OMB control number

High Seas Fishing Permit Application, Logbook Reporting and Vessel Marking

OMB 0648-0304 · DOC/NOAA.

OMB 0648-0304

The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) seeks extension of a currently approved information collection affecting high seas fishing vessels. This information collection is necessary to comply with the High Seas Fishing Compliance Act (HSFCA), 16 U.S.C. 5501 et seq., which, among other things, requires U.S. vessels that operate on the high seas to possess a permit issued in accordance with Section 104 of the HSFCA and be marked for identification purposes. HSFCA also requires permit holders to report their fishing activities.

The latest form for High Seas Fishing Permit Application, Logbook Reporting and Vessel Marking expires 2028-04-30 and can be found here.

Latest Forms, Documents, and Supporting Material

Document Name
High Seas Fishing Permit Application Form and Instruction
Transshipment Notifications/Reports Form and Instruction
0648-0304 30-Day 90 FR 12302 2025-0317.pdf Supplementary Document
0648-0304 SUPPORTING STATEMENT Part A.docx Supporting Statement A
0648-0304 60-Day 89 FR 84880 2024-1024.pdf Supplementary Document
NOAA Administrative Order 216-100.pdf Supplementary Document
Debt Collection Improvement Act of 1996.pdf Supplementary Document
Public Law 104-134.pdf Supplementary Document
Section 515 of Public Law 106-554.pdf Supplementary Document
Antarctic Marine Living Resources Convention Act.pdf Supplementary Document
Endangered Species Act (ESA).pdf Supplementary Document
Marine Mammal Protection Act (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.; MMPA).pdf Supplementary Document
Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention Implementation Act.pdf Supplementary Document
Tuna Conventions Act of 1950.pdf Supplementary Document
50 CFR Part 300 Subpart R.pdf Supplementary Document
Agreement to Promote Compliance with International Conversation and Managment Measures by Fishing Vessels on the High Seas.pdf Supplementary Document
Compliance Agreement (Preamble).pdf Supplementary Document
High Seas Fishing Compliance Act (HSFCA).pdf Supplementary Document
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act - 2007 Blue Book.pdf Supplementary Document
High Seas Fishing Permit Application Form and Instruction
High Seas Fishing Vessel Observer Notification
EMTU Operations
Transshipment Notifications/Reports Form and Instruction
Request to Authorize a Fishery on the High Seas

All Historical Document Collections

202502-0648-005	Extension without change of a currently approved collection	2025-03-18
202205-0648-006 Comment filed on proposed rule and continue	Revision of a currently approved collection	2022-07-08
202111-0648-006 Approved with change	Extension without change of a currently approved collection	2021-12-03
201810-0648-009 Approved with change	Extension without change of a currently approved collection	2018-10-25
201510-0648-008 Approved without change	Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection	2015-10-16
201509-0648-003 Preapproved	Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection	2015-09-08
201509-0648-002 Comment filed on proposed rule	Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection	2015-09-08
201503-0648-012 Comment filed on proposed rule	Reinstatement with change of a previously approved collection	2015-04-13
201210-0648-003 Approved without change	No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	2012-10-15
201201-0648-004 Approved with change	Extension without change of a currently approved collection	2012-01-19
201102-0648-007 Approved without change	No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	2011-02-22
200911-0648-004 Approved with change	No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	2009-11-23
200806-0648-011 Approved without change	Extension without change of a currently approved collection	2008-06-20
200503-0648-018 Approved without change	Extension without change of a currently approved collection	2005-03-29
200201-0648-014 Approved without change	Extension without change of a currently approved collection	2002-01-10
199808-0648-014 Approved without change	Extension without change of a currently approved collection	1998-08-25
199607-0648-008 Approved without change	No material or nonsubstantive change to a currently approved collection	1996-07-20
199509-0648-006 Approved without change	New collection (Request for a new OMB Control Number)	1995-09-14

OMB Details

High Seas Fishing Permit Application

Federal Enterprise Architecture: Natural Resources - Conservation, Marine and Land Management

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High Seas Fishing Permit Application

fisheriespermits.noaa.gov/npspub/pub_cmn_login/index_live.jsp

Form and instruction

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