Commercial Fishing Reporting
Commercial Operator's Annual Reports (COAR)
- Direct Marketers, Catcher Processors, Catcher Exporters, Buyer Exporters, Shore-based Processors, or Floating Processor permit holders are required by 5 AAC 39.30 and 50 CFR 679 to complete and submit the Commercial Operator's Annual Report.
- Direct Marketers, Catcher/Processors, or Catcher/Exporters do not fill out buying forms for their own harvest.
- If you did not use your processor code, complete and submit only the Certification page.
- Failure to submit the COAR by the April 1 deadline can result in reporting to the troopers.
Complete and Submit the COAR
Everyone must complete the Certification form.
There are six COAR forms: Buying, Production by You, Custom Production for You, Custom Production by You, Retro/Postseason Buying Adjustments, and Retro/Postseason Sales Adjustments.
Complete only the forms that apply to your business activities.
- COAR Certification Form (PDF 140 kB)
- COAR Frequently Asked Questions and Instructions (PDF 141 kB)
- COAR Certification Form (Word doc 37 kB)
- COAR Code Sheet (PDF 715 kB)
Excel Spreadsheet
Submit by email only to dfg.seafood-coord@alaska.gov
- Excel COAR Blank Template (Excel file 26 kB)
Data may be copied or typed into the COAR Excel template file. Do not add formulas; change formatting; add or delete columns or rows; or add or delete worksheets.
PDF Forms
- COAR Buying Form (PDF 144 kB)
- COAR Production Performed by You (PDF 181 kB)
- COAR Custom Production by You (PDF 91 kB)
- COAR Custom Production for You (PDF 177 kB)
- COAR Retro Postseason Buying Adjustments (PDF 168 kB)
- COAR Retro Postseason Sales Adjustments (PDF 159 kB)
MS Word Forms
- COAR Buying Form (Word doc 18 kB)
- COAR Production Performed by You (Word doc 21 kB)
- COAR Custom Production by You (Word doc 15 kB)
- COAR Custom Production for You (Word doc 18 kB)
- COAR Retro Postseason Buying Adjustments (Word doc 18 kB)
- COAR Retro Postseason Sales Adjustments (Word doc 18 kB)
Email forms to dfg.seafood-coord@alaska.gov or
Mail forms to ADF&G, Division of Commercial Fisheries, PO Box 115526, Juneau, AK 99811
eLandings
The COAR reporting process has been incorporated into the eLandings System* to provide more efficient and more accurate reporting. The eLandings/COAR reporting process allows industry to extract all buying and production activity by COAR areas. The eLandings System will generate a spreadsheet summarizing all activity for each unique Processor Code. For more information, visit the eLandings User Documentation chapter for the COAR.
* Must be an eLandings user to use the eLandings COAR reporting process.
Harvest Area and Area of Purchase for the COAR Buying Form
See the Excel translation table and area-specific maps below to determine the COAR Harvest Area and COAR Area of Purchase based on ADF&G statistical areas. At-sea operations record the harvest area as the area of purchase on the COAR Buying Form.
- COAR Areas Based on ADF&G Statistical Areas (Excel file 367 kB)
- Kuskokwim, Kotzebue, Yukon and Norton Sound (PDF 1,227 kB)
- Prince William Sound, Cook Inlet, and Bristol Bay (PDF 1,437 kB)
- Dutch Harbor, Bering Sea, and Adak/Western Aleutians (PDF 711 kB)
- Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska Federal Waters (EEZ) (PDF 786 kB)
- Kodiak, Chignik, and Alaska Peninsula (PDF 1,252 kB)
- Southeast Alaska (PDF 2,037 kB)
Area of Processing for the COAR Production Form
Use the COAR Area of Processing that corresponds to the port of processing. Use the translation table and map below to determine the COAR Area of Processing. At-sea operations record the COAR Harvest Area as the area of processing.
- COAR Areas Based on Alaska Ports (PDF 995 kB)
- COAR Production Area of Processing to Port Translation Table (Excel file 23 kB)
Summarized COAR Data
- Statewide COAR Buying by Species
- Statewide COAR Production by Species
- Statewide COAR Production by Area
- COAR Production by Permit Type
- Statewide Salmon COAR Production
- Statewide Crab COAR Production
- Statewide Halibut COAR Production
- Statewide Herring COAR Production
- Statewide Sablefish COAR Production
- Statewide Shrimp COAR Production