Fishing & Seafood Permits

Groundfish Categories There are two categories of Northeast groundfish: Those requiring regulated mesh: Cod, haddock, yellowtail flounder, pollock, redfish (ocean perch), winter flounder (blackback), American plaice (dab), witch flounder (grey sole)

Permit information for the Northeast skate complex fishery.

Online Renewal: Yes (via the Southeast Fisheries Permit System) Moratorium: No Logbook Requirements: Yes, this permit requires logbooks.  Click vessel reporting status. Transferrable: No. All open access permits are non-transferrable

Permit Categories Category 1: Commercial (Moratorium) Vessel that fishes for, catches, possesses, transports, lands, sells, or trades scup. In 2017, 598 Category 1 scup permits were issued. The number of permits in the confirmation of permit

Information about the Shark Incidental Commercial Fishing Permit (Limited Access) from the Southeast Region Permit Office.

Information about the Smoothhound Shark Commercial Fishing Permit (Open Access) from the Southeast Region Permit Office.

Permit Category Category 1: Commercial Vessel that fishes for, catches, possesses, transports, lands, sells, or trades spiny dogfish. In 2017, 2,259 spiny dogfish Category 1 permits were issued. More Information Control Date:  May

Permit Categories Category 1: Commercial (Moratorium) Vessel that fishes for, catches, possesses, transports, lands, sells, or trades summer flounder. In 2017, 728 Category 1 summer flounder permits were issued. The number of permits in the confi

Permit information for commercial vessels fishing for whiting and small-mesh multispecies in an exemption program.