Fishing & Seafood Permits

Commercial fishing permit in the American Samoa EEZ for pelagic longline fishing.

Information required for U.S. vessels used for commercial fishing for highly migratory species in the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Area in areas under the jurisdiction of any nation other than the United States.  Owners or oper

This permit is required for any large vessel (50 feet or longer in overall length) fishing for, landing, or transshipping bottomfish management unit species in the EEZ seaward of the Territory of Guam. The permit expires one year after the date of issuanc

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.

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.

This permit is required for any vessel commercially fishing for, landing, or transshipping bottomfish management unit species in the Exclusive Economic Zone around the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. The permit expires one year after the dat

This permit is required by anyone using bottomfish gear to fish for bottomfish management unit species in the EEZ around the Pacific Remote Island Areas.

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

The special coral reef ecosystem permit is required for anyone fishing for coral reef ecosystem management unit species in a low-use MPA, fishing for species on the list of Potentially Harvested Coral Reef Taxa, or using fishing gear not specifically allo