[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 164 (Friday, August 25, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 58248]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-18365]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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Schedules for Atlantic Shark Identification Workshops and 
Protected Species 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 cancelled the Safe Handling, Release, and Identification 
Workshop originally scheduled for September 6, 2023, in Kenner, LA, and 
the Atlantic Shark Identification Workshop originally scheduled for 
September 14, 2023, in Virginia Beach, FL. The workshops were announced 
in the Federal Register on June 21, 2023. NMFS has rescheduled the Safe 
Handing, Release, and Identification Workshop for September 27, 2023 
and the Atlantic Shark Identification Workshop for September 28, 2023.

DATES: The Safe Handling, Release, and Identification Workshop 
originally scheduled for September 6, 2023 is rescheduled to September 
27, 2023. The Atlantic Shark Identification Workshop originally 
scheduled for September 14, 2023 is rescheduled to September 28, 2023.

ADDRESSES: The locations of the rescheduled workshops have not changed. 
The Safe Handling, Release, and Identification Workshop will be held in 
Kenner, LA. The Atlantic Shark Identification Workshop will be held in 
Virginia Beach, VA.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Peter Cooper by email at 
[email protected] or by phone at 301-427-8503.

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 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.). The 2006 
Consolidated Atlantic HMS Fishery Management Plan and its amendments 
are implemented by regulations at 50 CFR part 635. Section 635.8 
describes the requirements for the Safe Handling, Release, and 
Identification Workshops and Atlantic Shark Identification Workshops. 
The workshop schedules, registration information, and a list of 
frequently asked questions regarding Safe Handling, Release, and 
Identification workshops and the Atlantic Shark Identification are 
available online 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 of June 21, 2023 (88 FR 40221) in FR Doc. 
2023-13186, on page 40222, in the first column, the date of the second 
Atlantic Shark Identification Workshop listed under the heading 
``Workshop Dates, Times, and Location'' is corrected to read as 
follows:
    2. September 28, 2023, 12 p.m.-4 p.m., Courtyard by Marriott-
Virginia Beach Norfolk, 5700 Greenwich Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23462.
    Also, in the Federal Register of June 21, 2023 (88 FR 40221) in FR 
Doc. 2023-13186, on page 40222, in the second column, the date of the 
third Safe Handing, Release, and Identification Workshop listed under 
the heading ``Workshop Dates, Times, and Location'' is corrected to 
read as follows:
    3. September 27, 2023, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., Hilton New Orleans Airport, 
901 Airline Drive, Kenner, LA 70062.
    Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.

    Dated: August 22, 2023.
Jennifer M. Wallace,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2023-18365 Filed 8-24-23; 8:45 am]
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