South Atlantic Exempted Fishing Permits (EFP)
The following are exempted fishing permits that are currently applied for or have been issued for activities in the South Atlantic
Activities that may affect a fishery, community, or fishing sector may be reviewed by the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council and be open for public comment. Those EFPs reviewed by the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council are listed below.
Current EFPs
Aquarium
By Species
Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission - discard reduction of red snapper and other managed snapper grouper species
Sustainable Seas Technology - Black Sea Bass Pot Experimental Retrieval Project Revision
Sustainable Seas Technology - Black Sea Bass Pot Experimental Retrieval Project
Texas A&M University - South Atlantic Speckled Hind
Florida Atlantic University - Shark Depredation in For-Hire Fisheries
Expired EFPs
Trap and Device Testing to Harvest Lionfish
Marine Extension and Georgia Sea Grant - Black Sea Bass Pot Pilot Project
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