[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 63 (Wednesday, April 1, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18194-18195]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-06702]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[RTIDs 0648-XT029, 0648-XT034]
Schedules for Atlantic Shark Identification Workshops and Safe
Handling, Release, and Identification Workshops; Correction
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public workshops; correction.
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SUMMARY: NMFS announces that the date for the Atlantic Shark
Identification workshop originally scheduled for April 2, 2020, in
Wilmington, NC has been changed to July 2, 2020. Also, NMFS is
postponing the Safe Handling, Release, and Identification workshops
originally scheduled for Houston, TX on March 17, 2020; Kitty Hawk, NC
on April 1, 2020; and Revere, MA on April 3, 2020. The dates for these
workshops have been changed to June 26, 2020, June 29, 2020, and June
16, 2020, respectively. The dates are being changed due to concerns
about the spread of the COVID-19 virus associated with traveling to,
and attending, the originally scheduled workshops. The workshop times
and locations remains unchanged: 12 p.m.-4 p.m. for the Atlantic Shark
Identification workshop; and, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. for the Safe Handling,
Release, and Identification workshops. The remaining workshops in May
and June 2020 remain unchanged, unless further noticed. Atlantic Shark
Identification workshops are mandatory for federally-permitted Atlantic
shark dealers. Safe Handling, Release, and Identification workshops are
mandatory for shark and swordfish limited-access permit holders who
fish with longline or gillnet gear. Additional free workshops will be
conducted during 2020.
DATES: The date for the Atlantic Shark Identification workshop to be
held in Wilmington, NC is changed to July 2, 2020, unless further
noticed. The dates for the Safe Handling, Release, and Identification
workshops to be held in Revere, MA, Houston, TX, and Kitty Hawk, NC,
are changed to June 16, June 26, and June 29, 2020, respectively,
unless further noticed. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for further
details.
ADDRESSES: The address for the Atlantic Shark Identification to be held
in Wilmington, NC, remains at Hampton Inn, 124 Old Eastwood Road,
Wilmington, NC 28403. The Safe Handling, Release, and Identification
workshops remain at Holiday Inn Express, 9300 South Main Street,
Houston, TX 77025; Hilton Garden Inn, 5353 North Virginia Dare Trail,
Kitty Hawk, NC 27949; and, Hampton Inn, 230 Lee Burbank Highway,
Revere, MA 02151. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for further details.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick Pearson by phone: (727) 551-5742.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The workshop schedules, registration
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information, and a list of frequently asked questions regarding these
workshops are posted on the internet at: https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/atlantic-highly-migratory-species/safe-handling-release-and-identification-workshops, and https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/atlantic-highly-migratory-species/atlantic-shark-identification-workshops.
Correction
In the Federal Register (Doc. 2019-25673) of November 26, 2019, on
page 65117, in the first column, correct the date of the sixth Safe
Handling, Release, and Identification workshop listed under the heading
Workshop Dates, Times, and Locations to read:
``6. June 26, 2020, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Holiday Inn Express, 9300
South Main Street, Houston, TX 77025.''
In the Federal Register (Doc. 2020-04022) of February 27, 2020, on
page 11346, in the third column, correct the date of the first Atlantic
Shark Identification workshop listed under the heading Workshop Dates,
Times, and Locations to read:
``1. July 2, 2020, 12 p.m.-4 p.m., Hampton Inn, 124 Old Eastwood
Road, Wilmington, NC 28403.''
In the Federal Register (Doc. 2020-04022) of February 27, 2020, on
page 11347, in the first column, correct the dates of the first and
second Safe Handling, Release, and Identification workshops listed
under the heading Workshop Dates, Times, and Locations to read:
``1. June 29, 2020, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Hampton Inn, 124 Old Eastwood
Road, Wilmington, NC 28403.
2. June 16, 2020, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Hampton Inn, 230 Lee Burbank
Highway, Revere, MA 02151.''
(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.)
Dated: March 26, 2020.
H[eacute]l[egrave]ne M.N. Scalliet,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-06702 Filed 3-31-20; 8:45 am]
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