National Marine Fisheries Service - Pacific Islands Regional Office

NOAA/NMFS/Pacific Islands Regional Office

Current Pacific Islands Fishing Permits

The following table lists the number of current Federal permits by permit type and area. Click on the permit type links to download a summary table of permit holders and vessels in Excel format. This information will be updated periodically.

Permit Type	Number
Hawaii Longline Limited Entry	131 current (164 total)
American Samoa Longline Limited Entry	52 current (60 total)
Western Pacific General Longline	5
Western Pacific Receiving Vessel	3
Western Pacific Pelagic Squid Jig	0
NWHI Bottomfish Limited Entry - Mau Zone	3 current (4 total)
NWHI Bottomfish Limited Entry - Ho‘omalu Zone	3 current (4 total)
Guam Bottomfish Large Vessel	1
CNMI Bottomfish	0
Main Hawaiian Islands Non-commercial Bottomfish	86
NWHI Lobster Limited Entry	15 total
MHI Lobster	3
WP (AS, GU, NMI) Lobster	3
WP Deepwater Shrimp	0
Pacific Remote Island Areas Pelagic Troll & Handline	13
PRIA Bottomfish	2
PRIA Lobster	5
Western Pacific Precious Corals	2
Coral Reef Ecosystems (special permit)	0

Last update: October 16, 2009