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LOBBYING REPORT

Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 (Section 5) - All Filers Are Required to Complete This Page

1. Registrant Name Organization/Lobbying Firm Self Employed Individual
DTB Associates LLP

2. Address

Address1
1101 15th Street, NW
 Address2
​Suite 202
City
Washington
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DC
 Zip Code
20005
 Country
USA

3. Principal place of business (if different than line 2)

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4a. Contact Name b. Telephone Number c. E-mail
​Mr.
​Carlos Mateo Paz-Soldan
​2026842509
​cpaz-soldan@dtbassociates.com
5. Senate ID#
​65293-354
7. Client Name Self Check if client is a state or local government or instrumentality
​Golden Harvest Alaska Seafood LLC
6. House ID#
​355870015
TYPE OF REPORT 8. Year
​2019
 Q1 (1/1 - 3/31) Q2 (4/1 - 6/30) Q3 (7/1 - 9/30) Q4 (10/1 - 12/31)

9. Check if this filing amends a previously filed version of this report

10. Check if this is a Termination Report Termination Date
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11. No Lobbying Issue Activity
INCOME OR EXPENSES - YOU MUST complete either Line 12 or Line 13
12. Lobbying 13. Organizations
INCOME relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period was: EXPENSE relating to lobbying activities for this reporting period were:
Less than $5,000
Less than $5,000
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Provide a good faith estimate, rounded to the nearest $10,000, of all lobbying related income for the client (including all payments to the registrant by any other entity for lobbying activities on behalf of the client). 14. REPORTING Check box to indicate expense accounting method. See instructions for description of options.
Method A. Reporting amounts using LDA definitions only

Method B. Reporting amounts under section 6033(b)(8) of the Internal Revenue Code

Method C. Reporting amounts under section 162(e) of the Internal Revenue Code

Signature
Digitally Signed By: Carlos Mateo Paz-Soldan
 Date
8/8/2019 5:54:46 PM

LOBBYING ACTIVITY. Select as many codes as necessary to reflect the general issue areas in which the registrant engaged in lobbying on behalf of the client during the reporting period. Using a separate page for each code, provide information as requested. Add additional page(s) as needed.

15. General issue area code MAR

16. Specific lobbying issues

Work with congressional offices to include language in S. 2297, the Coast Guard Reauthorization Act of 2019, to implement the National Marine Fisheries Service's Amendment 113, known as the Adak cod-set aside and regional delivery requirement.

Discuss implementation of a temporary Emergency Rule under Section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act by the Department of Commerce implementing Amendment 113 or portion thereof.

17. House(s) of Congress and Federal agencies Check if None

U.S. SENATE, U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)

18. Name of each individual who acted as a lobbyist in this issue area

First Name Last Name Suffix Covered Official Position (if applicable) New
Carlos Mateo
Paz-Soldan
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19. Interest of each foreign entity in the specific issues listed on line 16 above Check if None

​Golden Harvest Alaska Seafoods is owned in part (44.25%) by Golden Empire Seafood a US based LLC, and various investors/shareholders that are Canadian and US citizens and one Chinese citizen. The owners of Golden Harvest Alaska Seafood, as well as the City of Adak, Alaska; the Aleut Corporation; Aleut Enterprises; and the Adak Community Development Corporation, all US interests, are interested in implementation of NMFS's Amendment 113 which will ensure delivery of 5000 metric tons of pacific cod to the Golden Harvest fish processing plant for export to domestic and foreign markets, generating needed employment, business, and tax revenues for a remote, fisheries dependent, Alaskan community.

Information Update Page - Complete ONLY where registration information has changed.

20. Client new address

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21. Client new principal place of business (if different than line 20)

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22. New General description of client’s business or activities

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LOBBYIST UPDATE

23. Name of each previously reported individual who is no longer expected to act as a lobbyist for the client

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ISSUE UPDATE

24. General lobbying issue that no longer pertains

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AFFILIATED ORGANIZATIONS

25. Add the following affiliated organization(s)

Internet Address:

Name Address Principal Place of Business
(city and state or country)
Street Address
City State/Province Zip Country
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State Country

26. Name of each previously reported organization that is no longer affiliated with the registrant or client

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FOREIGN ENTITIES

27. Add the following foreign entities:

Name Address Principal place of business
(city and state or country) 		Amount of contribution for lobbying activities Ownership percentage in client
Street Address
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28. Name of each previously reported foreign entity that no longer owns, or controls, or is affiliated with the registrant, client or affiliated organization

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CONVICTIONS DISCLOSURE

29. Have any of the lobbyists listed on this report been convicted in a Federal or State Court of an offense involving bribery, extortion, embezzlement, an illegal kickback, tax evasion, fraud, a conflict of interest, making a false statement, perjury, or money laundering?

Lobbyist Name Description of Offense(s)