Buying station report

OMB
Corol
0648-0213
ONo.No.
OMB
Control
0648-0213
Expiration
Date:
7/31/05
Expiration
Date:
09/30/2008

Revised:08/19/05
10/28/05
Revised:

NAME OF BUYING STATION

BUYING STATION
REPORT
MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
(Check if applicable and enter number)

CDQ

Exempted

Research

Original

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Revised

OPERATOR OR MANAGER NAME AND SIGNATURE

DELIVERY
DATE (m-d-y)
TIME (A.I.t.)

ADF&G NO. IF A VESSEL

ASSOCIATED PROCESSOR
NAME

LICENSE NUMBER IF A VEHICLE

AIP

No.

GEAR TYPE OF HARVESTER (Check one)
HOOK & LINE

POT

NON-PELAGIC TRAWL

PELAGIC TRAWL

JIG

TROLL

OTHER

FEDERAL
REPORTING
AREA

TRAWL GEAR
ONLY

DISCARDS AND DISPOSITION
SPECIES
CODE
PRODUCT
CODE
DAILY
TOTAL

ADF&G NO.

ADF&G PROCESSOR CODE

COBLZ
RKCSA

FEDERAL FISHERIES or FEDERAL PROCESSOR PERMIT
(Check one and indicate permit number)

CATCHER VESSEL DELIVERY INFORMATION
CATCHER VESSEL NAME

National Marine Fisheries Service
P.O. Box 21668
Juneau, AK 99802
Telephone: 907-586-7228

RECEIVE
DISCARD
REPORT

FISH TICKET NUMBER

For groundfish and Pacific herring, check:
lbs. or
nearest 0.001 mt.
For Pacific halibut, Pacific salmon, king crab, and Tanner crab, record in numbers

SPECIES SPECIES GROUNDFISH
DELIVERY
CODE WEIGHT
WEIGHT
� lb

���mt

� lb ��mt

PUBLIC REPORTING BURDEN STATEMENT
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 20 minutes 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 fishing efforts under 50 CFR part 679 and under section 402(a) of
the Magnuson-Stevens Act (16 U.S.C. 1801, et seq.); 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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Instructions
BUYING STATION REPORT (BSR)

REQUIREMENT
The operator or manager of a buying station that receives or delivers groundfish harvested from the Gulf
of Alaska (GOA) or Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (BSAI) in association with a
shoreside processor or SFP or a mothership, must complete and retain a separate BSR for each delivery of
unprocessed groundfish or donated prohibited species received from a catcher vessel on behalf of an
associated processor.
The buying station report is not submitted to NMFS. The BSR must accompany the delivery of fish:
Write a
separate
BSR

For each associated processor
For each truck, if groundfish offloaded to a truck bound for an associated processor. BSR
must accompany the shipment
For each airline shipment, if groundfish offloaded to an airplane bound for an associated
processor. BSR must accompany the shipment.
For each reporting area, if receiving harvest from more than one reporting area
If receiving harvest from a vessel using trawl gear, use two separate BSRs, the first to
record the information from the reporting area that includes the COBLZ or RKCSA and the
second to record the information from the reporting area that does not include the COBLZ
or RKCSA
For each gear type, if receiving harvest from more than one gear type
For each special management program -- Western Alaska Community Development Quota
(CDQ) Program, Research Fishery, Exempted Fishery, or AIP and add identifying number,
if appropriate.
If receiving halibut under a donated prohibited species program

If you need assistance in completing this report or need additional information:
Call: 907-586-7228
Fax: 907-586-7131
e-mail your questions: [email protected]
BSR Attachments.
The operator or manager must ensure that the following accompanies each groundfish delivery from the
landing site to the associated processor:
♦ A complete and accurate BSR that describes the delivery;
♦ Any blue DFL logsheets or equivalent printed ELB discard reports received from a catcher
vessel; and
♦ Copies of all Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) fish tickets issued to the catcher
vessel on behalf of the associated processor.
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Buying Station for Own Catch
The operator of a catcher vessel, by prior arrangement with an associated processor, may function as a
buying station for his own catch as follows:
♦ By shipping his groundfish catch with a copy of the BSR directly to that processor via truck or
airline in the event that the processor is not located where the harvest is offloaded; or
♦ By driving a truck that contains his catch and a copy of the BSR to the processor.
DATA ENTRY TIME LIMITS.
The operator or manager of a buying station must record in the BSR all required information and sign the
BSR within 2 hours of completion of delivery from a catcher vessel.
REQUIRED INFORMATION
The operator or manager of a buying station must record the following information on a BSR for each
delivery:
Original/Revised Report.
If a BSR is the first submitted to the Regional Administrator for a given date, gear type, and reporting
area, indicate “ORIGINAL REPORT.”
If a BSR is a correction to a previously submitted BSR for a given date, gear type, and reporting area,
indicate “REVISED REPORT.”
Identification Of Buying Station.
Enter name and ADF&G vessel registration number if a vessel; or name, license number, and state of
license issuance if a vehicle. The name should be recorded as it is displayed in official documentation.
Operator Or Manager Name And Signature.
The operator or manager must sign the completed BSR prior to delivery of harvest to a mothership,
shoreside processor, or SFP. This signature is verification by the operator or manager of acceptance of
the responsibility required in §679.5(d)(1) and (d)(2).
Management Program.
Indicate whether harvest occurred under a special management program (Western Alaska Community
Development Quota (CDQ) Program, Research Fishery, Exempted Fishery, or Aleutian Islands Pollock
(AIP)) and add identifying number, if appropriate. If harvest is not under one of these management
programs, leave blank.
Gear Type. Indicate gear type of harvester. If gear type is not printed, circle OTHER and write
description of gear.
Federal Reporting Area.
Indicate Federal reporting area (see Figures 1 and 3 to part 679) from which groundfish were harvested.
Crab Protection Areas.
If harvester gear type was trawl and gear retrieval occurred in the COBLZ or RKCSA (see Figures 11 and
13 to part 679), use two separate BSRs to record the information: one BSR for the reporting area that
includes COBLZ or RKCSA, and a second BSR to record the information from the reporting area that
does not include COBLZ or RKCSA.

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Associated Processor
If associated processor is a mothership, enter the name, ADF&G processor code, and Federal fisheries
permit number of the mothership. If associated processor is a shoreside processor or stationary floating
processor, enter the name, AD&FG processor code, and Federal processor permit number of the
processor. Enter date (mm/dd/yy) and time (A.l.t., military format) delivery was completed.
CATCHER VESSEL DELIVERY INFORMATION
Catcher Vessel Identification.
Name and ADF&G vessel registration number of catcher vessel making the delivery.
Non-Submittal of Discard Report.
Indicate whether the blue logsheet was received from the catcher vessel at the time of catch delivery. If
the blue logsheet is not received from the catcher vessel, enter “NO” and the reason given for nonsubmittal as follows (example: NO-L):
NON-SUBMITTAL OF DISCARD REPORT
The catcher vessel does not have an FFP
The catcher vessel is under 60 ft (18.3 m) LOA and does not have an FFP
The catcher vessel is under 60 ft (18.3 m) LOA and has an FFP
The catcher vessel delivered an unsorted codend
Another reason; describe circumstances

CODE
“P”
“P”
“L”
“U”
“O”

ADF&G Fish Ticket Number. Enter ADF&G fish ticket number issued to catcher vessel.
Species Codes And Scale Weight.
In addition to recording the total estimated delivery weight or actual scale weight of a catcher vessel
delivery, if the operator or manager of the buying station sorted the delivery prior to delivery to an
associated processor, he or she may enter specific species code and scale weights of individual species to
the BSR; indicate whether to the nearest pound or to 0.001 mt.
Groundfish Hail Weight.
Enter the estimated total groundfish hail weight or actual scale weight of delivery. Total hail weight is an
estimate of the total weight of the entire catch without regard to species. Indicate whether to the nearest
pound or to the nearest 0.001 mt.
Scale Weight.
Optional: in addition to recording the total estimated delivery weight or actual scale weight of a catcher
vessel delivery, enter weight of individual species and record species codes and weights (in lb or mt).
DISCARD AND DISPOSITION INFORMATION
The operator or manager of a buying station must record in a BSR, discard or disposition information
that:
1. Occurred on and was reported by a catcher vessel on a blue logsheet;
2. Occurred on the buying station prior to delivery to an associated processor; and

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3. Was recorded on a blue logsheet submitted to the buying station by a catcher vessel when no
groundfish were delivered by the catcher vessel (for example, disposition code 95 describes fish or fish
products eaten onboard or taken off the vessel for personal use).
If no discards or disposition for a delivery, write “no discards.”
Discard Or Disposition Weight.
For each buying station delivery to an associated processor, record the total estimated discard and
disposition amounts in whole fish weight for each groundfish species or species group and Pacific herring
PSC in pounds or to at least the nearest 0.001 mt by species code and product code.
PSC Discard Or Disposition Numbers.
For each buying station delivery to an associated processor, record the total estimated numbers of PSC
discard or disposition of Pacific salmon, steelhead trout, Pacific halibut, king crab, and Tanner crab by
species code and product code.

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