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National fisheries association of the bahamas

Recent Legislative amendments 2020

Fisheries Act 2020 (pdf)

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Immigration Amendment Bill, 2020 (pdf)

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Legal Seasons

Nassau Grouper

Crawfish (Caribbean Spiny Lobster)

Nassau Grouper

Scientific Name: Epinephelus striatus

Opens: March 1 

Closes: December 1

Stone Crab

Crawfish (Caribbean Spiny Lobster)

Nassau Grouper

 Scientific Name: Menippe mercenaria

Opens: October 16 

Closes: June 1 

Crawfish (Caribbean Spiny Lobster)

Crawfish (Caribbean Spiny Lobster)

Crawfish (Caribbean Spiny Lobster)

  Scientific Name: Panulirus argus

Opens: August 1 

Closes: April 1  

Licenses & Permits

Commercial Fishing License

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Factory Vessel Licence

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Trapping Permit

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Compressor Permit

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Seafood Buying Station Licence

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Processing Plant Licence

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Seafood Export Licence

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Export Certification

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Vendor Permit to Sell Fishery Resource

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Aquaculture Permit (Fish Farming)

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Flat (Fly) Fishing Licence

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Sport Fishing Tournament Licence

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Fisheries Legislation

Fisheries Act 2020

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Fisheries Resources (Jurisdiction and Conservation) Act (Repealed)

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Fisheries Resources (Jurisdiction and Conservation) Regulations

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Agriculture and Fisheries Act

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Tariff (Commercial Fishing Goods)(Exemption) Order, 1999

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Food (Seafood Processing and Inspection) Regulations

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Flats Fishing Regulations

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Fisheries Law enforcement

Department of Marine Resources

+1  (242) 393-1777

Family Island Staff Directory 

Department Website

Royal Bahamas Defense Force

Contact  +1 242-362-1818 to report sightings of poachers or illegal activity at sea.

RBDF Website

Royal Bahamas Police Force

Contact +1 (242) 322-4444 to report illegal activity on land.

Police Website

Customs Duty Exemptions

Duty Free Application Commercial Fishing ( For Fishing Gear)

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Application for A Permit to Import A Commercial Fishing Vessel Duty Free

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Customs Duty Exemptions for The Bone Fishing Sector

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Customs Duty Exemptions for the Fish Farming Sector

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Misc. Fisheries Info

Export Duties (Royalties)

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Sport Fishing Permit

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Shark Permit

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Marine Stewardship Council Certification (MSC): The Bahamas Spiny Lobster Fishery

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Reports & Studies

Thompson (1977) - Results of the UNDP-FAO Bahamas Deep Water Fishery Survey 1972-1975 (pdf)

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Giudicelli (1978) - Bahamian Fisheries Development Mission Findings and Recommendations (pdf)

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CARICOM (2001) - Report of the Multidisciplinary Survey of The Fisheries of The Bahamas (pdf)

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Sealey (2011) - Assessment of IUU (Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated) Fishing in The Bahamian Spiny Lobster Fishery (pdf)

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FAO (2016) - Fisheries and Aquaculture in The Bahamas (pdf)

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FAO (2016) - Recreational fisheries economic impact assessment manual and its application in two study cases in the Caribbean Martinique and The Bahamas (pdf)

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Brown (2017) - Review of Queen Conch Sampling Efforts in The Commonwealth of The Bahamas (pdf)

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Gascoigne et al (2018) - Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) Final Report, The Bahamas Spiny Lobster Fishery (pdf)

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IDB Study (2018) - Analysis of Agricultural and Fisheries Policy in The Bahamas (pdf)

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Maillis (Unpublished 2018) - Bahamas Fisheries Legislation, Regulatory and Policy Recommendations Report For The Minister Of Agriculture and Marine Resources (pdf)

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Bonefish & Tarpon Trust - The 2018 Economic Impact of Flats Fishing in The Bahamas (pdf)

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Scientific & Peer-Reviewed Literature

Rubio-Cisneros et al (2019) - Poor fisheries data, many fishers, and increasing tourism development (pdf)

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Sherman et al (2018) - Contemporary and emerging fisheries in The Bahamas - Conservation and management challenges, achievements and future directions (pdf)

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Alan Stoner et al (2018) - Relationships between Fishing Pressure and Stock Structure in Queen Conch - Populations Synthesis of Long Term Surveys and Evidence for Overfishing in The Bahamas (pdf)

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Elliott (2018) - Trouble in the Caribbean - Responses to a Potential Chinese-Bahamian Bilateral Fishing Agreement (pdf)

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Stump et al (2017) Nassau grouper migration patterns during full moon suggest collapsed historic fish spawning aggregation and evidence of an undocumented aggregation (pdf)

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Hiddink et al (2017) - Global analysis of depletion and recovery of seabed biota after bottom trawling disturbance (pdf)

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Smith and Zeller (2016) - Unreported catch and tourist demand on local fisheries of small island states the case of The Bahamas, 1950–2010 (pdf)

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Cheung et al (2013) - Are the last remaining Nassau grouper (Epinephelus striatus) fisheries sustainable - Status quo in The Bahamas (pdf)

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Cushion et al (2008) - Reproductive classification and spawning seasonality of Epinephelus striatus (Nassau grouper), E. guttatus (red hind) and Mycteroperca venenosa (yellowfin grouper) from The Bahamas (pdf)

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Sealey (2006) - Fish–environment Associations in the Coastal Waters of Andros Island, The Bahamas (pdf)

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Smith and van Nierop (1986) - Abundance and potential yield of spiny lobster (Panulirus argus) on the Little and Great Bahama Banks (pdf)

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Boodhoo and Harnanan (1980) - The U.S.—Bahamian Lobster Dispute- International Legal Perspectives (pdf)

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Cushion and Sealey - Landings, effort and socio-economics of a small-scale commercial fishery in The Bahamas (pdf)

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Fisheries Export data

TOTAL EXPORTS 2015 (xlsx)

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TOTAL EXPORTS 2018 (xlsx)

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