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PUBLIC LAW 106-554—APPENDIX D 114 STAT. 2763A-241 (G) seek to obtain the maximum sustained reduction in fishing capacity at the least cost by establishing bidding procedures that— (i) assign a bid score to each bid by dividing the price bid for each reduction permit by the total value of the crab landed in the most recent 5-year period in each crab fishery from 1990 through 1999 under that permit, with the value for each year determined by multiplying the average price per pound published by the State of Alaska in each year for each crab fishery included in such reduction permit by the total pounds landed in each crab fishery under that permit in that year; and (ii) use a reverse auction in which the lowest bid score ranks first, followed by each bid with the next lowest bid score, until the total bid amount of all bids equals a reduction cost that the next lowest bid would cause to exceed $100,000,000; (H) not waive or otherwise make inapplicable any requirements of the License Limitation Program applicable to such crab fisheries, in particular any requirements in sections 679.4(k) and (1) of title 50, Code of Federal Regulations; (I) not waive or otherwise make inapplicable any catcher vessel sideboards implemented under the American Fisheries Act (AFA), except that the North Pacific Fishery Management Council shall recommend to the Secretary and to the State of Alaska, not later than February 16, 2001, and the Secretary and the State of Alaska shall implement as appropriate, modifications to such sideboards to the extent necessary to permit AFA catcher vessels that remain in the crab fisheries to share proportionately in any increase in crab harvest opportunities that accrue to all remaining AFA and non-AFA catcher vessels if the fishing capacity reduction program required by this section is implemented; (J) establish sub-amounts and repayment fees for each BSAI crab fishery prosecuted under a separate endorsement for repayment of the reduction loan, such that— (i) a reduction loan sub-amount is established for each separate BSAI crab fishery (other than Norton Sound red king crab or Norton Sound blue king crab) by dividing the total value of the crab landed in that fishery under all reduction permits by the total value of all crab landed under such permits in the BSAI crab fisheries (determined using the same average prices and years used under subparagraph (G)(i) of this paragraph), and multiplying the reduction loan amount by the percentage expressed by such ratio; and (ii) fish sellers who participate in the crab fishery under each endorsement repay the reduction loan subamount attributable to that fishery; and (K) notwithstanding section 1111(b) of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936 (46 U.S.C. App. 1279flb)(4)), establish a repay- ment period for the reduction loan of not less than 30 years. (2)(A) Only persons to whom a non-interim BSAI crab license and an area/species endorsement have been issued (other than persons to whom only a license and an area/species endorsement for Norton Sound red king crab or Norton Sound blue king crab have been issued) for vessels that—