Highly Migratory Species Open Access Vessel Permits

This database identifies the universe of (permitted) vessels participating in open access commercial and recreational Atlantic highly migratory species (HMS) fisheries, including fisheries for bluefin tuna, swordfish, billfish, sharks, and BAYS (bigeye, albacore, yellowfin, and skipjack) tunas. Open access commercial vessel permits include permits to fish for BAYS and bluefin tuna and swordfish, and include charter/headboat permits. The data elements collected include identifying owner information, vessel description, vessel permit number, and home port.

Data and Resources

Field Value
accessLevel public
accrualPeriodicity R/P1D
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catalog_conformsTo https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
catalog_describedBy https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
identifier gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:22029
language {en-US}
modified 2015-07-30T13:44:39.253000-04:00
programCode {006:056}
publisher NMFS Office Of Sustainable Fisheries (Point of Contact)
resource-type Dataset
source_datajson_identifier true
source_hash 029be5defbfaca71e5f4325738c0019aebc1437c
source_schema_version 1.1
Groups
  • AmeriGEOSS
  • National Provider
  • North America
Tags
  • amerigeo
  • amerigeoss
  • atlantic-ocean
  • billfish
  • caribbean-sea
  • ckan
  • doc-noaa-nmfs-national-marine-fisheries-service
  • fishing-permits
  • geo
  • geoss
  • gulf-of-mexico
  • highly-migratory-species
  • highly-migratory-species-fishing-permits
  • national
  • noaa
  • north-america
  • sharks
  • swordfish
  • tuna
  • u-s-department-of-commerce
  • united-states
  • vessel-permits
isopen False
license_id notspecified
license_title License not specified
maintainer McHale, Bradley S
maintainer_email brad.mchale@noaa.gov
metadata_created 2025-11-22T22:01:06.917667
metadata_modified 2025-11-22T22:01:06.917671
notes This database identifies the universe of (permitted) vessels participating in open access commercial and recreational Atlantic highly migratory species (HMS) fisheries, including fisheries for bluefin tuna, swordfish, billfish, sharks, and BAYS (bigeye, albacore, yellowfin, and skipjack) tunas. Open access commercial vessel permits include permits to fish for BAYS and bluefin tuna and swordfish, and include charter/headboat permits. The data elements collected include identifying owner information, vessel description, vessel permit number, and home port.
num_resources 2
num_tags 22
title Highly Migratory Species Open Access Vessel Permits