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Subpermits are issued to persons who are not sufficiently experienced to qualify for a master permit or to qualified persons who assist or work in conjunction with master permittees. It is unnecessary to issue subpermits to persons assisting a bander while the bander is present or in the immediate vicinity. Subpermits are issued only to persons who will be assisting a bander's project when it is likely that the master permittee will be absent for extended periods. A subpermittee's permit expiration date cannot exceed the expiration date of the permit granted to the master permittee.
A subpermittee obtains all bands and banding supplies through the master permittee, and all records are submitted by and under the name and permit number of the master permittee, who is responsible for their promptness and quality. The name and address of the master permittee as well as the subpermittee are noted on the subpermit.
The U.S. Bird Banding Laboratory does not retain the names and addresses of subpermittees on its mailing list for printed MTABs. All permittees can subscribe to the electronic mailing list BBLMTAB to receive electronic copies of MTABs. To subscribe, click here.
The master permittee is required to transmit the subpermit, bands, and other information from the Banding Laboratory to the subpermittees. All correspondence for subpermittees will be issued to the master permittee, who will also receive notification of any encounters of birds banded by subpermittees.
Where practical, we encourage the issuance of subpermits to students whose research projects will be of relatively short duration and conducted under the guidance of faculty advisors who have master permits. A new bander serving an "apprenticeship" under an experienced bander is exposed to banding and the amount of paper work and record keeping involved.
A subpermittee must:
