Greater Atlantic Exempted Fishing Permit Program Inventory
This page provides an inventory of research permit applications that are under review or have been issued by the Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office.
Our office processes a suite of permits and acknowledgments in support of regional fishery science programs:
- EFP: Exempted Fishing Permit
- LOA: Letter of Acknowledgement
- EEAA: Exempted Educational Activity Authorization
- TPP: Temporary possession letter of authorization
- SRP: Scientific Research Permit
RSA LOAuth: Scallop research set-aside letter of authorization
For more information on these permits and acknowledgments, visit our EFP Program page.
| TYPE | Applicant/PI | DESCRIPTION | STATUS | ID |
| EFP | Atlantic Capes Fisheries | SCOQ Mixing Amendment Protocols Study | In Review | DA26-060 |
| LOA | University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth | Demersal Trawl Survey of Revolution and Sunrise Wind Development Areas | In Review | DA26-058 |
| EFP | Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries, et. al. | Seasonal Weekly Aggregate Limit Program for the Northeast Region Spiny Dogfish Fishery | In Review | DA26-057 |
| LOA | Coonamessett Farm Foundation | (26-SCA-24) Seasonal Survey of Scallop Fishery on Eastern Portion of Georges Bank | In Review | DA26-056 |
| LOA | Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation | South Fork Wind Farm Ventless Fish Pot Monitoring Survey | Active | DA26-055 |
| EFP | Maine Department of Marine Resources | Testing Dynamic Management in Maine Lobster Fishery for NARW Aggregations near Jeffrey's Ledge | In Review | DA26-054 |
| LOA | Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary | Understanding behavior and foraging ecology of predators | Active | DA26-053 |
| LOA | Mystic Aquarium & University of Connecticut | Research of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument | Active | DA26-052 |
| RSA LOAuth | Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation | (25-SCA-17) Research Fleet | In Review | DA26-051 |
| EFP | Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation | Filling Gaps and Expanding Opportunities in the Tilefish Fishery through Fishermen Collected Data | In Review | DA26-050 |
| RSA LOAuth | Virginia Institute of Marine Science | (25-SCA-01) Scallop Abundance and Distribution for Mid-Atlantic Bight, Nantucket Lightship, Closed Area II, and Southern Flank | Active | DA26-049 |
| EFP | Scallop Shack Farms | Tilefish GenCat | In Review | DA26-046 |
| LOA | University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth | Vineyard Wind Trawl Survey | Active | DA26-044 |
| EFP | Coonamessett Farm Foundation | Compensation fishing in the GSC HMA to support Benthic Habitat Survey | Active | DA26-043 |
| RSA LOAuth | Coonamessett Farm Foundation | (24-SCA-02) Optical Assessment of Georges Bank | Active | DA26-042 |
| RSA LOAuth | Coonamessett Farm Foundation | (25-SCA-16) Offshore Wind Impacts | Active | DA26-041 |
| LOA | Coonamessett Farm Foundation | Benthic Habitat Survey in the Davis Bank East Exemption Area, GSC HMA | Active | DA26-040 |
| EEAA | Shoals Marine Laboratory | Shoals Marine Laboratory Academic Programs | Active | DA26-039 |
| EFP | Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation | Lobster and Jonah crab Research Fleet | Active | DA26-038 |
| EFP | Coonamessett Farm Foundation | Advancing the Use of Electronic Monitoring in the scallop fishery (MA, NJ, NC) | In Review | DA26-037 |
| LOA | University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth | Post-construction drop camera survey of Vineyard Wind 1 lease and surrounding areas | Active | DA26-036 |
| RSA LOAuth | Maine Department of Marine Resources | (24-SCA-05) Dredge-based scallop assessment in Northern Gulf of Maine | Active | DA26-035 |
| LOA | Maine Department of Marine Resources | (24-SCA-05) Dredge-based scallop assessment in Northern Gulf of Maine | Active | DA26-034 |
| LOA | Stonybrook University | New York Bight Offshore Monitoring | Active | DA26-033 |
| LOA | University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth | (25-SCA-02) Drop camera survey of the sea scallop resource across Georges Bank | Active | DA26-032 |
| LOA | University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth | (25-SCA-03) Optical and biological sampling of the sea scallop resource in the Gulf of Maine | Active | DA26-031 |
| LOA | University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth | Vineyard Wind 1 Ventless Trap and Neuston Net Survey | Active | DA26-030 |
| EFP | Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries | Genomic population structure of Atlantic herring in US waters to inform sustainable fishery management | Active | DA26-029 |
| LOA | University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth | Gulf of Maine Cod Video Trawl Survey | Active | DA26-028 |
| LOA | New England Aquarium | Recreational Fleet Biological Sampling Program (RecBio): Leveraging the for-hire fleet to fill biological data gaps for Atlantic cod in southern New England | Active | DA26-026 |
| LOA | University of New Hampshire | New Hampshire & Maine Cod Biodiversity | Active | DA26-025 |
| LOA | Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife | Structure-Oriented Fish Assessment Program | Active | DA26-024 |
| EFP | Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation | From Discards to Resource: Bait Skate Utilization in the LAGC Scallop Fishery | Active | DA26-023 |
| EFP | Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation | Increasing Trip Limits to Promote Full Utilization of the Skate Wing Fishery Quota | Active | DA26-022 |
| EFP | Gulf of Maine Research Institute | Jigging in Gulf of Maine Groundfish Closure Area | Active | DA26-021 |
| EFP | Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute | Genomic population structure of American lobster in U.S. waters for stock delineation | Active | DA26-018 |
| EFP | Cornell Cooperative Extension | Addressing Monkfish Management Needs by Establishing a Standardized Catch per Unit Effort (CPUE) Index | Active | DA26-017 |
| EFP | Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen's Alliance | Incorporating Fishermen's Knowledge into Standardized CPUE Index for Commercial Monkfish Gillnet Fishery | Active | DA26-016 |
| EFP | Northeast Seafood Coalition & Massachusetts Department of Marine Fisheries | Cod Transition Plan | Active | DA26-015 |
| LOA | Virginia Institute of Marine Science | (25-SCA-01) Assessment of Scallop Abundance & Distribution for MAB, NLS, CAII & SF | Active | DA26-014 |
| EFP | Massachusetts Department of Marine Fisheries | Random Stratified Coastwide Ventless Lobster Trap Survey | Active | DA26-013 |
| LOA | Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation | South Fork and Revolution Wind Farm Ventless Trap Survey | Active | DA26-012 |
| EFP | University of Rhode Island | Piloting the use of a kite panel on a scallop dredge twine top to reduce bycatch of flatfish and juvenile scallops | Active | DA26-011 |
| LOA | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute | (24-SCA-11) Disentangling Recruitment and Growth Dynamics of the Atlantic Sea Scallop, Placopecten magellanicus | Active | DA26-010 |
| LOA | Virginia Institute of Marine Science | Development of a sampling framework for a commercially important benthic infauna with the use of a novel survey dredge | Completed | DA26-009 |
| SRP | Northeast Fisheries Science Center | NEFSC 2026 Core Surveys | Active | DA26-008 |
| LOA | Virginia Institute of Marine Science | NEAMAP Nearshore Trawl Survey Mid-Atlantic/Southern New England | Active | DA26-007 |
| SRP | Northeast Fisheries Science Center | NEFSC Gulf of Maine Bottom Longline Survey | Completed | DA26-006 |
| RSA LOAuth | University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth | Assessing the Temperature Tolerance of Atlantic Sea Scallop Early Life Stages | Active | DA26-005 |
| RSA LOAuth | University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth | Optical and biological sampling of the sea scallop resource in the Gulf of Maine | Active | DA26-004 |
| RSA LOAuth | University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth | Drop camera survey of the sea scallop resource across Georges Bank | Active | DA26-003 |
| LOA | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute | LTER: Scales of Variability in Ecosystem Dynamics and Production on the Changing Northeast U.S. Shelf (NES II) | Active | DA26-002 |
| LOA | University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth | Connectivity and Dispersal of Black Sea Bass within Southern New England | Active | DA26-001 |
| EFP | Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen's Alliance | Use of alternative cage sizes and tag protocols to support a high-quality, niche market for Atlantic Surfclam (Spisula solidissima) and Ocean Quahogs (Artica islandica) harvested by day-boat vessels on Cape Cod. | Active | DA25-056 |
| LOA | Virginia Institute of Marine Science | Developing a regional industry-based bottom trawl survey (RIBTS) | Active | DA25-054 |
| LOA | Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation | South Fork Wind Farm Beam Trawl Monitoring Survey | Active | DA25-053 |
| EFP | Maine Department of Marine Resources | Maine lobster fishery-dependent offshore ventless and commercial trap research program | Active | DA25-052 |
| EFP | Northeast Fisheries Science Center | Development and Trials of On-Demand Fishing Systems in Fixed Gear Fisheries | Active | DA25-051 |
| RSA LOAuth | Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation | (25-SCA-17) Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation Research Fleet | Active | DA25-050 |
| LOA | Virginia Institute of Marine Science | Fishery Characterization and Monitoring for Whelk at the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Development Site | Completed | DA25-049 |
| EFP | Massachusetts Department of Marine Fisheries | Testing on-demand fishing technologies that help minimize the risk of large whale entanglements in lobster trap fishing gear in Massachusetts coastal waters | Completed | DA25-048 |
| LOA | New England Aquarium | Black sea bass & Tautog acoustic monitoring in the MA/RI Wind Energy Area | Active | DA25-047 |
| RSA LOAuth | Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation | (25-SCA-08) Refining dredge bag modifications to reduce small scallop and sand dollar catch | Active | DA25-046 |
| LOA | University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth | Trawl Survey for Orsted’s Revolution and Sunrise Wind Development Areas | Completed | DA25-044 |
| LOA | Maine Department of Marine Resources | Maine Research Array (MeRA) Bottom Trawl Survey | Active | DA25-043 |
| SRP | Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office | Northeast Deep Sea Coral Expedition | Completed | DA25-042 |
| LOA | Maine Department of Marine Resources | Maine New Hampshire Inshore Trawl Survey | Completed | DA25-041 |
| EEAA | Quinn Fisheries | Scallopalooza 2025 | Completed | DA25-040 |
| RSA LOAuth | Virginia Institute of Marine Science | (25-SCA-01) An Assessment of Sea Scallop Abundance and Distribution for the Mid-Atlantic Bight, Nantucket Lightship, Closed Area II, and Southern Flank | Active | DA25-039 |
| LOA | Cornell Cooperative Extension | South Fork Wind Trawl Survey | Completed | DA25-038 |
| LOA | University of Connecticut | Further Research of the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, with Public Education and Outreach | Completed | DA25-037 |
| EFP | Coonamessett Farm Foundation | Developing an oceanic squid fishery in the Northwest Atlantic | Completed | DA25-036 |
| LOA | Coonamessett Farm Foundation | (25-SCA-12) Seasonal Survey of the Scallop Fishery on the Eastern Portion of Georges Bank | Active | DA25-035 |
| EFP | Maine Center for Coastal Fisheries | Eastern Gulf of Maine Sentinel Survey | Completed | DA25-034 |
| EFP | Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation | Lobster & Jonah Crab Research Fleet | Completed | DA25-033 |
| LOA | Virginia Institute of Marine Science | (25-SCA-01) Assessment of Scallop Abundance & Distribution for MAB, NLS, CAII & SF | Completed | DA25-032 |
| LOA | Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation | South Fork Wind Farm Ventless Fish Pot Monitoring Survey | Completed | DA25-031 |
| TPP | Cornell Cooperative Extension | Examining the Effect of LEDs (light emitting diodes) in Pots of New York Crustacean Fisheries | Completed | DA25-030 |
| LOA | New England Aquarium | Recreational Fleet Biological Sampling Program (RecBio): Leveraging the for-hire fleet to fill biological data gaps for Atlantic cod in southern New England | Completed | DA25-029 |
| EEAA | University of New Hampshire | Shoals Marine Laboratory Academic Activities | Completed | DA25-028 |
| RSA LOAuth | Coonamessett Farm Foundation | (25-SCA-16) Assessing the recruitment dynamics and impacts of offshore wind development on larval Atlantic sea scallops with a novel 47-year dataset along the U.S. Northeast shelf | Active | DA25-027 |
| RSA LOAuth | Coonamessett Farm Foundation | (25-SCA-12) Seasonal Survey of the Scallop Fishery on the Eastern Portion of Georges Bank | Active | DA25-026 |
| EFP | Coonamessett Farm Foundation | Investigation of baiting practices on catch and bycatch in gillnets and design of an effective outreach program to minimize seabird bycatch | Completed | DA25-025 |
| TPP | Cornell Cooperative Extension | Assessment of an Alternate Frequency Pinger to Mitigate Gray Seal Interaction in the Northeast Sink Gillnet Fishery | Completed | DA25-024 |
| EFP | New Hampshire Fish & Game | Testing an Early Benthic Phase Lobster Trap on Georges Bank | Completed | DA25-023 |
| LOA | University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth | (25-SCA-03) Optical and biological sampling of the sea scallop resource in the Gulf of Maine | Completed | DA25-022 |
| LOA | University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth | (25-SCA-02) 4-year drop camera survey of the sea scallop resource across Georges Bank | Completed | DA25-021 |
| EFP | Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation | Increasing Trip Limits to Promote Full Utilization of the Skate Wing Fishery Quota | Completed | DA25-020 |
| EFP | New England Marine Monitoring, Inc. | Piloting Galvanic Timed Release Systems to Reduce Entanglement Risks in the New England Lobster Fishery | Completed | DA25-019 |
| LOA | Delaware Division of Fish and Wildlife | Structure-oriented Fish Assessment Program | Completed | DA25-018 |
| EFP | Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute | Genomic population structure of American lobster in U.S. waters for stock delineation | Completed | DA25-017 |
| RSA LOAuth | University of Connecticut; Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation managing | (24-SCA-08) Combining ocean models and historical shell archives to quantify and project spatiotemporal changes in Atlantic Sea Scallop functional traits - 2025 Pounds | Completed | DA25-016 |
| RSA LOAuth | Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation | (24-SCA-07) Incorporating Limited Access vessels into the Scallop Research Fleet - 2025 Pounds | Completed | DA25-015 |
| RSA LOAuth | Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation | (24-SCA-06) Operationalizing ScallApp: A Tool to Engage the Fishing Industry in Tracking Scallop Health and Reproduction - 2025 Pounds | Completed | DA25-014 |
| LOA | University of New Hampshire | Marine Biodiversity Observation Network (MBON) via NOAA and ONR, as well as Margaret A. Davidson Fellowship (NOAA) | Completed | DA25-013 |
| LOA | Commercial Fisheries Research Foundation | 2025 Ventless Trap Survey Monitoring for Lobsters & Crabs in Lease OCS-A 0486 and Lease OCS-A 0517 | Completed | DA25-012 |
| RSA LOAuth | Coonamessett Farm Foundation | (24-SCA-02) CFF Optical Assessment GB - 2025 Pounds | Completed | DA25-011 |
| EFP | Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries | 2025 Ventless Trap Survey | Completed | DA25-010 |
| RSA LOAuth | Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute | (24-SCA-11) WHOI Disentangling Recruitment - 2025 Pounds | Completed | DA25-009 |
| RSA LOAuth | Maine Department of Marine Resources | (24-SCA-05) ME DMR NGOM Dredge - 2025 Pounds | Completed | DA25-008 |
| LOA | Maine Department of Marine Resources | (24-SCA-05) Dredge-Based Sea Scallop Assessment in the Northern Gulf of Maine - Year 2 | Completed | DA25-007 |
| EFP | Northeast Seafood Coalition & Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries | Exploration of Targeted Commercial Groundfish Sector Access to Inshore Cod Protection Closures to better optimize overall yield of other allocated groundfish stocks and provide cod spawning information for the New England Fishery Management Council’s Phase 2 of the Atlantic Cod Transition Plan. | Completed | DA25-006 |
| EFP | Maine Department of Marine Resources | Testing various acoustic on-demand, timed and spring release fishing technologies that help minimize the risk of large whale entanglements in trap/pot and gillnet fishing gear in the Gulf of Maine | Active | DA25-005 |
| LOA | Stony Brook University | New York Bight Offshore Monitoring | Completed | DA25-004 |
| EFP | Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries | Atlantic herring genomics study | Completed | DA25-003 |
| SRP | Northeast Fisheries Science Center | NEFSC 2025 Core Surveys | Completed | DA25-002 |
| SRP | Northeast Fisheries Science Center | NEFSC GOM Bottom Longline Survey | Completed | DA25-001 |
| EFP | Cornell Cooperative Extension | Addressing Monkfish Management Needs by Developing a Standardized Catch Per Unit Effort (CPUE) Index - Monkfish RSA 2024 DAS | Completed | DA24-085 |
| LOA | Virginia Institute of Marine Science | NEAMAP Southern New England/Mid-Atlantic Nearshore Trawl Survey | Completed | DA24-084 |
| LOA | Virginia Institute of Marine Science | Fishery Characterization and Monitoring for Black Sea Bass at the Coastal Virginia Offshore Wind Development Site | Completed | DA24-082 |
| LOA | University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth | Test Katchi Net System | Completed | DA24-081 |
| EFP | Rutgers University | SCOQ Mixing Amendment Protocols Study | Active | DA24-080 |