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South Atlantic Exempted Fishing Permits (EFP)

The following are exempted fishing permits that are currently applied for or have been issued for activities in the South Atlantic

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Activities that may affect a fishery, community, or fishing sector may be reviewed by the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council and be open for public comment. Those EFPs reviewed by the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council are listed below. 
 

  1. Trap and Device Testing to Harvest Lionfish

  2. North Carolina Aquarium 

  3. Black Sea Bass Pot Pilot Project 

  4. Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi - South Atlantic Speckled Hind

  5. Florida Atlantic University - Shark Depredation in For-Hire Fisheries

  6. Black Sea Bass Pot Experimental Retrieval Project

  7.  South Carolina Aquarium

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Last updated by Southeast Regional Office on 01/10/2022

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