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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.
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.
Visit the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Recreational Tilefish Permitting and Reporting page to learn more.
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