A COAR user guide can be viewed and/or downloaded here: HTML5 COAR User Guide.pdf
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 Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR) and is due by April 1 of the following year. The National Marine Fisheries Service also requires COAR reports from processing vessels operating in federal waters of the Exclusive Economic Zone.
The COAR requires submission of information on seafood purchasing, production, and both ex-vessel and wholesale values of seafood products. The buying information from COAR is reported by species, area of purchase, condition of fisheries resources at the time of purchase, type of gear used in the harvest, pounds purchased, and ex-vessel value. The ex-vessel value in COAR includes any post-season adjustments or bonuses paid after the fish was purchased. The production information from COAR is reported by species, area of processing, process type (frozen, canned, smoked, etc.), product type (fillets, surimi, sections, etc.), net weight of the processed product, and the first wholesale value.
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The eLandings System will generate a spreadsheet summarizing all buying activity for each unique Proc Code. You will need to review this information and add price and production information, as this is not available from the eLandings System. The eLandings generated buying summary includes all fish ticket items that are identified as SOLD. This includes all seafood products sold for human consumption, bait, fish meal, as well as sold overage, seized, or tagged seafood. The summary also includes all seafood products that the operation purchased but was custom processed by another seafood operation, that is, another processing facility, and lists the seafood companies that you performed custom processing for during the calendar year.
Once the buying portion of the COAR has been generated, you will receive notification via email that a spreadsheet containing this information is available. The eLandings System currently has not been expanded to include non-crab shellfish and herring. It is easy to add the additional shellfish and herring buying to the COAR spreadsheet.
What it The summary does not include in the summary is seafood product retained for personal use or bait, discarded catch, and other disposition that were not sold.
To summarize the basic concepts of eLandings COAR –
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Introduction to COAR video: Download COAR Introduction Video.wmv
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PDF Download Link: Commercial Operator's Annual Report - COAR - User Documentation and Guide
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