CONTACT INFORMATION
Highly Migratory Species (HMS) Management Division
National Marine Fisheries Service
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Christopher Rogers, Chief
Headquarters Office
1315 East West Highway, NMFS/SF1
Silver Spring, Maryland 20910
Phone: (301) 713-2347
Fax: (301) 713-1917
Gloucester Office
One Blackburn Drive, NMFS/SF1
Gloucester, MA 01930
Phone: (978) 281-9260
Fax: (978) 281-9340
St. Petersburg Office
9721 Executive Center Drive N.
St. Petersburg, FL 33702
Phone: (727) 570-5447
Fax: (727) 570-5656
Information lines (recorded information only)
Atlantic Tunas Information Line: (888) 872-8862
HMS Information Line: (800) 894-5528
HMS Fishing and Dealers Permits
NMFS Southeast Regional Permit Office - for Atlantic Shark and Swordfish Vessel
and Dealer permits
Phone: (727) 570-5326
Fax: (727) 570-5583
9721 Executive Center Drive North
St. Petersburg, FL 33702
Webpage: http://caldera.sero.nmfs.gov/fishery/permits/permit.htm
Atlantic tunas and Atlantic HMS Charter/Headboat Vessel Permits - Automated
Permitting System
Phone: (888) 872-8862
Webpage: http://www.nmfspermits.com/
NMFS Northeast Regional Permit Office - for Atlantic Tunas Dealer Permits
Phone: (978) 281-9370
Fax: (978) 281-9366
One Blackburn Drive
Gloucester, MA O1930