Contact the Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Management Division

NOAA Fisheries
Highly Migratory Species Management Division
Margo Schulze-Haugen, Chief
(301) 427-8503

Headquarters Office

Phone: (301) 427-8503

Fax: (301) 713-1917

Address: 
1315 East-West Highway
NMFS/SF1 
Silver Spring, MD 
20910 

Topics:

- Commercial Swordfish
- Sharks
- Exempted fishing permits
- Atlantic HMS News List
- Pelagic and bottom longline
- Protected Species
- Shark and Swordfish LAPs

Gloucester, MA Office

Phone: (978) 281-9260

Fax: (978) 281-9340

Address: 
55 Great Republic Drive
NMFS/SF1 
Gloucester, MA 
01930-2298

Topics:

- Atlantic tunas 
- Atlantic tunas dealer reporting 
- Bluefin tuna Catch Document Program
- Charter/Headboat operations 
- International Trade Permit

St. Petersburg, FL Office

Phone: (727) 824-5399

Fax: (727) 824-5398

Address: 
263 13th Avenue South
NMFS/SF1
St. Petersburg, FL 
33701

Topics:

- Billfishes
- Swordfish 
- Tournament Registration 
- Billfish Certificate of Eligibility
- Pelagic Longline