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Information for Fishermen and Seafood Dealers
Fishermen, Navassa Island
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Snappers on ice
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- Apply for a permit
- Submit vessel report
- Submit dealer report
- Frequently
Asked Questions for Logbook Program
How to apply for a commercial fishing permit:
Apply online:
For the following fisheries, please call the NMFS Southeast Regional Office at 727-824-5326:
- Charter/headboat permits
- Coastal Migratory Pelagic
- Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish
- South Atlantic Snapper Grouper
- Commercial permits
- Spiny Lobster
- South Atlantic Rock Shrimp
- Spanish Mackerel
- King Mackerel
- Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish
- South Atlantic Snapper/Grouper (excluding Wreckfish)
- Swordfish
- Shark
Submit a vessel trip summary report (coastal or pelagic), which is required for fishermen with permits for:
- Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (swordfish/tunas)
- South Atlantic Snapper-Grouper
- Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish
- Shark
- King Mackerel
- Spanish Mackerel
- Atlantic Dolphin/Wahoo
Dealers may report here for those species.
Request Data
- Vessel owners may Request Catch History data [pdf]
More Information
- Quota Monitoring
- Reporting Activity
- Fisheries Logbook System
- Show all Logbooks Received (by Vessel ID)
- Missing Logbooks Needed for Permit Renewal or Transfer
- Fisheries Logbook System (FLS) Database Table Overview
- Commercial Fishing
- Recreational Fishing
- Accumulative Landings System (ALS)
- Cooperative Tagging program
- Fisheries Information System
- Gulf of Mexico Shrimp Statistics (GSS)
- Highly Migratory Species (HMS)
- Pelagic Observer Program (POP)
- Tip Interview Program (TIP)
- Vessel Operating Units (VOU)
How Do I...?
- Distinguish a white marlin from a spearfish
- How do I report a stranded/ beached whale, dolphin, or turtle?
- How do I report a lionfish sighting?
- Access SouthEast Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR)
- How do I report for my fishing/dealer permit requirements?
- How do I report a retrieved tag?
- How do I find current fishery closures?
- How do I adopt a billfish?
- How do I register my billfish tournament?
- How do I apply for a permit?
- Visit the SEFSC library
- How do I find NOAA staff?
- How do I apply for grant funding?
- How do I request permission to use a photo found on the website?
- How do I find It? Provide Website Feedback
