Lionfish Traps Exempted Fishing Permit Applications

Several individual applications for exempted fishing permits (EFPs) were received by NOAA Fisheries for trap testing to harvest lionfish. If granted, the EFPs would allow the applicants, with certain conditions, to target lionfish by trap within waters of the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic.

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Lionfish/Photo Courtesy Kelli O'Donnell

Exempted Fishing Permit Applications

• Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC)
  • FWC Application Download File
  • FWC EFP Amendment Application Download File
• Florida Keys Commercial Fishermen's Association (FKCFA)
  • FKCFA EFP Application (withdrawn) Download File
• Salty Bones Fisheries
  • Salty Bones EFP Application (withdrawn) Download File
• Proposed Reef Savers Lionfish Exempted Fishing Permit
  • Reef Savers EFP Application (withdrawn) Download File

• Reef Environmental Education Foundation (REEF)

  • REEF Application Download File

Permits

• EFP for FWC lionfish trap testing

Programmatic Environmental Assessment

• Testing Traps to Target Lionfish in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic, Including within the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary Programmatic Environmental Assessment

More Information

• Map: Northern portion of the PEA defined South Atlantic Region Download File 
• Map: Southern portion of the PEA defined South Atlantic Region, Florida Keys Region, and Eastern portion of the Gulf of Mexico Region Download File
• Map: Western portion of the PEA defined Gulf of Mexico Region Download File
• Return to the Gulf of Mexico Branch Homepage
• Return to the South Atlantic Branch Homepage
• Return to recent and current Gulf of Mexico Exempted Fishing Permits
• Return to recent and current South Atlantic Exempted Fishing Permits