Fishing & Seafood Permits

A valid Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission Area Endorsement is required for any fishing vessel of the United States used for commercial fishing for highly migratory species on the high seas in the WCPFC Convention Area.

A permit is required by the owner of a U.S. fishing vessel used to fish for lobster or deepwater shrimp in the EEZ around American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, Northern Mariana Islands, and the Pacific Remote Islands Areas. The permit expires 1 year after.

Open access commercial fishing permit for Western Pacific pelagic longline fishing.

This permit is required by anyone using a vessel longer than 50 feet to fish for three species of pelagic squids with squid jig gear in the EEZs around American Samoa, Northern Mariana Islands, Guam, Hawaii, and the Pacific Remote Island Areas. The specie

This permit is required for anyone harvesting or landing black, bamboo, pink, red, or gold corals in the EEZ in the western Pacific. The permit expires one year from the date of issuance. Permit holders must submit a logbook to NOAA Fisheries within 72 ho

The receiving vessel permit is required for anyone receiving pelagic species transshipped, or off-loaded, from a permitted longline fishing vessel within the EEZ in the western Pacific and landing them in the region. For more information, see Code of