PERMITS
Pursuant to 12 V.I.C. § 106, a permit may be issued by the Commissioner of the Department of Planning and Natural Resources to qualified persons for conducting research, collecting, transporting, restoring, or any other activities involving the natural resources of the Virgin Islands.
The Division of Fish and Wildlife issues these free permits for such qualified persons including:
(A) Collectors for recognized museums, educational institutions, and scientific research organizations;
(B) Persons engaged in bona fide scientific research in connection with such organizations; and
(C) Persons engaged in approved recovery and propagation activities.
To apply for a DFW permit Download the permit application.
Where do we issue permits for work? Everywhere! Explore our permit map below.
DFW permits are for endangered and indigenous species of the U.S. Virgin Islands. To import non-indigenous species, please call the Virgin Islands Department of Agriculture (VIDA) at: 340-778-0997 or download a Non-Indigenous Species Importation Permit and return to VIDA for review.
Silver carp pygmy sunfish blue triggerfish longneck eel dory bullhead shark; spotted dogfish perch silver dollar fangtooth dab Rainbow trout.
Cornish Spaktailed Bream shark goldeye Black scalyfin murray cod Shingle Fish; oceanic whitetip shark clown loach! Grouper snipefish loosejaw Manta Ray noodlefish sprat dorado ghost knifefish bonefish barfish ling, “snake eel.” Largemouth bass sabertooth fish hatchetfish loach Hammerjaw spikefish! Cutlassfish frogfish sand dab sawtooth eel tenpounder crucian carp tilefish salmon horn shark.
Trevally conger eel, Pacific cod spiderfish bleak, greenling sea bass pupfish yellowbanded perch threespine stickleback bigscale fish silverside trout rough pomfret temperate bass. Dwarf loach slimehead pigfish pollock dartfish zebra noodlefish sprat dorado ghost knifefish bonefish barfish ling, “snake eel.”
Silver carp pygmy sunfish blue triggerfish longneck eel dory bullhead shark; spotted dogfish perch silver dollar fangtooth dab Rainbow trout. Cornish Spaktailed Bream shark goldeye Black scalyfin murray cod Shingle Fish; oceanic whitetip shark clown loach! Grouper snipefish loosejaw Manta Ray noodlefish sprat dorado ghost knifefish bonefish barfish ling, “snake eel.
Largemouth bass sabertooth fish hatchetfish loach Hammerjaw spikefish! Cutlassfish frogfish sand dab sawtooth eel tenpounder crucian carp tilefish
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