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To help get started we have compiled our most used applications. Choose a Region below:

Alaska Region

Gulf of Alaska Rockfish Program Applications and Report Forms Alaska Federal Fisheries Permit and Federal Processor Permit Applications

Alaska IFQ Halibut Sablefish and CDQ Halibut Program Fishery Applications Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Crab Rationalization Applications

Alaska Sport Charter Halibut Applications and Reporting Forms American Fisheries Act AFA Pollock Applications and Forms

Alaska Scallop License Limitation Program Application Forms Alaska License Limitation Program Applications for Groundfish and Crab

Alaska Prohibited Species Donation Program Application Alaska Amendment 80 Efish

Alaska Chinook Salmon Bycatch Efish Alaska Community Quota Entity

Alaska Community Development Quota

Pacific Island Region

Western Pacific General Longline Permit Western Pacific Pelagic Squid Jig Permit

Western Pacific Precious Corals Permit Western Pacific Crustaceans Permit for Lobster or Deepwater Shrimp

Western and Central Pacific Commission Area Endorsement Northern Mariana Island Bottomfish Permit

Pacific Remote Island Areas Bottomfish Permit Pacific Remote Island Areas Pelagic Troll and Handline Permit

Special Coral Reef Ecosystem Fishing Permit and Transshipment Requirements Western Pacific Receiving Vessel Permit

Foreign EEZ Form Guam Large Vessel Bottomfish Permit

American Samoa Longline Limited Entry Permit Hawaii Longline Limited Entry Permit

Atlantic Region

Mid Atlantic New England

South Region

Caribbean Gulf of Mexico

West Coast Region

Groundfish Individual Fishing Quota Vessel Account Registration Groundfish Trawl Rationalization Ownership Interest

Groundfish Limited Entry Change of Ownership Vessel Registration Pacific Highly Migratory Species Permits

Groundfish Mothership Cooperative Permit Tuna Treaty Permit

Groundfish Observer Catch Monitor Provider Permit Coastal Pelagic Species Limited Entry Permit

Groundfish Sablefish Ownership Interest

USCG Documentation

Renewal of USCG Documentation Change of Address

Abstract of Title Initial Form

Transfer/Exchange Documentation Reinstatement of Documentation

Certified Copy of Documentation Replacement

Deletion From USCG Documentation Change of Vessel Name or Hailing Port

Change of Endorsement/Trade Indicator Satisfaction/Release of Mortgage/Lien

Preferred Ship Mortgage Notice of Claim Of Lien

Marad Small Vessel Waiver Foreign Vessel Title Search Request / Transcript of Registry