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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: December 20, 2024.
Kelly Denit,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024–31018 Filed 12–20–24; 4:15 pm]
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Schedules for Atlantic Shark
Identification Workshops and
Protected Species Safe Handling,
Release, and Identification Workshops
National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public workshops.
AGENCY:
Atlantic Shark Identification
Workshops and Safe Handling, Release,
and Identification Workshops will be
held in January, February, and March of
2025. Certain fishermen and shark
dealers are required to attend a
workshop to meet regulatory
requirements and to maintain valid
permits. Specifically, the Atlantic Shark
Identification Workshop is mandatory
for all federally permitted Atlantic shark
dealers. The Safe Handling, Release, and
Identification Workshop is mandatory
for vessel owners and operators who use
bottom longline, pelagic longline, or
gillnet gear, and who have also been
issued shark or swordfish limited access
permits. Additional free workshops will
be conducted in 2025 and will be
announced in a future notice. In
addition, NMFS has implemented
online recertification workshops for
persons who have already taken an inperson training.
DATES: The Atlantic Shark Identification
Workshops will be held on January 16,
2025, February 13, 2025, and March 20,
2025. The Safe Handling, Release, and
Identification Workshops will be held
on January 7, 2025, February 4, 2025,
and March 6, 2025.
ADDRESSES: The Atlantic Shark
Identification Workshops will be held in
Kenner, LA, Fort Pierce, FL, and
Wilmington, NC. The Safe Handling,
Release, and Identification Workshops
will be held in Marathon, FL,
Portsmouth, NH, and Houston, TX.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elsa
Gutierrez by email at elsa.gutierrez@
noaa.gov or by phone at 301–427–8503.
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SUMMARY:
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Atlantic
highly migratory species (HMS)
fisheries (tunas, swordfish, sharks, and
billfish) are managed under the 2006
Consolidated HMS Fishery Management
Plan (FMP) and its amendments,
pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act; 16 U.S.C.
1801 et seq.) and consistent with the
Atlantic Tunas Convention Act (16
U.S.C. 971 et seq.). HMS implementing
regulations are at 50 CFR part 635.
Section 635.8 describes the
requirements for the Atlantic Shark
Identification Workshops and Safe
Handling, Release, and Identification
Workshops. The workshop schedules,
registration information, and a list of
frequently asked questions regarding the
Atlantic Shark Identification and Safe
Handling, Release, and Identification
workshops are available online at:
https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/atlantichighly-migratory-species/atlantic-sharkidentification-workshops and https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/atlantic-highlymigratory-species/safe-handling-releaseand-identification-workshops.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Atlantic Shark Identification
Workshops
Since January 1, 2008, Atlantic shark
dealers have been prohibited from
receiving, purchasing, trading, or
bartering for Atlantic sharks unless a
valid Atlantic Shark Identification
Workshop certificate is on the premises
of each business listed under the shark
dealer permit that first receives Atlantic
sharks (71 FR 58058, October 2, 2006).
Dealers who attend and successfully
complete a workshop are issued a
certificate for each place of business that
is permitted to receive sharks. These
certificate(s) are valid for 3 years. Thus,
certificates that were initially issued in
2022 will expire in 2025.
Currently, permitted dealers may send
a proxy to an Atlantic Shark
Identification Workshop. However, if a
dealer opts to send a proxy, the dealer
must designate a proxy for each place of
business covered by the dealer’s permit
that first receives Atlantic sharks. Only
one certificate will be issued to each
proxy. A proxy must be a person who
is currently employed by a place of
business covered by the dealer’s permit;
is a primary participant in the
identification, weighing, and/or first
receipt of fish as they are offloaded from
a vessel; and who fills out dealer
reports. Atlantic shark dealers are
prohibited from renewing a Federal
shark dealer permit unless a valid
Atlantic Shark Identification Workshop
certificate for each business location
that first receives Atlantic sharks has
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been submitted with the permit renewal
application. Additionally, a copy of a
valid dealer or proxy Atlantic Shark
Identification Workshop certificate must
be in any trucks or other conveyances
that are extensions of a dealer’s place of
business.
Workshop Dates, Times, and Locations
1. January 16, 2025, 12 p.m.–4 p.m.,
Home2 Suites Kenner Airport, 1112
Veterans Memorial Boulevard, Kenner,
LA 70062. 2. February 13, 2025, 12
p.m.–4 p.m., Hampton Inn & Suites Fort
Pierce, 1985 Reynolds Drive, Fort
Pierce, FL 34945. 3. March 20, 2025, 12
p.m.–4 p.m., Wingate by Wyndham
Wilmington, 5126 Market Street Bus 17,
Wilmington, NC 28405.
Registration
To register for a scheduled Atlantic
Shark Identification Workshop, please
contact Eric Sander at ericssharkguide@
yahoo.com or at 386–852–8588. Preregistration is highly recommended, but
not required.
Registration Materials
To ensure that workshop certificates
are linked to the correct permits,
participants will need to bring the
following specific items to the
workshop:
• Atlantic shark dealer permit holders
must bring proof that the attendee is an
owner or agent of the business (such as
articles of incorporation), a copy of the
applicable permit, and proof of
identification.
• Atlantic shark dealer proxies must
bring documentation from the permitted
dealer acknowledging that the proxy is
attending the workshop on behalf of the
permitted Atlantic shark dealer for a
specific business location, a copy of the
appropriate valid permit, and proof of
identification.
Workshop Objectives
The Atlantic Shark Identification
Workshops are designed to reduce the
number of unknown and improperly
identified sharks reported in the dealer
reporting form and increase the
accuracy of species-specific dealerreported information. Reducing the
number of unknown and improperly
identified sharks will improve quota
monitoring and the data used in stock
assessments. These workshops will train
shark dealer permit holders or their
proxies to properly identify Atlantic
shark carcasses.
Safe Handling, Release, and
Identification Workshops
Since January 1, 2007, shark limited
access and swordfish limited access
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permit holders who fish with longline
or gillnet gear have been required to
submit a copy of their Safe Handling,
Release, and Identification Workshop
certificate in order to renew either
permit (71 FR 58058, October 2, 2006).
These certificate(s) are valid for 3 years.
Certificates issued in 2022 will expire in
2025. As such, vessel owners who have
not already attended a workshop and
received a NMFS certificate, or vessel
owners whose certificate(s) will expire
prior to the next permit renewal, must
attend a workshop to fish with, or
renew, their swordfish and shark
limited access permits. Additionally,
new shark and swordfish limited access
permit applicants who intend to fish
with longline or gillnet gear must attend
a Safe Handling, Release, and
Identification Workshop and submit a
copy of their workshop certificate before
either of the permits will be issued.
In addition to vessel owners, at least
one operator on board vessels issued a
limited access swordfish or shark permit
that uses longline or gillnet gear is
required to attend a Safe Handling,
Release, and Identification Workshop
and receive a certificate. Vessels that
have been issued a limited access
swordfish or shark permit and that use
longline or gillnet gear may not fish
unless both the vessel owner and
operator have valid workshop
certificates on board at all times. Vessel
operators who have not already
attended a workshop and received a
NMFS certificate, or vessel operators
whose certificate(s) will expire prior to
their next fishing trip, must attend a
workshop to operate a vessel with
swordfish and shark limited access
permits on which longline or gillnet
gear is used.
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Workshop Dates, Times, and Locations
1. January 7, 2025, 9 a.m.–2 p.m., Faro
Blanco Resort Curio by Hilton, 1996
Overseas Highway, Marathon, FL 33050.
2. February 4, 2025, 9 a.m.–2 p.m.,
Residence Inn by Marriott Downtown
Portsmouth, 100 Deer Street,
Portsmouth, NH 03801.
3. March 6, 2025, 9 a.m.–2 p.m.,
Holiday Inn Express–Houston Medical
Center, 9300 S. Main Street, Houston,
TX 77025.
Registration
To register for a scheduled Safe
Handling, Release, and Identification
Workshop, please contact Angler
Conservation Education at 386–682–
0158. Pre-registration is highly
recommended, but not required.
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Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Registration Materials
To ensure that workshop certificates
are linked to the correct permits,
participants will need to bring the
following specific items with them to
the workshop:
• Individual vessel owners must
bring a copy of the appropriate
swordfish and/or shark permit(s), a copy
of the vessel registration or
documentation, and proof of
identification;
• Representatives of a businessowned or co-owned vessel must bring
proof that the individual is an agent of
the business (such as articles of
incorporation), a copy of the applicable
swordfish and/or shark permit(s), and
proof of identification; and
• Vessel operators must bring proof of
identification.
Workshop Objectives
The Safe Handling, Release, and
Identification Workshops are designed
to teach the owner and operator of a
vessel that fishes with longline or gillnet
gear the required techniques for the safe
handling and release of entangled and/
or hooked protected species, such as sea
turtles, marine mammals, smalltooth
sawfish, Atlantic sturgeon, and
prohibited sharks. In an effort to
improve reporting, the proper
identification of protected species and
prohibited sharks will also be taught at
these workshops. Additionally,
individuals attending these workshops
will gain a better understanding of the
requirements for participating in these
fisheries. The overall goal of these
workshops is to provide participants
with the skills needed to reduce the
mortality of protected species and
prohibited sharks, which may prevent
additional regulations on these fisheries
in the future.
Online Recertification Workshops
NMFS implemented an online option
for shark dealers and owners and
operators of vessels that fish with
longline and gillnet gear to renew their
certificates in December 2021. To be
eligible for online recertification
workshops, dealers and vessel owners
and operators need to have previously
attended an in-person workshop.
Information about the courses is
available online at https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/atlantic-highlymigratory-species/atlantic-sharkidentification-workshops and https://
www.fisheries.noaa.gov/atlantic-highlymigratory-species/safe-handling-releaseand-identification-workshops. To access
the course please visit: https://
hmsworkshop.fisheries.noaa.gov/start.
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Dated: December 18, 2024.
Kelly Denit,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTID 0648-XE550]
Schedules for Atlantic Shark Identification Workshops and
Protected Species Safe Handling, Release, and Identification Workshops
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public workshops.
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SUMMARY: Atlantic Shark Identification Workshops and Safe Handling,
Release, and Identification Workshops will be held in January,
February, and March of 2025. Certain fishermen and shark dealers are
required to attend a workshop to meet regulatory requirements and to
maintain valid permits. Specifically, the Atlantic Shark Identification
Workshop is mandatory for all federally permitted Atlantic shark
dealers. The Safe Handling, Release, and Identification Workshop is
mandatory for vessel owners and operators who use bottom longline,
pelagic longline, or gillnet gear, and who have also been issued shark
or swordfish limited access permits. Additional free workshops will be
conducted in 2025 and will be announced in a future notice. In
addition, NMFS has implemented online recertification workshops for
persons who have already taken an in-person training.
DATES: The Atlantic Shark Identification Workshops will be held on
January 16, 2025, February 13, 2025, and March 20, 2025. The Safe
Handling, Release, and Identification Workshops will be held on January
7, 2025, February 4, 2025, and March 6, 2025.
ADDRESSES: The Atlantic Shark Identification Workshops will be held in
Kenner, LA, Fort Pierce, FL, and Wilmington, NC. The Safe Handling,
Release, and Identification Workshops will be held in Marathon, FL,
Portsmouth, NH, and Houston, TX.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Elsa Gutierrez by email at
[email protected] or by phone at 301-427-8503.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Atlantic highly migratory species (HMS)
fisheries (tunas, swordfish, sharks, and billfish) are managed under
the 2006 Consolidated HMS Fishery Management Plan (FMP) and its
amendments, pursuant to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act; 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.) and
consistent with the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act (16 U.S.C. 971 et
seq.). HMS implementing regulations are at 50 CFR part 635. Section
635.8 describes the requirements for the Atlantic Shark Identification
Workshops and Safe Handling, Release, and Identification Workshops. The
workshop schedules, registration information, and a list of frequently
asked questions regarding the Atlantic Shark Identification and Safe
Handling, Release, and Identification workshops are available online
at: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/atlantic-highly-migratory-species/atlantic-shark-identification-workshops and https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/atlantic-highly-migratory-species/safe-handling-release-and-identification-workshops.
Atlantic Shark Identification Workshops
Since January 1, 2008, Atlantic shark dealers have been prohibited
from receiving, purchasing, trading, or bartering for Atlantic sharks
unless a valid Atlantic Shark Identification Workshop certificate is on
the premises of each business listed under the shark dealer permit that
first receives Atlantic sharks (71 FR 58058, October 2, 2006). Dealers
who attend and successfully complete a workshop are issued a
certificate for each place of business that is permitted to receive
sharks. These certificate(s) are valid for 3 years. Thus, certificates
that were initially issued in 2022 will expire in 2025.
Currently, permitted dealers may send a proxy to an Atlantic Shark
Identification Workshop. However, if a dealer opts to send a proxy, the
dealer must designate a proxy for each place of business covered by the
dealer's permit that first receives Atlantic sharks. Only one
certificate will be issued to each proxy. A proxy must be a person who
is currently employed by a place of business covered by the dealer's
permit; is a primary participant in the identification, weighing, and/
or first receipt of fish as they are offloaded from a vessel; and who
fills out dealer reports. Atlantic shark dealers are prohibited from
renewing a Federal shark dealer permit unless a valid Atlantic Shark
Identification Workshop certificate for each business location that
first receives Atlantic sharks has been submitted with the permit
renewal application. Additionally, a copy of a valid dealer or proxy
Atlantic Shark Identification Workshop certificate must be in any
trucks or other conveyances that are extensions of a dealer's place of
business.
Workshop Dates, Times, and Locations
1. January 16, 2025, 12 p.m.-4 p.m., Home2 Suites Kenner Airport,
1112 Veterans Memorial Boulevard, Kenner, LA 70062. 2. February 13,
2025, 12 p.m.-4 p.m., Hampton Inn & Suites Fort Pierce, 1985 Reynolds
Drive, Fort Pierce, FL 34945. 3. March 20, 2025, 12 p.m.-4 p.m.,
Wingate by Wyndham Wilmington, 5126 Market Street Bus 17, Wilmington,
NC 28405.
Registration
To register for a scheduled Atlantic Shark Identification Workshop,
please contact Eric Sander at [email protected] or at 386-852-
8588. Pre-registration is highly recommended, but not required.
Registration Materials
To ensure that workshop certificates are linked to the correct
permits, participants will need to bring the following specific items
to the workshop:
Atlantic shark dealer permit holders must bring proof that
the attendee is an owner or agent of the business (such as articles of
incorporation), a copy of the applicable permit, and proof of
identification.
Atlantic shark dealer proxies must bring documentation
from the permitted dealer acknowledging that the proxy is attending the
workshop on behalf of the permitted Atlantic shark dealer for a
specific business location, a copy of the appropriate valid permit, and
proof of identification.
Workshop Objectives
The Atlantic Shark Identification Workshops are designed to reduce
the number of unknown and improperly identified sharks reported in the
dealer reporting form and increase the accuracy of species-specific
dealer-reported information. Reducing the number of unknown and
improperly identified sharks will improve quota monitoring and the data
used in stock assessments. These workshops will train shark dealer
permit holders or their proxies to properly identify Atlantic shark
carcasses.
Safe Handling, Release, and Identification Workshops
Since January 1, 2007, shark limited access and swordfish limited
access
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permit holders who fish with longline or gillnet gear have been
required to submit a copy of their Safe Handling, Release, and
Identification Workshop certificate in order to renew either permit (71
FR 58058, October 2, 2006). These certificate(s) are valid for 3 years.
Certificates issued in 2022 will expire in 2025. As such, vessel owners
who have not already attended a workshop and received a NMFS
certificate, or vessel owners whose certificate(s) will expire prior to
the next permit renewal, must attend a workshop to fish with, or renew,
their swordfish and shark limited access permits. Additionally, new
shark and swordfish limited access permit applicants who intend to fish
with longline or gillnet gear must attend a Safe Handling, Release, and
Identification Workshop and submit a copy of their workshop certificate
before either of the permits will be issued.
In addition to vessel owners, at least one operator on board
vessels issued a limited access swordfish or shark permit that uses
longline or gillnet gear is required to attend a Safe Handling,
Release, and Identification Workshop and receive a certificate. Vessels
that have been issued a limited access swordfish or shark permit and
that use longline or gillnet gear may not fish unless both the vessel
owner and operator have valid workshop certificates on board at all
times. Vessel operators who have not already attended a workshop and
received a NMFS certificate, or vessel operators whose certificate(s)
will expire prior to their next fishing trip, must attend a workshop to
operate a vessel with swordfish and shark limited access permits on
which longline or gillnet gear is used.
Workshop Dates, Times, and Locations
1. January 7, 2025, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Faro Blanco Resort Curio by
Hilton, 1996 Overseas Highway, Marathon, FL 33050.
2. February 4, 2025, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Residence Inn by Marriott
Downtown Portsmouth, 100 Deer Street, Portsmouth, NH 03801.
3. March 6, 2025, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Holiday Inn Express-Houston
Medical Center, 9300 S. Main Street, Houston, TX 77025.
Registration
To register for a scheduled Safe Handling, Release, and
Identification Workshop, please contact Angler Conservation Education
at 386-682-0158. Pre-registration is highly recommended, but not
required.
Registration Materials
To ensure that workshop certificates are linked to the correct
permits, participants will need to bring the following specific items
with them to the workshop:
Individual vessel owners must bring a copy of the
appropriate swordfish and/or shark permit(s), a copy of the vessel
registration or documentation, and proof of identification;
Representatives of a business-owned or co-owned vessel
must bring proof that the individual is an agent of the business (such
as articles of incorporation), a copy of the applicable swordfish and/
or shark permit(s), and proof of identification; and
Vessel operators must bring proof of identification.
Workshop Objectives
The Safe Handling, Release, and Identification Workshops are
designed to teach the owner and operator of a vessel that fishes with
longline or gillnet gear the required techniques for the safe handling
and release of entangled and/or hooked protected species, such as sea
turtles, marine mammals, smalltooth sawfish, Atlantic sturgeon, and
prohibited sharks. In an effort to improve reporting, the proper
identification of protected species and prohibited sharks will also be
taught at these workshops. Additionally, individuals attending these
workshops will gain a better understanding of the requirements for
participating in these fisheries. The overall goal of these workshops
is to provide participants with the skills needed to reduce the
mortality of protected species and prohibited sharks, which may prevent
additional regulations on these fisheries in the future.
Online Recertification Workshops
NMFS implemented an online option for shark dealers and owners and
operators of vessels that fish with longline and gillnet gear to renew
their certificates in December 2021. To be eligible for online
recertification workshops, dealers and vessel owners and operators need
to have previously attended an in-person workshop. Information about
the courses is available online at https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/atlantic-highly-migratory-species/atlantic-shark-identification-workshops and https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/atlantic-highly-migratory-species/safe-handling-release-and-identification-workshops. To access
the course please visit: https://hmsworkshop.fisheries.noaa.gov/start.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: December 18, 2024.
Kelly Denit,
Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-30668 Filed 12-23-24; 8:45 am]
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