The NMFS Website is a link to NMFS's main website. NMFS is a part of NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration). While the NMFS Permit Shop focuses on permit-related issues, the NMFS Website contains information on the National Marine Fisheries Service as a whole. You should visit this site to learn more about NMFS and to find NMFS-related information which might not be available in the NMFS Permit Shop. Note that when you click on NMFS Website, you will be leaving the NMFS Permit Shop website. In order to return to the NMFS Permit Shop website, you will need to re-enter its URL (address). Make sure that you check out from your shopping cart before browsing out of the NMFS Permit Shop.

Some subjects covered by the NMFS Website are:

• Directory of NOAA Employees
• Fisheries Managed by the NMFS
• Related Legislation
• Regional Offices
• Links to other NOAA Sites (including the NMFS Permit Shop)