[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 106 (Tuesday, June 2, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33631-33632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-11785]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XA205]


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 dates for the Atlantic Shark 
Identification workshops originally scheduled for May 7, 2020, in 
Ronkonkoma, NY, and for June 11,

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2020, in Manahawkin, NJ have been changed to August 20, 2020, and 
September 17, 2020, respectively. Also, NMFS is rescheduling the Safe 
Handling, Release, and Identification workshops originally scheduled 
for on, Key Largo, FL on May 1, 2020; and Kenner, LA on May 4, 2020. 
The dates for these workshops have been changed to July 13, 2020, and 
July 27, 2020, respectively. The workshop times and locations remains 
unchanged: 12 p.m.-4 p.m. for the Atlantic Shark Identification 
workshops; and, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. for the Safe Handling, Release, and 
Identification workshops. 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 dates for the Atlantic Shark Identification workshops 
originally scheduled for May 7, 2020, in Ronkonkoma, NY, and for June 
11, 2020, in Manahawkin, NJ have been changed to August 20, 2020, and 
September 17, 2020, respectively. Also, the dates for the Safe 
Handling, Release, and Identification workshops originally scheduled 
for Key Largo, FL on May 1, 2020, and Kenner, LA on May 4, 2020, have 
been changed to July 13, 2020, and July 27, 2020, respectively, unless 
further noticed. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for further details.

ADDRESSES: The Atlantic Shark Identification workshops remain at La 
Quinta Inn, 10 Aero Road, Bohemia, NY 11716; and, Holiday Inn, 151 
Route 72 West, Manahawkin, NJ 08050. The Safe Handling, Release, and 
Identification workshops remain at Holiday Inn, 99701 Overseas Highway, 
Key Largo, FL 33037; and, Hilton Hotel, 901 Airline Drive, Kenner, LA 
70062. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for further details.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick Pearson by phone: (727) 551-5742.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The workshop schedules, registration 
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. 2020-04022) of February 27, 2020, on 
page 11346, in the third column, correct the dates of the second and 
third Atlantic Shark Identification workshops listed under the heading 
Workshop Dates, Times, and Locations to read:
    ``2. August 20, 2020, 12 p.m.-4 p.m., Hilton Garden Inn, 3485 
Veterans Memorial Highway, Ronkonkoma, NY 11779.
    3. September 17, 2020, 12 p.m.-4 p.m., Holiday Inn, 151 Route 72 
West, Manahawkin, NJ 08050.''
    In the Federal Register (Doc. 2020-04022) of February 27, 2020, on 
page 11347, in the first column, correct the dates of the third and 
fourth Safe Handling, Release, and Identification workshops listed 
under the heading Workshop Dates, Times, and Locations to read:
    ``3. July 13, 2020, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Holiday Inn, 99701 Overseas 
Highway, Key Largo, FL 33037.
    4. July 27, 2020, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Hilton Hotel, 901 Airline Drive, 
Kenner, LA 70062.''

(Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.)

    Dated: May 27, 2020.
H[eacute]l[egrave]ne M.N. Scalliet,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2020-11785 Filed 6-1-20; 8:45 am]
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