Crustaceans Requirements
NWHI Lobster Limited Entry Permit
This permit was required to fish for lobsters in the NWHI under the Fishery Management Plan for Crustacean Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region. It is a limited entry fishery with a maximum of fifteen permits. The fishery has been inactive since 1999, because NMFS has not issued an annual harvest guideline for the fishery starting in 2000. The newly established NWHI Marine National Monument closed lobster fishing in the monument area permanently, effective August 25, 2006 (Federal Register notice of final rule, 71 FR 51134).
Regulations governing this fishery can be found in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 50, Part 665, Subpart D (under the Magnuson-Stevens Act), and Title 50, Part 404 (NWHI Marine National Monument).
American Samoa, Guam, and Northern Mariana Islands Crustaceans Permit
This permit is required by an owner of a U.S. fishing vessel used to fish for lobster in the EEZ around American Samoa, Guam, and the EEZ seaward of 3 nautical miles of the shoreline of the Northern Mariana Islands (Permit Area 3).
Permit holders must submit a logbook to NMFS within 72 hours of landing.
Regulations governing this fishery can be found in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 50, Part 665, Subpart D.
An application form for the American Samoa, Guam, or Northern Mariana Islands crustaceans permit is available in fillable PDF format.
Pacific Remote Island Areas (PRIA) Crustaceans Permit
This permit is required by an owner of a U.S. fishing vessel used to fish for lobster in the EEZ around Johnston and Palmyra Atolls, Kingman Reef, and Jarvis, Baker, Howland and Wake Islands (Permit Area 4).
Permit holders must submit a logbook to NMFS within 30 days of landing.
Regulations governing this fishery can be found in the Code of Federal Regulations, Title 50, Part 665, Subpart D.
An application form for the PRIA crustaceans permit is available in fillable PDF format.
For more information, please contact the Pacific Islands Regional Office at (808) 944-2200 and ask for the Permits Program.
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