New Permit

USCG Documented Vessels Only*

INSTRUCTIONS: Find the permits and indicate what transaction(s) you want.:

OPEN ACCESS COMMERCIAL PERMITS

OPEN ACCESS CHARTER/HEADBOAT PERMITS

SPINY LOBSTER INCOME QUALIFICATION AFFIDAVIT

An Income Qualification Affidavit is required with each application: "50CFR622.400 An applicant must provide the following information: (vi) A sworn statement by the applicant for a vessel permit certifying that at least 10 percent of his or her earned income was derived from commercial fishing, that is, sale of the catch, during the calendar year preceding the application." Knowlingly supplying false information or willfully overvaluing any fishing income for the purpose of obtaining a permit is a violation of Federal Law punishable by a fine and/or imprisonment. The affidavit below fulfills this requirement to obtain a Spiny Lobster Permit

For Lobster Tailing Permit Applications Only

LIMITED ACCESS COMMERCIAL PERMITS

LIMITED ACCESS CHARTER/HEADBOAT PERMITS

Section 5b: Joint Owner: Complete this section if there is another business shown on the USCG Documentation, State Registration or Title as the registered joint owner of the vessel.

Section 6b: Business Lessee: Complete this section if a business is leasing the vessel from the vessel owner. If a business is leasing the vessel, officer and owner information for the business must be provided in section 7.

Complete this section for any business that owns more than 1% of any business within the ownership hierarchy of vessel owners or lessees listed in section 5a, 5b, or 6b. For every business, the sum of ownership, by either individuals or other businesses, must total 100%.

Complete this section for any individual that owns more than 1% of any business within the ownership hierarchy of vessel owners or lessees, as listed in section 5a, 5b, 6b, or 7. For every business, the sum of ownership, by either individuals or other businesses, must total 100%.

Example: If a vessel’s USCG documentation indicates that the vessel is owned by Company A,provide information about all owners and officers of Company A. If Company A is also owned in whole or part by Company B, complete section 8 to provide information about all individual owners and officers of Company A and Company B.

Complete Section 9 if a business listed in Section 5a, 5b, 6b, or 7 has owners that individually own less than 1% of the business. Provide the total percentage of ownership which is individually held by owners who own less than 1%.

Only complete this section for:
1) Gulf of Mexico Charter/Headboat permits with a Historical Captain endorsement, or
2) Commercial Spiny Lobster permit for which the income qualification requirement has been met the fishing income of a Designated Operator. A Designated Operator is a vessel operator who is neither a vessel owner nor lessee listed in Section 4a, 4b, 6a, nor an officer of a business that owns or leases the vessel as listed in 7a.

Complete this section only if you fish with pots in the snapper-grouper fishery or traps in the golden crab fishery off the southern Atlantic states.
• The Sea Bass pot fishery requires tags be ordered through NMFS. Trap Tags for the golden crab fishery do not need to be ordered through NMFS.
• Complete this section to order pot or trap tags ($2.00 per tag). Floy Tag Inc. will ship all Floy Tag orders to you directly; NMFS will not send tags with the permit package.

South Atlantic Sea Bass Pot/Golden Crab Trap Information - You are allowed a MAXIMUM of 35 Sea Bass Pots

All applicants must complete this section.

● For vessels that are leased, complete this section for business(es), including sole proprietorship(s),or organization(s) that lease the vessel.

● For vessels that are not leased, complete this section for business(es), including sole proprietorship(s), or organization(s) that own the vessel (i.e., the business(es), including sole proprietorship(s), or organization(s) that appear on the vessel’s USCG documentation or state registration)