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
Federal Register Notice
Fishery Bulletin
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
Federal Register Notice
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
Federal Register Notice
Permit, November 2018
Final Report, September 2020
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NOAA Teacher at Sea Maronda Hastie sailed aboard NOAA Ship Oregon II. Since 1995 the bottom longline survey has been conducted on the Oregon II for shark and bony fish research. Credit: NOAA Office of Marine and Aviation Operations
Oceanic whitetip shark. Hawaiʻi longline fishermen use leaders to connect weighed branch lines and baited hooks. A new rule prohibits steel wire leaders in the Hawaiʻi deep-set longline fishery, starting May 31, 2022. The rule aims to increase the survival of hooked oceanic whitetip sharks caught as bycatch in the Pacific Islands region. Credit: Andy Mann
Right whale #3853 swimming north offshore of South Carolina on Jan. 20, 2011 with a series of fresh propeller wounds running across its back. The whale was observed 5 days previously offshore of Georgia without propeller wounds. It is unknown whether the whale survived its wounds or not, as it has not been re-sighted since. Vessel collisions are a leading cause of right whale mortality. Credit: EcoHealth Alliance (NOAA permit #594-1759).
North Atlantic right whale Catalog #3560 ‘Snow Cone’ sighted December 2, 2021 entangled and with a new calf. Photo credit: Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission taken under NOAA permit 20556.