EIN 91-1621700

United Catcher Boats

IRS 501(c) type
501(c)(5)
Num. employees
5
Year formed
1993
Most recent tax filings
2022-12-01
Description
United Catcher Boats fosters and promotes the interest of owners and operators of commercial fishing vessels who harvest fish in the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands and off the Pacific Coast. They advocate for fishery policy positions and present them before groups such as the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, the Pacific Fishery Management Council, and the Alaska Board of Fisheries.
Total revenues
$1,091,838
2022
Total expenses
$1,057,334
2022
Total assets
$522,907
2022
Num. employees
5
2022

Program areas at United Catcher Boats

1. We advocate fishery policy positions of the association. This includes presenting the association's positions before groups such as the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, the Pacific Fishery Management Council, the Alaska Board of Fisheries, the Alaska State Legislature and the US Congress. This entails developing policy positions supported by the association, writing position papers and comments on government proposed actions affecting the management of fisheries important to United Catcher Boat members, including the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska groundfish and crab fisheries.2. We participate in a wide variety of industry/government meetings which affect the management of the fisheries in which United Catcher Boat members participate. This includes attending six to ten lengthy meetings per year. Usually the Executive Director and the Technical Advisor and a few active Board of Directors attend these public meetings. Most meetings occur within the State of Alaska. The association typically will present written and oral testimony during the public hearing portion of these meetings.3. We participate in the development of federal and state legislation that affects the management of the fisheries in which United Catcher Boat members participate. This includes working with key legislative members and staff, reviewing draft committee bills, presenting written comments and oral public testimony to various legislative committees. One key piece of legislation is the reauthorization of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act, (occurs every three years), before the US Congress. This activity is conducted primarily by the association's Executive Director and a few more active Board of Directors. Association positions on legislation occurs at the monthly Board of Directors meetings and at the annual membership meeting.4. We provide association members with information on various fisheries throughout the year as the fisheries are conducted. This information originates from primarily the National Marine Fisheries Service. The association obtains fishery statistics from the government and distributes this information, as well as an analysis of this information, to its members. Generally, this information includes the amount of fish taken in a fishery, where the fishery occurs, and the rates of by catch (undesirable species) of various participants. This is public information and the association assists the government in presenting such information to the fleet. The medium for conveying this information includes weekly catch reports, newsletters, faxes and individual phone calls to members. This also includes forecasting fishery closures for members of the association.5. We provide government fisheries managers with information about the association members' vessels. Federal fisheries managers need information in-season to help determine closures of fisheries. This includes catching power, effort and number of vessels per fishery. The association works closely with fisheries managers to assist in the healthy management of the fisheries. This is primarily the work of the Executive Director.6. We assist in government research of fisheries of concern to the association members. This includes review of government research proposals, apprising association members of possible grants and charter opportunities, conducting research, writing and presenting papers at government sponsored workshops and symposiums.7. We provide oversight and support in the administration of annual cooperative fishing agreements our members enter into with each other and other Bering Sea pollock catcher vessel owners. With Congressional passage of the American Fisheries Act in 1998, owners of the 112 vessels that fish for pollock in the Bering Sea can enter into nine fishing cooperatives in order to rationally harvest annual pollock allocations. We assist in the management of the coops' harvest by monitoring each coops' harvest throughout the seasons, track transfers of coop members vessel's allocations among the catcher vessels, and assist in managing the coop's plans for management of bycatch harvests of salmon.8. In 2022 we continued our work to examine the feasibility of electronic monitoring systems for compliance on pollock mid-water trawl catcher vessels delivering to shoreside processing facilities in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska. The project is evaluating electronic monitoring for improved data quality and consistency, detection and quantification of groundfish discard events, costs of collection and review of fisheries data. The work was funded with a grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation.

Grants made by United Catcher Boats

GranteeGrant descriptionAmount
University of Washington FoundationGlobal Fish Database$15,000

Who funds United Catcher Boats

Grants from foundations and other nonprofits
GrantmakerDescriptionAmount
National Fish and Wildlife FoundationHabitat Monitoring$814,576

Personnel at United Catcher Boats

NameTitleCompensation
Brent PaineExecutive Director$229,770
John GruverIntercoop Manager$198,991
Ruth ChristiansenScientific Advisor$127,049
Anne VanderhoevenSecretary$0
Hunter BernsVice President$0
...and 3 more key personnel

Financials for United Catcher Boats

RevenuesFYE 12/2022
Total grants, contributions, etc.$0
Program services$1,091,769
Investment income and dividends$69
Tax-exempt bond proceeds$0
Royalty revenue$0
Net rental income$0
Net gain from sale of non-inventory assets$0
Net income from fundraising events$0
Net income from gaming activities$0
Net income from sales of inventory$0
Miscellaneous revenues$0
Total revenues$1,091,838

Form 990s for United Catcher Boats

Fiscal year endingDate received by IRSFormPDF link
2022-122023-11-13990View PDF
2021-122022-11-08990View PDF
2020-122021-11-11990View PDF
2018-122020-01-22990View PDF
2017-122019-02-21990View PDF
...and 8 more Form 990s
Data update history
January 23, 2024
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2022
November 25, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2021
August 19, 2023
Received grants
Identified 1 new grant, including a grant for $134,403 from National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)
June 14, 2023
Posted financials
Added Form 990 for fiscal year 2020
May 30, 2023
Updated personnel
Identified 16 new personnel
Nonprofit Types
Amateur sports clubsSports organizationsBusiness and community development organizations
Issues
Human servicesSportsBusiness and industry
Characteristics
MembershipsPolitical advocacy
General information
Address
4005 - 20th Ave W 116
Seattle, WA 98199
Metro area
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
County
King County, WA
Website URL
ucba.org/ 
Phone
(206) 282-2599
IRS details
EIN
91-1621700
Fiscal year end
December
Taxreturn type
Form 990
Year formed
1993
Eligible to receive tax-deductible contributions (Pub 78)
No
Categorization
NTEE code, primary
N67: Swimming, Water Recreation
NAICS code, primary
813910: Trade Associations
Parent/child status
Independent
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