Arbitration Organization Report

Revised: 10/13/2017

OMB Control No. 0648-0516, Expiration Date: 1/31/2018

Annual Crab Arbitration
Organization Report
(Template)

U.S. Department of Commerce/NOAA
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
Sustainable Fisheries
P.O. Box 21668
Juneau, Alaska 99802-1668
(800) 304-4846 Option 3 toll free
(907) 586-7228 Local
(907) 586-7354 Fax

The Arbitration Organization for each crab fishery must notify NMFS annually of the persons selected as the
Market Analyst, Formula Arbitrator, and Contract Arbitrator(s) for each crab fishery with QS/PQS Members by
June 1.
An Arbitration Organization, with members who are QS or PQS holders, must submit a complete Annual
Arbitration Organization Report to NMFS by May 1 for the crab fishing year beginning on July 1 of that year.
An Arbitration Organization, with members who are IFQ or IPQ holders, must submit a complete Annual
Arbitration Organization Report to NMFS by not later than 15 days after the issuance of IFQ and IPQ for
that crab QS fishery.
BLOCK A -- TYPE OF ARBITRATION ORGANIZATION
[ ]

Arbitration QS/IFQ (for QS and IFQ holders who are not affiliated with PQS/IPQ holders)

[ ]

Affiliated QS/IFQ (for QS and IFQ holders who are affiliated with PQS/IPQ holders)

[ ]

Processor Arbitration Organization

BLOCK B -- CRAB QS FISHERIES TO WHICH THIS ANNUAL ARBITRATION REPORT APPLIES
Check individual fisheries or ALL fisheries below, as applicable
[ ]

ALL PROGRAM FISHERIES or

[ ]

BBR

Bristol Bay red king crab

[ ]

BSS

Bering Sea Snow crab

[ ]

EAG

Eastern Aleutian Islands golden king crab

[ ]

EBT

Eastern Bering Sea Tanner crab

[ ]

PIK

Pribilof red king and blue king crab

[ ]

SMB

St. Matthew blue king crab

[ ]

WAG Western Aleutian Islands golden king crab

[ ]

WAI

Western Aleutian Islands red king crab

[ ]

WBT

Western Bering Sea Tanner crab

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BLOCK C -- ARBITRATION ORGANIZATION INFORMATION
1. Arbitration Organization Name
2. Name of Primary Contact

3. Permanent Business Mailing Address

4. Business Telephone Number

5. Business Fax Number

6. Business E-mail

7. Names and Titles of Key Management Personnel (including, but not limited to, the Board of Directors, officers,
representatives, and any managers) (attach extra page if necessary)

Additional Contact Information (secondary contact)
8. Name of Secondary Contact

9. Permanent Business Mailing Address

10. Business Telephone Number

11. Business Fax Number

12. Business E-mail

BLOCK D – ATTACHMENTS
(Annual Report is not complete without these attachments)
Check box to indicate that a copy of the document is attached.
[ ] Business license for the Arbitration Organization
[ ] Bylaws for the Arbitration Organization
[ ] Resumes of the management personnel
[ ] Minutes of any meeting held by the Arbitration Organization or any members of the Arbitration Organization
[ ] List of key personnel not limited to the board of directors, officers, representatives, and any managers

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BLOCK E – AMOUNT OF QS / IFQ OR PQS / IPQ
HELD BY EACH ARBITRATION ORGANIZATION MEMBER
Provide this information for each member of the Arbitration Organization on a separate sheet.
On the matrix below, indicate the number of QS/PQS units and/or IFQ/IPQ pounds held by each member of
the Arbitration Organization in each of the Crab QS Fisheries. (attach extra page if necessary)
EAG
WAG
BBR
BSS
EBT
PIK
SMB
WAI
WBT
CVO QS
Units
CVO IFQ
Pounds
CPO QS
Units
CPO IFQ
Pounds
CVC QS
Units
CVC IFQ
Pounds
CPC QS
Units
CPC IFQ
Pounds
PQS
Units
IPQ
Pounds

BLOCK F -- OWNERSHIP INTEREST OF THE ARBITRATION ORGANIZATION MEMBER
1. Is the Arbitration Organization member a publicly held corporation?

[ ] YES

[ ] NO

2. Is the Arbitration Organization member a non-individual?

[ ] YES

[ ] NO

[ ] YES

[ ] NO

[ ] YES

[ ] NO

If YES, is this entity still active?
3. Is the Arbitration Organization member an estate that has been probated?
If YES, on what date was probate finalized:

4. If an Arbitration Organization member holds ownership interest in separate or additional corporation,
partnership, or other entity, indicate name of entity and the percentage interest that the member holds
in that entity. (attach extra page if necessary)
Name of Entity

Percent (%) of Interest Held

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Instructions for
Annual Crab Arbitration Organization Report
Arbitration Organizations must be formed to select and contract a Market Analyst, Formula Arbitrator, Contract
Arbitrator(s), and establish the Arbitration System, including the payment of costs of arbitration for each crab
QS fishery. All holders of CVO QS, PQS, Arbitration IFQ, Class A IFQ affiliated with a PQS or IPQ holder,
and IPQ must join and maintain a membership in an Arbitration Organization per 50 CFR 680.20.
The CR Program crab fisheries are:
BBR -- Bristol Bay red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus)
BSS -- Bering Sea Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio)
EAG -- Eastern Aleutian Islands golden king crab (Lithodes aequispinus)
EBT -- Eastern Bering Sea Tanner crab (Chionoecetes bairdi)
PIK -- Pribilof red king and blue king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus and P. platypus)
SMB -- St. Matthew blue king crab (Paralithodes platypus)
WAG -- Western Aleutian Islands golden king crab (Lithodes aequispinus)
WAI -- Western Aleutian Islands red king crab (Paralithodes
camtschaticus) WBT -- Western Bering Sea Tanner crab (Chionoecetes
bairdi)
Submittal Deadlines
The Arbitration Organization for each crab fishery must notify NMFS annually of the persons selected as the
Market Analyst, Formula Arbitrator, and Contract Arbitrator(s) for each crab fishery with QS/PQS members
by June 1.
An Arbitration Organization, with members who are QS or PQS holders, must submit a complete Annual
Arbitration Organization Report to NMFS by May 1 for the crab fishing year beginning on July 1 of that year.
An Arbitration Organization, with members who are IFQ or IPQ holders, must submit a complete Annual
Arbitration Organization Report to NMFS by not later than 15 days after the issuance of IFQ and IPQ for
that crab QS fishery.
Upon completion, the report must be submitted as follows:
By mail to:

Regional Administrator, NMFS
P.O. Box 21668
Juneau, AK 99802

By courier to:

NMFS
Room 713
709 West 9th Street
Juneau, AK 99801

By fax to:

907-586-7465

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COMPLETING THE REPORT
BLOCK A -- TYPE OF ARBITRATION ORGANIZATION
Indicate the type of Arbitration Organization for this report.
BLOCK B -- CRAB QS FISHERIES TO WHICH THIS ANNUAL ARBITRATION REPORT APPLIES
Check individual fisheries or check ALL fisheries, if applicable.
BLOCK C -- ARBITRATION ORGANIZATION INFORMATION
1. Enter Arbitration Organization name.
2. Enter name of primary contact.
3. Enter primary contact permanent business mailing address, including number, street or P.O. box, city, state,
and zip code.
4-6. Enter primary contact business telephone number, business fax number, and business e-mail address.
7. Enter names and titles of Key Management Personnel (including, but not limited to, the Board of Directors,
officers, representatives, and any managers). (Attach extra page if necessary.)
8. Enter name of secondary contact.
9.

Enter secondary contact permanent business mailing address, including number, street or P.O. box, city,
state, and zip code.

10–12. Enter secondary contact business telephone number, business fax number, and business e-mail address
BLOCK D – ATTACHMENTS
(Annual Report is not complete without the listed attachments)
Check box to indicate that a copy of the document is attached
BLOCK E – AMOUNT OF QS / IFQ OR PQS / IPQ HELD BY EACH ARBITRATION ORGANIZATION
MEMBER
Identify the members of the Arbitration Organization and the amount of Arbitration QS and Arbitration IFQ, NonArbitration QS and Non-Arbitration IFQ, or PQS and IPQ held by each member and represented by that Arbitration
Organization in each of the Crab QS Fisheries. (Attach extra page if necessary.)
BLOCK F -- OWNERSHIP INTEREST OF THE ARBITRATION ORGANIZATION MEMBER
1. Indicate whether the Arbitration Organization member is a publicly held corporation.
2. Indicate whether the Arbitration Organization member is a non-individual.
If YES, indicate if this entity is still active.
3. Indicate whether the Arbitration Organization member is an estate that has been probated.
If YES, provide the date the probate was finalized.
4. If an Arbitration Organization member holds QS, PQS, IFQ, or IPQ ownership interest in separate or
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additional corporation, partnership, or other entity, indicate name of entity and the percentage interest that
the member holds in that entity. (Attach extra page if necessary.)

PUBLIC REPORTING BURDEN STATEMENT
Public reporting burden for this collection of information is estimated to average 6
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 estimate or any other aspect of this
collection of information, to Assistant Regional Administrator, Sustainable
Fisheries Division, NMFS, Alaska Region, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 998021668.
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 680, under section 402(a) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act (16 U.S.C. 1801, et
seq.), and under 16 U.S.C. 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.

PRIVACY ACT STATEMENT
Authority: The collection of this information is authorized under the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, 16 U.S.C 1801 et seq.
Purpose: In order to manage the king and Tanner crab fisheries in the Bering
Sea/Aleutian Islands (BSAI) management area, NOAA requires that harvesters and
processors abide by an arbitration system established to stabilize prices and
negotiations during the crab harvest season. The arbitration system is necessary to
reduce contention in price negotiations. The information collected is necessary to
verify the membership of the arbitration organizations.
Routine Uses: The Department will use this information to maintain the arbitration
system. Disclosure of this information is permitted under the Privacy Act of 1974 (5
U.S.C. Section 552a), to be shared within NMFS offices, in order to coordinate
monitoring and management of sustainability of fisheries and protected resources, as
well as with the applicable State or Regional Marine Fisheries Commissions and
International Organizations. Disclosure of this information is also subject to all of the
published routine uses as identified in the Privacy Act System of Records Notice
COMMERCE/NOAA-19, Permits and Registrations for the United States Federally
Regulated Fisheries.
Disclosure: Furnishing this information is required to retain the benefits of the
Arbitration Organization, which was implemented with the BSAI Crab
Rationalization program.

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