American Fisheries Act (AFA) Permit Program

Published by Alaska Regional Office | National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce | Metadata Last Checked: December 18, 2025 | Last Modified: 2025-11-12T21:36:12.000+00:00

Beginning January 1, 2000, all vessels and processors wishing to participate in the non-CDQ Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) pollock fishery are required to have valid American Fisheries Act (AFA) permits on board the vessel or at the processing plant. AFA permits are required even for vessels and processors specifically named in the AFA, and are required in addition to any other Federal or State permits. AFA permits also may limit the take of non-pollock groundfish, crab, and prohibited species as governed by AFA "sideboard" provisions.

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Permits (NMFS Information Category 5.5); American Fisheries Act; AFA; Bering Sea pollock Alaska; Bering Sea; North Pacific DOC/NOAA/NMFS/AKRO > Alaska Regional Office, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce AKRO Restricted Access Management (RAM) Program Metadata Portfolio

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describedByType	application/octet-steam
identifier	gov.noaa.nmfs.inport:10585
landingPage	https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inport/item/10585
language	[]
references	[ "https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/inportserve/waf/noaa/nmfs/akro/dmp/pdf/10585.pdf" ]
rights	otherRestrictions, restricted
temporal	2000-01-01T00:00:00+00:00/2000-01-01T00:00:00+00:00