[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 226 (Friday, November 23, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 70150-70151]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-28490]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XC357


Fisheries of the Exclusive Economic Zone Off Alaska; 
Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements; Public Workshops

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of workshop.

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SUMMARY: NMFS, Alaska Region, will present a workshop on seaLandings, a 
consolidated electronic means of reporting landings and production of 
commercial groundfish to multiple management agencies for Federal and 
State fisheries off Alaska, and 2013 recordkeeping and reporting 
requirements for the Alaska groundfish fisheries and Individual Fishing 
Quota fisheries.

DATES: The workshop will be held on November 29, 2012, from 9:00 a.m. 
to 1:00 p.m., Pacific Standard Time.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held at the Swedish Cultural Center 
located at 1920 Dexter Ave N., Seattle, WA. Directions to the center 
can be found on its Web site, http://www.swedishculturalcenter.org/contacts.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Susan Hall, 907-586-7462.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The workshop will include a discussion of

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2013 recordkeeping and reporting requirements for Alaska groundfish 
fisheries and Individual Fishing Quota fisheries and instructions for 
completing and submitting required reports and logbooks using 
seaLandings.
    The final rule for monitoring and enforcement requirements in the 
Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands freezer longline fleet (77 FR 59053) 
mandates that vessel operators who opt into the program will be 
required to use an electronic logbook beginning in 2013.
    NMFS will provide a demonstration of the latest version of 
seaLandings for at-sea catcher/processors and motherships, and training 
on how to submit daily production reports and landing reports with and 
without Individual Fishing Quota. NMFS will also provide a 
demonstration of the freezer longline catcher/processor electronic 
logbook in seaLandings.

Special Accommodations

    This workshop will be physically accessible to people with 
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other 
auxiliary aids should be directed to Susan Hall, 907-586-7462, at least 
5 working days prior to the meeting date.

    Dated: November 19, 2012.
Lindsay Fullenkamp,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National 
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-28490 Filed 11-21-12; 8:45 am]
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