Recreational Tilefish Permitting and Reporting from the Greater Atlantic Region
Reminder: If you own or operate a private recreational vessel and target blueline or golden tilefish from Virginia northward, you must have a GARFO issued private recreational tilefish permit and submit an electronic vessel trip report (eVTR) within 24 hours of completing a trip. These requirements extend to for-hire or commercial vessels when fishing in a private recreational capacity even if HMS species were also targeted.
https://apps-garfo.fisheries.noaa.go...ce=govdelivery
Recreational Tilefish Permit
If you don’t have a 2024 Private Recreational Tilefish Permit for your vessel, visit the NOAA Fisheries’ Fish Online website to apply for a permit.
Electronic Vessel Trip Reports (eVTR)
Trips on which Blueline or Golden Tilefish are targeted and in which no other species were caught may use the eFin Logbook application.
If you catch species other than Blueline or Golden Tilefish on a trip, you should use any of the other GARFO approved eVTR reporting applications.
Note: Trips for tilefish and HMS species can be submitted on one report for those using SAFIS eTRIPS.
Submit key information after each trip such as:
Number of anglers
Time spent fishing
Number of tilefish kept/discarded
Note for trips targeting tilefish and HMS species:
For private trips that include both tilefish and HMS, those should be reported separately with eFIN and HMS.
For those who also have a commercial or for-hire permit, SAFIS eTRIPS can be used to submit one report for all species on a private recreational eVTR.
Submit reports within 24 hours of returning from any trip on which tilefish were targeted, even if none were caught or kept.
https://www.harborlightsoftware.com/efin-logbook
Visit the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Recreational Tilefish Permitting and Reporting page to learn more.
https://www.mafmc.org/rec-tilefish-e...ce=govdelivery
Questions?
Media: Contact GARFO Public Affairs at
nmfs.gar.pa@noaa.gov
