Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR)

The first buyer of raw fish, persons who catch and process fish, and persons who catch and have fish processed by another business are required to file an annual report of their purchasing and processing activities. This report is called the State of Alaska Commercial Operators Annual Report (COAR) and is due by April 1 of the following year. The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) also requires annual COAR reports from catcher/processors and motherships operating in the EEZ off Alaska. The mothership and catcher/processor data, when added to the COAR information collected from shoreside processors and stationary floating processors required under State of Alaska requirements, yield a complete data base of equivalent annual product value information for all respective processing sectors. It also provides a consistent time series according to which groundfish resources may be managed more efficiently. NOTE: There is no privacy act statement on the COAR, as it is a state form. The PAS is posted at: https://elandings.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/doc/pages/379650058/PRIVACY+ACT+STATEMENT+for+the+ADF+G+Commercial+Operators+Annual+Report

The latest form for Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR) expires 2021-06-30 and can be found here.