Caribbean Exempted Fishing Permits (EFPs)
The following are exempted fishing permits that are currently applied for or have been issued for activities in the Caribbean.
Activities that may affect a fishery, community, or fishing sector may be reviewed by the Caribbean Fishery Management Council (Council) and be open for public comment. Those EFPs reviewed by the Council are listed below.
Current EFPs
Deep-water Snapper Surveys off Puerto Rico, National Marine Fisheries Service’s Southeast Fisheries Science Center Panama City, Florida Laboratory
- EFP for NMFS staff or NMFS-contracted observers and commercial fishermen to deploy video cameras and collect deep-water reef fish species in waters of the U.S. exclusive economic zone off Puerto Rico.
Application, May 2021
Permit, August 2021
Expired EFPs
Deep-water Snapper Surveys off Puerto Rico, National Marine Fisheries Service’s Southeast Fisheries Science Center Panama City, Florida Laboratory
- EFP for NMFS staff or NMFS contracted commercial fishermen to collect certain deep-water snapper species in waters of the U.S. exclusive economic zone off Puerto Rico.
Application, April 2020
Permit, July 2020
Final Report, October 2021
Deep-water Snapper Surveys off Puerto Rico, National Marine Fisheries Service’s Southeast Fisheries Science Center Panama City, Florida Laboratory
- EFP for NMFS staff or NMFS contracted commercial fishermen to collect certain deep-water snapper species in waters of the U.S. exclusive economic zone off Puerto Rico.
Application, June 2018
Permit, November 2018
Final Report, September 2020
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