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
Expired EFPs
Sampling Red Hind in Spawning Aggregations off St. Thomas and St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, University of South Carolina (pending)
- EFP for researchers and commercial fishermen to collect 60 red hind from each of the Hind Bank Marine Conservation District (south of St. Thomas) and Red Hind Spawning Aggregation Area (east of St. Croix) during the spawning season.
Application, August 2024
Permit, 2025
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
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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