Fishing & Seafood Permits

This permit is required by anyone using troll or handline gear to fish for pelagic species in the EEZ around the Pacific Remote Island Areas (Palmyra Atoll, Kingman Reef, Jarvis Island, Baker Island, Howland Island, Johnston Atoll, and Wake Island). Th

Online Renewal: Yes (via the Southeast Fisheries Permit System) Moratorium: No Logbook Requirements: Yes, this permit requires logbooks.  Click vessel reporting status. Transferrable: No. All open access permits are non-transferrable

Information about the Rock Shrimp Commercial Fishing Permit in the South Atlantic EEZ (Limited Access) from the Southeast Region Permit Office.

Permit Categories Category 1: Commercial (Moratorium) Vessel that fishes for, catches, possesses, transports, lands, sells, or trades scup. In 2017, 598 Category 1 scup permits were issued. The number of permits in the confirmation of permit

Information about the Shark Directed Commercial Fishing Permit (Limited Access) from the Southeast Region Permit Office.

Information about the Shark Incidental Commercial Fishing Permit (Limited Access) from the Southeast Region Permit Office.

Information about the Smoothhound Shark Commercial Fishing Permit (Open Access) from the Southeast Region Permit Office.

Information about the South Atlantic 225lb Trip Limit Snapper-Grouper (Excluding Wreckfish) Commercial Fishing Permit (Limited Access) from the Southeast Region Permit Office.

Information about the South Atlantic Golden Crab Commercial Fishing Permit (Limited Access) from the Southeast Region Permit Office.

Information about the South Atlantic Golden Tilefish Endorsement Commercial Fishing Permit (Limited Access) from the Southeast Region Permit Office.