In response to a recommendation by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, this action would modify the fee percentage assessed on groundfish and halibut landings made by vessels operating in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska management areas. This action would increase the observer fee from 1.25 percent to 1.65 percent of the ex-vessel value of landings made by vessels that are not in the full coverage category. Fee revenues are used to fund deployment of observers and electronic monitoring (EM) in the partial coverage category of the North Pacific Observer Program. This action is necessary to provide additional funding to deploy observers and EM in the partial coverage category to better meet monitoring objectives for the North Pacific Observer Program. Section 313 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act establishes that data collected by well- trained, independent observers and EM are a cornerstone of the sustainable management of Federal fisheries off Alaska.