Fishing & Seafood Permits

Information about the Historical Captain Gulf Charter/Headboat for Coastal Migratory Pelagic Fish Permit from the Southeast Region Permit Office.

Information for the Historical Captain Gulf Charter/Headboat for Reef Fish For-Hire Fishing Permit (Limited Access) from the Southeast Region Permit Office.

Permit categories for mackerel, squid, and butterfish

Find information on permits required to fish in the Rose Atoll Monument, Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument, or Islands Unit of the Marianas Trench Marine National Monument.

Groundfish Categories There are two categories of Northeast groundfish: Those requiring regulated mesh: Cod, haddock, yellowtail flounder, pollock, redfish (ocean perch), winter flounder (blackback), American plaice (dab), witch flounder (grey sole)

Pacific Halibut Permits

Permit information for commercial fishing in the West Coast EEZ (California, Washington, Oregon) for Pacific tunas, swordfish, sharks, and billfish.

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 South Atlantic Charter/Headboat for Snapper-Grouper For-Hire Fishing Permit (Open Access) from the Southeast Region Permit Office.

Permit Categories Category 1: Commercial (Moratorium) Vessel that fishes for, catches, possesses, transports, lands, sells, or trades summer flounder. In 2017, 728 Category 1 summer flounder permits were issued. The number of permits in the confi