Fishing & Seafood Permits

Information about the Gulf Charter/Headboat for Coastal Migratory Pelagic Fish For-Hire Fishing Permit (Limited Access) from the Southeast Region Permit Office.

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

Gulf of Alaska (GOA) Rockfish Program applications and forms for Inter-Cooperative Transfers of Rockfish via eFISH, Rockfish Fishing Cooperatives, Ex-vessel Volume and Value Reports, and Cost Recovery Fee Payment.

Information about the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic Dealer Fishing Permit (Open Access) from the Southeast Fisheries Region Permit Office.

Information about the Gulf of Mexico Commercial Reef Fish Commercial Fishing Permit (Limited Access) from the Southeast Region Permit Office.

Information about the Gulf of Mexico Shrimp Commercial Fishing Permit (Limited Access) from the Southeast Region Permit Office.

Information about the Gulf Royal Red Shrimp Endorsement Commercial Fishing Permit (Open Access) from the Southeast Region Permit Office.

A valid Hawaiʻi longline limited entry permit is required for anyone using longline gear to fish for pelagic species within the exclusive economic zone around Hawaiʻi or anyone landing or transshipping longline catch in Hawaiʻi or within the EEZ around Hawaiʻi.

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.