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In keeping with our commitment to public service, NOAA Fisheries is now offering users of our products the ease and convenience of web access for many of our permits and forms. This web page provides electronic versions of many NOAA Fisheries forms, listed for each geographic area by both OMB number and NOAA form name. You may search for keywords in the forms title, and OMB number, or scroll down by area.

Please note that the forms are in one of several different formats. Some are web-based applications in which the form information is entered directly into a database application. Adobe Acrobat format (.pdf) forms may be filled in using the Adobe Acrobat Reader that can be downloaded for free ( Download Adobe Acrobat Reader) The previous link is an external site. and faxed and/or mailed to NOAA Fisheries at the address specified on the forms or the related instructions. WordPerfect (.wpd) and Microsoft Word files (.doc) can be filled in online and faxed, mailed and/or emailed to the specified address.

NOAA Fisheries has endeavored to post all forms that are practicable for filling in online. Some forms that are not suitable for filling in online, such as catch logbooks, which are multipart forms that must be carried onboard fishing vessels, are not posted.

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National
* 0648-0012 Fisheries Finance Program Requirements
Fisheries Finance Program Loan Application (.pdf)  

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* 0648-0018 Processed Product Family of Forms
Application for Fishery Products U.S. Processors, Annual (.Java) Instructions

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* 0648-0041 Capital Construction Fund, Deposit and Withdrawal Report
Capital Construction Fund Program Deposit and Withdrawal Report (.pdf) Instructions

E-mail Contact

* 0648-0075 Foreign Fishing Reporting Requirements
Daily Fishing Log (.pdf) Instructions

E-mail Contact

Daily Joint Venture Log Section One - EFFORT (.pdf) Instructions
Daily Joint Venture Log Section two - CATCH (.pdf) Instructions
Daily Joint Venture Log Section three - PRODUCTION (.pdf) Instructions
Daily Consolidated Log (.pdf) Instructions
Weekly Catch Report (.pdf) Instructions
Weekly Joint Venture Receipts Report (.pdf) Instructions
Weekly Marine Mammal Report (.pdf) Instructions
General Instructions for Foreign Fishing Application and Form (.pdf)
* 0648-0084 Scientific Research, Public Display, and Enhancement Permits under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, the Fur Seal Act and the Endangered Species Act
Instructions for Submitting a “Letter of Intent” under the General Authorization for Scientific Research National Marine Fisheries Service (.doc)  

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Application for Commercial or Educational Photography Permit (.doc)  
Application Instructions and Supplemental Information for Permits Under The Marine Mammal Protection Act – Fur Seal Act for Public Display (.doc)  
Application Instructions and Supplemental Information for Permits Under The Marine Mammal Protection Act- Endangered Species Act – Fur Seal Act for Scientific Research or Enhancement (.doc)  
* 0648-0151 Applications and Reporting Requirements for Small Take of Marine Mammals by Specified Activities Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act
Applications Instructions for MMPA Small Take Authorization or Letter of Authorization (.doc)  

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* 0648-0178 Marine Mammal Stranding Report/Marine Mammal Rehabilitation Disposition Report
Marine Mammal Stranding Report/Marine Mammal Rehabilitation Disposition Report (.pdf)  
* 0648-0192 Statement of Financial Interests
Statement of Financial Interest (.pdf)  

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* 0648-0194 Antarctic Marine Living Marine Resources Conservation and Management Measures
Dissostichus Re-Export Document (.pdf)  
Application for Permit to Harvest and/or Transship Antarctic Marine Living Resources (AMLR) (.pdf)  
Dealer Permit to import and /or Re-Export Antarctic Marine Living Resources Species (.pdf) Instructions
Application for Pre-Approval of Catch Documents of Toothfish (.pdf) Instructions
Antarctic Marine Living Resources Ticket Application (.pdf)  
* 0648-0216 Billfish Certificate of Eligibility
Certificate of Eligibility for Billfish (.pdf)  

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* 0648-0228 U.S. Fishermen Fishing in Russian Waters
Vessel Permit Abstract Report (.pdf)  

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* 0648-0230 Permits for Incidental Taking of Endangered or Threatened Species
Incidental Take of Listed Species (.pdf)  
Incidental Take Permit Program for Sea Turtles (.pdf)  

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* 0648-0239 Bluefin Tuna Dealer Reporting Package
Bi-weekly Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Dealer Report (.pdf)  
Dealer Report Form for Large, Medium and Giant Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (.pdf)  

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* 0648-0292 Reporting Requirements for Commericial Fisheries under Section 118 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act
Marine Mammal Authorization Program Mortality/Injury Reporting form and instructions (.pdf)  
* 0648-0293 Application for Commercial Fisheries Exemption under Section 188 of the Marine Mammal Protection Act
Marine Mammal Authorization Program Registration form (.pdf) Instructions
* 0648-0304 High Seas Fishing Permit Application Information
Vessel Application For High Seas Fishing (.pdf)  

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* 0648-0311 Report of Whaling Operations
Report of Whaling Operations Reporting (.doc)  

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* 0648-0314 Designation of Fishery Management Council Members and Application for Reinstatement of State Authority
Certification of Status (.pdf)  

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Categories of Personal Fisheries Experience- Caribbean Fishery Management Council (CFMC) (.pdf)  
Categories of Personal Fisheries Experience- Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council (GMFMC) (.pdf)  
Categories of Personal Fisheries Experience-Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC) (.pdf)  
Categories of Personal Fisheries Experience- New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC) (.pdf)  
Categories of Personal Fisheries Experience- North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) (.pdf)  
Categories of Personal Fisheries Experience- Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) (.pdf)  
Categories of Personal Fisheries Experience- Pacific Fishery Management Council (Tribal Nominees) (.pdf)  
Categories of Personal Fisheries Experience- South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) (.pdf)  
Categories of Personal Fisheries Experience- Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (WPFMC) (.pdf)  
* 0648-0323 Highly Migratory Species Tournament Reporting
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Tournament Registration (.pdf)  
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Atlantic BillfishTournament Summary Report (.pdf)  

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* 0648-0327 Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Vessel Permits
Atlantic Tunas and Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Permit Application(.pdf)  Instructions
* 0648-0328 Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Mandatory Catch Reporting
Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Mandatory Catch Report (.asp)  

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* 0648-0329 Foreign Fishing Vessels Operating in Internal Waters
Internal Waters Receipts Report (.pdf)  

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* 0648-0338 Recovery and Implantation of Archival Tags
  635.33 Archival Tags Instructions 1 (.pdf)
  635.33 Archival Tags Instructions 2 (.pdf)

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* 0648-0349 High Seas Fishing Vessel Reporting Requirements
High Seas Troll/Pole and Line Log (.pdf) Instructions (.pdf)

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High Seas Pelagic Longline Gillnet Log (.pdf) Instructions (.pdf)
High Seas Trapsetter Log (.pdf) Instructions (.pdf)
High Seas Trawl Log (.pdf) Instructions (.pdf)
High Seas Mothership Log (.pdf) Instructions (.pdf)
High Seas Purse Seine Log (.pdf) Instructions (.pdf)
High Seas Fishing Log (.pdf) Instructions (.pdf)
* 0648-0363 Swordfish Import Certificate of Eligibility
Swordfish Certificate of Eligibility (.pdf)  

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* 0648-0372 Vessel Monitoring System for Atlantic Highly Migratory Species
Vessel Monitoring System for Atlantic Highly Migratory Species (.pdf)  

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* 0648-0374 Highly Migratory Species Observer Notification Requirements
Highly Migratory Species Observer Notification Requirements (.pdf)  

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* 0648-0392 Monitoring of Fish Trap Fishing in the Gulf of Mexico
Report of Lost or Stolen Fish and Shellfish Traps (.pdf)  
* 0648-0402 Application Instruction for a Permit for Scientific Purposes or to Enhance the Propagation or Survival of Threatened or Endangered Species
Scientific research/enhancement (.doc)  

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* 0648-0471 Highly Migratory Species Scientific Research Permits, Exempted Fishing Permits, and Letters of Authorization
Highly Migratory Species EFP, SRP and Display Permit ANNUAL Report (.pdf)  

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Highly Migratory Species EFP, SRP and Display Permit INTERIM Report (.pdf)  

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* 0648-0472 NOAA Community-based Restoration Program Progress Reports
NOAA Restoration Center Community-based Restoration Program (CRP) (.doc)  

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* 0648-0479 Estuary Restoration Act Database Projects
NOAA National Estuaries Restoration Inventory - Inventory Fields (.pdf)  

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* 0648-0483 Vessel Monitoring System for Atlantic Shark Fisheries
Vessel Monitoring System Certification Statement for the Highly Migratory Species Shark Fisheries (.pdf)  

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Alaska
* 0648-0206 Alaska Region Permit Family of Forms
Exempted Fisheries Permits Instructions Instructions (.htm)
Federal Fisheries Permit (FFP) Permit Application (.pdf)  
Federal Processor Permit (FPP) Permit Application (.pdf)  
* 0648-0213






Alaska Region Logbook Family of Forms
Alaska Groundfish Processor Daily Production Report (.pdf) Instructions (.pdf)
Buying Station Report (.pdf) Instructions (.pdf)
Check-in/Check-out Form Report mothership or catch processor (.pdf) Instructions (.pdf)
Check-in/Check-out Report, Shoreside processor (.pdf) Instructions (.pdf)
Electronic Weekly Production Report for motherships or catcher/processors Instructions (.pdf)
Product Transfer Report (.pdf) Instructions (.pdf)
U.S. Vessel Activity Report (.pdf) Instructions (.pdf)
Weekly Production Report mothership or catcher/processor (.pdf) Instructions (.pdf)
Weekly Production Report shoreside /processor (.pdf) Instructions (.pdf)
* 0648-0269 Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program
CDQ Catch Report and Instructions (.pdf)  
CDQ Delivery Report and Instructions (.pdf)  
MS CDQ Allocation or Quota Transfer Request (.pdf)  
* 0648-0272 Individual Fishing Quotas for Pacific Halibut and Sablefish in the Alaska Fisheries
Quota Share Holder: Identification of Ownership Interest  
Application for IFQ/CDQ Landing Card (.pdf)  
IFQ/CDQ Manual Landings Report (.pdf)  
QS/IFQ Beneficiary Designation Form (.pdf)  
Application for Transfer of QS/IFQ (.pdf)  
Application for Transfer of QS/IFQ by Self Sweep-Up (.pdf)  
Application for Eligibility To Receive QS/IFQ (.pdf)  
Registered Buyer Permit Application (.pdf)  
Online IFQ/CDQ Landings Report (.po)  
Application for Replacement of certificates, permits, or cards (.pdf)  
Request for Transaction Terminal (.pdf)  
* 0648-0316 Prohibited Species Donation Program
Prohibited Species Donation Program Instructions (.htm)
* 0648-0330 At-Sea Scale Certification Program
Online Scale Inspection Request Form (.htm)  
Observer Sampling Station Inspection Request Form (.pdf)  
Record of Daily Scale Tests (.xlt)  
* 0648-0334 License Limitation Application and Transfer Forms
Application for Scallop License (.pdf)  
Application for Transfer of Scallop License (.pdf)  
Application for Transfer, LLP Groundfish/Crab License (.pdf)  
Application for Replacement of certificates, permits or cards (.pdf)  
* 0648-0393 American Fisheries Act: Vessel and Processor Permits
AFA Catcher Vessel Permit (.pdf) Instructions (.pdf)
AFA Inshore Cooperative Permit (.pdf) Instructions (.pdf)
AFA Inshore Processor Permit (.pdf) Instructions (.pdf)
AFA Mothership Processor Permit (.pdf) Instructions (.pdf)
AFA Replacement Vessel Permit (.pdf) Instructions (.pdf)
* 0648-0398 Alaska Individual Fishing Quota Cost Recovery Program Requirements
IFQ Fee System  
Registered Buyer Ex-Vessel volume and Value Report and Instructions (.pdf)  
* 0648-0401 American Fisheries Act Record keeping and Reporting
AFA Inshore Vessel Non-member Contract Fishing Application Instructions (.pdf)
Electronic Reporting System Shoreside Logbook User's Guide Instructions (.pdf)
* 0648-0428 Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR)
Commercial Operator's Annual Report (COAR) Instructions (.pdf)
* 0648-0445 NMFS Alaska Region Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) Program
VMS Check-In Report (.pdf)  
* 0648-0460 Subsistence Halibut Program
Individual Rural or Tribal Subsistence Halibut Registration Certificate (SHARC) Application and Instructions (.pdf)  
Online Halibut Subsistence Registration Certificate (SHARC) Application (.po)  
Tribal Subsistence Halibut Registration Certificate (SHARC) Application and Instructions (.pdf)  
Northeast
* 0648-0202 Northeast Region Federal Permit Family of Forms
2002 Lobster Trap Tag Order Form and instructions (.pdf)  
Initial Vessel Operator Permit Application (.pdf)  
Initial Vessel Permit Application (.pdf)  
Initial Dealer Permit Application (.pdf)  
Vessel Replacement, Upgrade and Confirmation of Permit History Application (.pdf)  
Limited Access GILLNET Vessels (.pdf)  
Vessel Monitoring System Power Down Exemption Request (.pdf)  
Gillnet Tag Form Instructions (.pdf)
* 0648-0229 Northeast Region Dealer Purchases Family of Forms
Southern Species Version (.pdf)  
Northern Species Version (.pdf)  
* 0648-0238 Surf Clam/Ocean Quahog Transfer Log
Request for Surf Clam & Ocean Quahog Tag Transfer Form (.pdf)  
* 0648-0239 Bluefin Tuna Dealer Reporting Package
Bi-weekly Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Dealer Report (.pdf) Instructions (.pdf)
Bi-weekly Pacific Bluefin Tuna Dealer Report(.pdf) Instructions (.pdf)
* 0648-0450 American Lobster Requirements for Historical Participation in Areas 3, 4, 5

American Lobster Trap Fishery Historical Participation Eligibility Program Lobster Conservation Management Areas 3, 4, and 5 (.pdf)

 
* 0648-0475 Northeast Multi-species Days-at-Sea Leasing Program

Application To Indefinitely Transfer Northeast(NE) Multispecies Days_At_Sea (DAS) (.pdf)

 

Application To Lease NE Multispecies Days_At_Sea (DAS) (.pdf)

 
Northwest
* 0648-0203 Northwest Region Federal Fisheries Permits
Change of Vessel Registration or Permit Ownership/Holdership Application West Coast Groundfish Limited Entry Permit (.pdf)  
* 0648-0399 Scientific Research Approvals to Take Salmonids Under ESA Section 4(d).
Limits on Application of Take Prohibitions  
Pacific Islands
* 0648-0204 Southwest Region Permit Family of Forms
Coastal Pelagics Fishing permit Application (.pdf)  
Federal Fisheries Application Form/Northwestern Hawaiian Island Bottomfish Fishery Limited Access Permit(.pdf)  
* 0648-0214 Southwest Region Logbook Family of Forms
Western Pacific Lobster Daily Precious Coral Harvesting Log (.pdf)  
Precious Coral Sales Report (.pdf)  
NMFS Transship Log Report For Pelagic management Unit Species Western Pacific Region (.pdf)  
* 0648-0218 South Pacific Tuna Act
Treaty on Fisheries Between the Governments of Certain Pacific Island States and the Government of the United States of America License Application Form (.pdf) Instructions (.pdf)
Southeast
* 0648-0013 Southeast Region Dealer and Interview Family of Forms
Dealer Reporting for Highly Migratory Species Form (.pdf) Instructions (.pdf)
Red Snapper Quota Monitoring Form (.pdf) Instructions (.pdf)
Weekly Vessel Report for Runaround Gillnet Caught King Mackerel Form (.pdf)  
Dealer Report of King Mackerel Landings From Runaround Gillnet Fishing Form (.pdf) Instructions (.pdf)
Monthly Dealer Reporting for Quota Monitoring Form (.pdf) Instructions (.pdf)
Monthly Dealer Report of King and Spanish Mackeral Landings Form (.pdf) Instructions (.pdf)
Weekly Dealer Report of Spanish Mackerel Landings Form (.pdf)  
* 0648-0016 Southeast Region Logbook Family of Forms
2003 Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Trip Summary Form(.pdf) Instructions (.pdf)
2003 Logbook Trip Report w/ Expense Form-Green(.pdf) Instructions (.pdf)
2003 Logbook Trip Report Form-Red (.pdf) Instructions (.pdf)
2003 Highly Migratory Species Logbook Set Form (.pdf) Instructions (.pdf)
2002- 2003 Supplemental Discard Report Form (.pdf) Instructions (.pdf)
* 0648-0175 Marine Fisheries Initiative (MARFIN)
MARFIN Project Budget (.pdf) Instructions (.pdf)
MARFIN Project Summary (.pdf) Instructions (.pdf)
* 0648-0205 Southeast Region Federal Fisheries Family of Forms
Federal Permit Application for Annual Dealers Form and Instructions (.pdf)  
Federal Permit Application for Vessels Fishing in the Exclusive Economic Zone for Golden Crab (EEZ) for Golden Crab Form and instructions (.pdf)  
Federal Permit Application for Vessels Fishing in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) Form and instructions (.pdf)  
Federal Permit Application for South Atlantic Rock Shrimp Operator's License (.pdf)  
Federal Permit/Certificate Application to Fish in Columbian Treaty Waters Form and Instructions (.pdf)  
Federal Permit Application Vessels Fishing for Wreckfish Off the South Atlantic States Form and Instructions (.pdf)  
Federal Permit Application to Harvest Aquacultured Live Rock in the EEZ(pdf)  
Federal Permit Application for Vessels Fishing in the EEZ for Gulf of Mexico Shrimp (.pdf)  
Southwest
* 0648-0020 Pacific Billfish Angler Survey
Pacific-Indian Ocean International Billfish Angling Survey (.pdf) Instructions (.pdf)
* 0648-0148 Pacific Tuna Fisheries
Seiner Fishing Record and Bridge Log (.pdf)  
Fisheries Certificate of Origin form and instructions(.pdf)  

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