Crab Rationalization Crab Buyer Report

Revised: December 20, 2006

OMB Control Number 0648-new
Expiration Date: xx/xx/xx

U.S Dept. of Commerce/NOAA
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
Restricted Access Management (RAM)
P.O. Box 21668
Juneau, AK 99802-1668

CR REGISTERED CRAB RECEIVER
EX-VESSEL VOLUME AND VALUE
REPORT

BLOCK A -- IDENTIFICATION OF REGISTERED CRAB RECEIVER
1. Name of Registered Crab Receiver

2. Registered Crab Receiver Number

3. SSN* or Tax ID Number:

4. NMFS Person ID Number:

5. Business Mailing Address:

6. Business Telephone Number:

7. Business Fax Number:
Permanent [

]

Temporary [

]
9. Facility or Vessel Location (Port Location):

8. Business E-Mail Address (if any):

*The Debt Collection Improvement Act, in Section 7701 of title 31, United States Code requires collection of this information from each person
doing business with a federal agency. This information is used for purposes of collecting and reporting any delinquent amounts arising out of
such person’s relationship with the government.

BLOCK B – CR CRAB POUNDS PURCHASED AND EX-VESSEL VALUE
Month Ending

Fishery

Species

Pounds Purchased

August 31

September 30

October 31

November 30
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Ex-vessel Volume and Value Report
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Ex-Vessel Value Paid

Value paid for
price adjustments

BLOCK B – CR CRAB POUNDS PURCHASED AND EX-VESSEL VALUE
Month Ending

Fishery

Species

Pounds Purchased

December 31

January 31

February 28

March 31

April 30

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Ex-vessel Volume and Value Report
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Ex-Vessel Value Paid

Value paid for
price adjustments

BLOCK C – CERTIFICATION
Under penalties of perjury, I declare that I have examined this submission of material, and to the best of my knowledge and belief,
the information presented here is true, correct, and complete.

1. Printed Name of Registered Crab Receiver Representative: (If a representative, attach authorization)

Date

2. Signature of Registered Crab Receiver Representative:

Date

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PUBLIC REPORTING BURDEN STATEMENT
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 2 hours per response, including the time for
reviewing the instructions, searching the existing data sources, gathering and maintaining the data needed, and completing
and reviewing the collection of information. Send comments regarding the burden estimate or any other aspect of this
collection of information, including suggestions for reducing the burden, to Assistant Regional Administrator, Sustainable
Fisheries Division, NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Before completing this form, please note the following: 1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, no person is required
to respond to, nor shall any person be subject to a penalty for failure to comply with, a collection of information subject to
the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act, unless that collection of information displays a currently valid OMB
Control Number; 2) This information is mandatory and is required to manage commercial crab fishing efforts under 50 CFR
part 680, under section 402(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act (16 U.S.C. 1801, et seq.), and under 16 USC 1862(j); 3)
Responses to this information request are confidential under section 402(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act. They are also
confidential under NOAA Administrative Order 216-100, which sets forth procedures to protect confidentiality of fishery
statistics.
_________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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Ex-vessel Volume and Value Report
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INSTRUCTIONS
CR REGISTERED CRAB RECEIVER EX-VESSEL VOLUME AND VALUE REPORT
GENERAL INFORMATION:
The purpose of this form is to collect information from Crab Rationalization Program Crab (CR Crab) Registered Crab
Receivers that act as shoreside processors or stationary floating processors so that NMFS, Restricted Access
Management (RAM) can establish a Astandard@ ex-vessel price for CR Crab. The standard price will be used to
estimate the cost recovery fees due from processors and harvesters.
Please note that all shoreside processors or stationary floating processors that buy CR Crab from CR Crab Harvesters
must complete this form. Note: if no ex-vessel sale occurs (e.g., if the processor accepted crab for special processing)
then it should not be included on the form.
The Registered Crab Receiver must report all pounds and associated value of any purchased CR Crab landings made
from August 15 through April 30 of the crab fishing year for which the report is due.
The completed form must be received by NMFS/RAM no later than May 15. It should be sent to the following
address:
NMFS Alaska Region
Attn: RAM Program
P.O. Box 21668
Juneau AK 99802-1668

BLOCK A - IDENTIFICATION OF REGISTERED CRAB RECEIVER
1. Name of person or business receiving CR crab from harvester.
2. Registered Crab Receiver permit number issued by NMFS.
3. Social Security or Tax ID number*.
*The Debt Collection Improvement Act, in Section 7701 of title 31, United States Code requires collection of this
information from each person doing business with a federal agency. This information is used for purposes of
collecting and reporting any delinquent amounts arising out of such person’s relationship with the government.

4. NMFS person ID number, which is the identifying number assigned to you for the CR crab program.
5. Business Mailing Address, including zip code (note that if you check APermanent Address,@ we will update
the database; if you choose ATemporary Address, A we will use it for this one application, and we will not
change the RAM database).
6. Business telephone number, including area code.
7. Business fax number, including area code.
8. Business e-mail address, if applicable.
9. Enter the port location where landings occurred.

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BLOCK B – CR CRAB POUNDS PURCHASED AND EX-VESSELVALUE
Enter the total CR crab pounds purchased for each crab fishery/species by month.
Enter the total dollar value (ex-vessel value) purchased for fish in any product form of CR crab pounds before any
deductions are made for goods and services (e.g., bait, ice, fuel, repairs, machinery replacement, etc.) provided to the
CR crab harvesters. You must also include price adjustments made in the current year to CR crab harvesters for
landings made during the crab fishing year.
Enter the monthly total U.S. dollar amount (value paid for price adjustments) of any CR crab retro-payments
(correlated by CR crab species and fishery, landing month(s), and month of payment) made in the current year to CR
crab permit holders for landings made during the previous calendar year.

BLOCK C -- CERTIFICATION
Printed name, signature, and date signed of the Registered Crab Receiver or the Authorized Representative.
If a representative, attach authorization.

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