A VALID CA DFG SCIENTIFIC COLLECTING PERMIT IS REQUIRED FOR ALL COLLECTORS,
INCLUDING HOPKINS STUDENTS, FACULTY, OR VISITING INVESTIGATORS WORKING IN THE AREA FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE "HOPKINS MARINE LIFE REFUGE"!

Students on class field trips are covered by the scientific collecting permit of the instructor or leader, who must be present, must have the permit with him/her, and is responsible for notifying the DFG of the planned collecting trip. Students and laboratory technicians collecting for coursework or for a lab must have their own scientific collecting permit unless they are accompanied by a permit holder.

Notification should be faxed to the local DFG office at 648-2894 at least 24 hours before each collecting trip or series of collections. DFG notification form (pdf)

PERMIT APPLICATION/RENEWAL PROCESS; RECORDS OF SPECIMENS COLLECTED

Scientific collecting permit applications are available on the DFG website

Applications take about 12 weeks to process, and permits are valid for 2 years for "residents" (i.e. faculty and staff), 1 year for "students". Fill out the application to allow for possible changes in your collecting needs; otherwise, changes must be made by amendment.

Applications for permit renewal must be accompanied by a report of past collecting under the old permit. According to the instructions on the collecting permit, a report of specimens collected must be carried with the permit and updated after each collecting trip. The DFG web site has both PDF and Excel versions of the report form if you need to replace the one that comes with your permit:
Report of Specimens Collected excel

More Scientific Collecting Permit information from the CA DFG site.