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Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 106 / Friday, June 4, 2021 / Notices DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RTID 0648XB092

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:

Free Atlantic Shark Identification Workshops and Safe Handling, Release, and Identification Workshops will be held in July, August, and September of 2021. 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 during 2021 and will be announced in a future notice.
DATES: The Atlantic Shark Identification Workshops will be held on July 8, August 19, and September 9, 2021. The Safe Handling, Release, and Identification Workshops will be held on July 20, July 28, August 3, August 31, September 3, and September 10, 2021.
See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for further details.
ADDRESSES: The Atlantic Shark Identification Workshops will be held in Bohemia, NY; Norfolk, VA; and Panama City Beach, FL. The Safe Handling, Release, and Identification Workshops will be held in Galveston, TX;
Manahawkin, NJ; Vero Beach, FL;
Charleston, SC; Ronkonkoma, NY; and Gulfport, MS. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION for further details on workshop locations.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick Pearson by phone: 727 8245399, or by email at rick.a.pearson@noaa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Atlantic highly migratory species HMS
fisheries are managed under the authority of the Atlantic Tunas Convention Act 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq.
and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act 16
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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 posted 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.
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that are extensions of a dealers place of business.
Workshop Dates, Times, and Locations 1. July 8, 2021, 12 p.m.4 p.m., LaQuinta Inn, 10 Aero Road, Bohemia, NY 11716.
2. August 19, 2021, 12 p.m.4 p.m., Doubletree Hotel, 1500 North Military Highway, Norfolk, VA 23502.
3. September 9, 2021, 12 p.m.4 p.m., LaQuinta Inn and Suites, 7115 Coastal Palms Boulevard, Panama City Beach, FL 32407.
Registration To register for a scheduled Atlantic Shark Identification Workshop, please contact Eric Sander at ericssharkguide@
yahoo.com or at 386 8528588. Preregistration is highly recommended, but not required.
Registration Materials
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 58057; 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 certificates are valid for 3 years. Thus, certificates that were initially issued in 2018 will be expiring in 2021.
Approximately 183 free Atlantic Shark Identification Workshops have been conducted since October 2008.
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 dealers 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 dealers 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
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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 limitedaccess and swordfish limited-access 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
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