15911
- Title: Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area; Cost Recovery Fee Notice for the Pacific Cod Trawl Cooperative Program
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Commerce Department; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Citation: 91 FR 50519
- Published: 2026-08-05
- Effective: 2026-08-05
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: yes
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-08-12

## In one line

Government Sets 2.09% Fee for Alaska Pacific Cod Trawlers

## Summary

NMFS publishes the fee percentage for cost recovery for the Pacific Cod Trawl Cooperative (PCTC) Program. The fee percentage for 2026 is 2.09 percent. This notice is intended to provide the 2026 fee percentage to calculate the required payment for cost recovery fees due by August 31, 2026.

## Effects PRIA read

- 2026 PCTC cost recovery fee set at 2.09%: cost, medium. If you are a member of a Pacific Cod Trawl Cooperative (PCTC), NMFS set the 2026 cost recovery fee at 2.09 percent. NMFS used a standard ex-vessel price of $0.34 per pound (published December 5, 2025) to calculate fishery value and applied the 2.09% fee to PCTC landings debited from Cooperative Quo…
- Nonpayment blocks CQ transfers and permits: cost, high. If a PCTC cooperative fails to pay its cost recovery fee by August 31, 2026, NMFS will disapprove that cooperative's application to transfer Cooperative Quota (CQ) and will not issue a CQ permit the following year until NMFS receives full payment of the fee liability. NMFS will not issue a CQ permi…

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## Sources
- [2026-15911 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/08/05/2026-15911/fisheries-of-the-exclusive-economic-zone-off-alaska-bering-sea-and-aleutian-islands-management-area)
- [2026-15911 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-08-05/pdf/2026-15911.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-15911 (as of 2026-08-12).