Fishing & Seafood Permits

The United States adopted the High Seas Fishing Compliance Act in 1994 to implement the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conservation and Management Measures by Fishing Vessels

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.

Information about the HMS Caribbean Commercial Small Boat Commercial Fishing Permit (Open Access) from the Southeast Region Permit Office.

The International Fisheries Trade Permit is required for the import, export, or re-export of fishery products subject to the NOAA Fisheries trade monitoring programs.

Information about the King Mackerel Commercial Fishing Permit (Limited Access) from the Southeast Region Permit Office.

Information about the Live Rock Aquaculture Commercial Fishing Permit (Open Access) from the Southeast Region Permit Office.

Permit categories for mackerel, squid, and butterfish

This permit is required for any person, including vessel owners, fishing non-commercially for bottomfish management unit species in the EEZ around the main Hawaiian Islands.

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.