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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
permit (71 FR 58057; October 2, 2006).
These certificate(s) are valid for 3 years.
Certificates issued in 2017 will be
expiring in 2020. As such, vessel
owners who have not already attended
a workshop and received a NMFS
certificate, or vessel owners whose
certificate(s) will expire prior to the next
permit renewal, must attend a workshop
to fish with, or renew, their swordfish
and shark limited-access permits.
Additionally, new shark and swordfish
limited-access permit applicants who
intend to fish with longline or gillnet
gear must attend a Safe Handling,
Release, and Identification Workshop
and submit a copy of their workshop
certificate before either of the permits
will be issued. Approximately 344 free
Safe Handling, Release, and
Identification Workshops have been
conducted since 2006.
In addition to certifying vessel
owners, at least one operator on board
vessels issued a limited-access
swordfish or shark permit that uses
longline or gillnet gear is required to
attend a Safe Handling, Release, and
Identification Workshop and receive a
certificate. Vessels that have been issued
a limited-access swordfish or shark
permit and that use longline or gillnet
gear may not fish unless both the vessel
owner and operator have valid
workshop certificates onboard at all
times. Vessel operators who have not
already attended a workshop and
received a NMFS certificate, or vessel
operators whose certificate(s) will
expire prior to their next fishing trip,
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vessel with swordfish and shark
limited-access permits that uses
longline or gillnet gear.
Workshop Dates, Times, and Locations
1. July 1, 2020, 9 a.m.–5 p.m., Hilton
Garden Inn, 1101 U.S. Highway 231,
Panama City, FL 32405.
2. July 17, 2020, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.,
Marriott Courtyard, 5000 Express Drive
South, Ronkonkoma, NY 11779,
3. August 7, 2020, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.,
Holiday Inn Express, 210 Seminole
Boulevard, Largo, FL 33770.
4. August 12, 2020, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.,
Hilton Garden Inn, 6745 Rock Spring
Road, Wilmington, NC 28405.
5. September 9, 2020, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.,
Doubletree Hotel, 1702 Seawall
Boulevard, Galveston, TX 77550.
6. September 17, 2020, 9 a.m.–5 p.m.,
Hilton Garden Inn, 1 Thurber Street,
Warwick, RI 02886.
Registration
To register for a scheduled Safe
Handling, Release, and Identification
Workshop, please contact Angler
Conservation Education at (386) 682–
0158. Pre-registration is highly
recommended, but not required.
Registration Materials
To ensure that workshop certificates
are linked to the correct permits,
participants will need to bring the
following specific items with them to
the workshop:
• Individual vessel owners must
bring a copy of the appropriate
swordfish and/or shark permit(s), a copy
of the vessel registration or
documentation, and proof of
identification.
• Representatives of a businessowned or co-owned vessel must bring
proof that the individual is an agent of
the business (such as articles of
incorporation), a copy of the applicable
swordfish and/or shark permit(s), and
proof of identification.
• Vessel operators must bring proof of
identification.
Workshop Objectives
The Safe Handling, Release, and
Identification Workshops are designed
to teach longline and gillnet fishermen
the required techniques for the safe
handling and release of entangled and/
or hooked protected species, such as sea
turtles, marine mammals, smalltooth
sawfish, Atlantic sturgeon, and
prohibited sharks. In an effort to
improve reporting, the proper
identification of protected species and
prohibited sharks will also be taught at
these workshops. Additionally,
individuals attending these workshops

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will gain a better understanding of the
requirements for participating in these
fisheries. The overall goal of these
workshops is to provide participants
with the skills needed to reduce the
mortality of protected species and
prohibited sharks, which may prevent
additional regulations on these fisheries
in the future.
Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
Dated: June 12, 2020.
He´le`ne M.N. Scalliet,
Acting Director, Office of Sustainable
Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service.
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Alaska Region Scale & Catch
Weighing Requirements
National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),
Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of information collection,
request for comment.
AGENCY:

The Department of
Commerce, in accordance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA), invites the general public and
other Federal agencies to comment on
proposed, and continuing information
collections, which helps us assess the
impact of our information collection
requirements and minimize the public’s
reporting burden. The purpose of this
notice is to allow for 60 days of public
comment preceding submission of the
collection to OMB.
DATES: To ensure consideration,
comments regarding this proposed
information collection must be received
on or before August 17, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Interested persons are
invited to submit written comments to
Adrienne Thomas, NOAA PRA Officer,
at [email protected]. Please
reference OMB Control Number 0648–
0330 in the subject line of your
comments. Do not submit Confidential
Business Information or otherwise
sensitive or protected information.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Requests for additional information or
specific questions related to collection
activities should be directed to Gabrielle
Aberle, 907–586–7228.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
SUMMARY:

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I. Abstract
The National Marine Fisheries
Services (NMFS), Alaska Regional
Office, is requesting extension of the
currently approved information
collection for Alaska Region Scale &
Catch Weighing Requirements.
The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery
Conservation and Management Act, 16
U.S.C. 1801 et seq. (Magnuson-Stevens
Act) authorizes the North Pacific
Fishery Management Council to prepare
and amend fishery management plans
for any fishery in waters under its
jurisdiction.
The At-Sea Scales Program was
developed in response to the need for
catch accounting methods that were
more precise and verifiable at the level
of the individual haul and less
dependent on estimates generated by atsea observers. This was necessary due to
the implementation of large-scale catch
share programs that required NMFS to
provide verifiable and defensible
estimates of quota harvest. Scale and
catch-weighing monitoring is required
for Western Alaska Community
Development Quota Program (CDQ)
catcher/processors (C/Ps), American
Fisheries Act (AFA) C/Ps, AFA
motherships, AFA shoreside processors
and stationary floating processors,
Central Gulf of Alaska Rockfish Program
trawl C/Ps, non-AFA trawl C/Ps
participating in Bering Sea and Aleutian
Islands (BSAI) trawl fisheries, and
longline C/Ps participating in BSAI
Pacific cod fisheries. Scale and catch
weighing requirements are located at 50
CFR parts 679 and 680.
NMFS has identified three primary
objectives for monitoring catch to
ensure independent and verifiable data
is available for fisheries management.
First, monitoring methods must ensure
all catch delivered to a processor is
weighed and identified to species and
provide a verifiable record of the weight
and species composition of each
delivery. Second, all catch must be
weighed using NMFS-approved scales
to determine the weight of the catch and
provide a record of that weight. Third,
monitoring systems, such as video, must
be in place to ensure that all catch is
accounted for.
Shoreside processors participating in
catch share programs have many of the
same catch accounting and monitoring
goals, but two differences require
unique monitoring tools to obtain
precise and verifiable catch amounts for
quota management. First, shoreside
processors vary more in size, facilities,
and layout than do catcher/processors
or motherships. Second, the State of
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scales used for trade by shoreside
processors and has developed an
effective program for their inspection
and approval.
Because of the wide variations in
factory layout, a performance-based
catch monitoring system is more
appropriate for shoreside processors
than a type approval process used for atsea scales. CMCPs (Catch Monitoring
and Control Plans) and CMPs (Crab
Monitoring Plans) are submitted by the
representative from the shoreside
processor and approved by NMFS.
CMCPs and CMPs detail a series of
performance based standards set out in
regulation that ensure that all delivered
catch can be effectively monitored by
NMFS-authorized personnel, that
NMFS-authorized personnel can
effectively conduct their monitoring
duties, and that all catch is accurately
sorted and weighed by species.
Vessels that participate in halibut
deck sorting are required to comply
with additional monitoring and
equipment requirements such as the
installation of an observer sampling
station on deck and video monitoring
requirements. These additional
measures are necessary to ensure
accurate accounting of halibut sorted on
the deck of participating vessels.
II. Method of Collection
Respondents have a choice of either
electronic or paper forms. Methods of
submittal include email, online, mail,
and fax. Daily flow scale and hopper
scale tests are reported using an
electronic logbook. Printed reports are
generated automatically by software.
Video monitoring systems record and
store video data automatically.
III. Data
OMB Control Number: 0648–0330.
Form Number(s): None.
Type of Review: Regular submission
(extension of a current information
collection).
Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
94.
Estimated Time per Response:
Scale Type Evaluation: 50 hours.
Installation & Maintenance: At-Sea
Scales (Maintenance only)—1 minute;
Video Monitoring Systems (non-halibut
deck sorting)—1 minute; Video
Monitoring Systems (halibut—initial
year)—12 hours; Observer Deck
Sampling Stations (initial year)—12
hours; annual renewal—1 minute;
Inspection Request: 8 minutes.
Daily Scale Test: Notify Observer of
Tests—2 minutes; Record of Flow Scale
Test—30 minutes; Record of Hopper
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Printed Report—Flow Scale: Catch &
Cumulative Weight, Audit Trail,
Calibration Log, and Fault Log—1
minute each.
Printed Report—Hopper Scale: Catch
Weight and Audit Trail—1 minute each.
Video Monitoring: 2 hours.
Notification of Pacific Cod Monitoring
Option: 10 minutes.
Catch Monitoring and Control Plan
(CMCP): Annual Submission—40 hours;
CMCP Addendum—8 hours; Printed
Record from Scale—1 minute; Notify
Observer—1 minute.
Crab Monitoring Plan (CMP): Annual
Submission—16 hours; CMP
Addendum—8 hours; Printed Records
from Scale—1 minute.
Estimated Total Annual Burden
Hours: 10,086 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Cost to
Public: $812,371 in recordkeeping and
reporting costs.
Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory;
Required to Obtain or Retain Benefits.
Legal Authority: 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq.
IV. Request for Comments
We are soliciting public comments to
permit the Department/Bureau to: (a)
Evaluate whether the proposed
information collection is necessary for
the proper functions of the Department,
including whether the information will
have practical utility; (b) Evaluate the
accuracy of our estimate of the time and
cost burden for this proposed collection,
including the validity of the
methodology and assumptions used; (c)
Evaluate ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to
be collected; and (d) Minimize the
reporting burden on those who are to
respond, including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Comments that you submit in
response to this notice are a matter of
public record. We will include or
summarize each comment in our request
to OMB to approve this ICR. Before
including your address, phone number,
email address, or other personal
identifying information in your
comment, you should be aware that
your entire comment—including your
personal identifying information—may
be made publicly available at any time.
While you may ask us in your comment
to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we
cannot guarantee that we will be able to
do so.
Sheleen Dumas,
Department PRA Clearance Officer, Office of
the Chief Information Officer, Commerce
Department.
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