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Permit holder name 

Permit 

serial 

No. 

Address City State Zip 

354 .... GREEN KIRBY B ................ 57925 418 HIGHLAND DR #3 .............................. SEATTLE ............................ WA 98109 

355 .... VERSTEEG KORY ............. 56296 BOX 1752 ................................................... PETERSBURG .................... AK 99833 

356 .... WARFEL FRANK W ........... 56371 BOX 1512 ................................................... WRANGELL ........................ AK 99929 

357 .... BLANKENSHIP PAUL V ..... 56055 3208 HALIBUT POINT RD #23 ................. SITKA .................................. AK 99835 

358 .... CISNEY JOE A ................... 64528 BOX 582 ..................................................... PETERSBURG .................... AK 99833 

359 .... CROME DANIEL J .............. 62606 BOX 1243 ................................................... PETERSBURG .................... AK 99833 

360 .... BARRY JOHN W ................ 63280 3944 N COTTONWOOD PL ...................... BUCKEYE ........................... AZ 85396 

361 .... BARRY DAVID .................... 61551 BOX 6276 ................................................... SITKA .................................. AK 99835 

362 .... BARRY DAVID .................... 61628 BOX 6276 ................................................... SITKA .................................. AK 99835 

363 .... NILSEN YANCEY L ............ 55523 BOX 1822 ................................................... PETERSBURG .................... AK 99833 

364 .... BALOVICH FRANK L .......... 58602 BOX 1503 ................................................... SITKA .................................. AK 99835 

365 .... HAYNES BRADLEY S ........ 57495 BOX 1152 ................................................... WARD COVE ...................... AK 99928 

366 .... HAYNES BRADLEY S ........ 60572 BOX 1152 ................................................... WARD COVE ...................... AK 99928 

367 .... MILLER AARON L .............. 60175 BOX 2144 ................................................... PETERSBURG .................... AK 99833 

368 .... BRIGHT JARED .................. 60484 BOX 2097 ................................................... PETERSBURG .................... AK 99833 

369 .... MARTENS COLLIN B ......... 55367 BOX 1123 ................................................... PETERSBURG .................... AK 99833 

370 .... JOHNSON JOSH ................ 57699 103 HORIZON WAY .................................. SITKA .................................. AK 99835 

371 .... WHITETHORN LUKE J ...... 60267 BOX 1716 ................................................... PETERSBURG .................... AK 99833 

372 .... BUSCHMANN CHRISTIAN 60001 BOX 898 ..................................................... PETERSBURG .................... AK 99833 

373 .... MCCULLOUGH CHARLES 60545 BOX 707 ..................................................... PETERSBURG .................... AK 99833 

374 .... CRANE VERNON M ........... 61736 2300 BLACK SPRUCE CT ........................ FAIRBANKS ........................ AK 99709 

375 .... HUDSON ERRON B ........... 57906 BOX 737 ..................................................... METLAKATLA ..................... AK 99926 

376 .... SCUDDER ANDREW C ...... 65418 266 S MOBLEY LN .................................... BOISE ................................. ID 83712 

377 .... SCHILE GEORGE V ........... 60511 1807 4TH ST .............................................. BELLINGHAM ..................... WA 98225 

378 .... ALLBRETT JASPER ........... 56833 BOX 2223 ................................................... SITKA .................................. AK 99835 

379 .... UNDERHILL JOHN E ......... 58297 103 KRESTOF DR ..................................... SITKA .................................. AK 99835 

Dated: February 27, 2012. 

Lindsay Fullenkamp, 

Acting Director, Office of Management and 

Budget, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4985 Filed 2–29–12; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XB037 

Schedules for Atlantic Shark 

Identification Workshops and 

Protected Species Safe Handling, 

Release, and Identification Workshops 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public workshops. 

SUMMARY: Free Atlantic Shark 

Identification Workshops and Protected 

Species Safe Handling, Release, and 

Identification Workshops will be held in 

April, May, and June of 2012. Certain 

fishermen and shark dealers are 

required to attend a workshop to meet 

regulatory requirements and maintain 

valid permits. Specifically, the Atlantic 

Shark Identification Workshop is 

mandatory for all federally permitted 

Atlantic shark dealers. The Protected 

Species Safe Handling, Release, and 

Identification Workshop is mandatory 

for vessel owners and operators who use 

bottom longline, pelagic longline, or 

gillnet gear, and who have also been 

issued shark or swordfish limited access 

permits. Additional free workshops will 

be conducted during 2012 and will be 

announced in a future notice. 

DATES: The Atlantic Shark Identification 

Workshops will be held April 5, May 3, 

and June 7, 2012. 

The Protected Species Safe Handling, 

Release, and Identification Workshops 

will be held on April 3, April 5, May 9, 

May 16, June 6, and June 20, 2012. 

See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for 

further details. 

ADDRESSES: The Atlantic Shark 

Identification Workshops will be held in 

Bohemia, NY; Panama City Beach, FL; 

and Wilmington, NC. 

The Protected Species Safe Handling, 

Release, and Identification Workshops 

will be held in Wilmington, NC; Panama 

City, FL; Boston, MA; Kenner, LA; Port 

St. Lucie, FL; and Ronkonkoma, NY. 

See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for 

further details on workshop locations. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Richard A. Pearson by phone: (727) 

824–5399, or by fax: (727) 824–5398. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

workshop schedules, registration 

information, and a list of frequently 

asked questions regarding these 

workshops are posted on the Internet at: 

http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/ 

workshops/. 

Atlantic Shark Identification 

Workshops 

Since January 1, 2008, Atlantic shark 

dealers have been prohibited from 

receiving, purchasing, trading, or 

bartering for Atlantic sharks unless a 

valid Atlantic Shark Identification 

Workshop certificate is on the premises 

of each business listed under the shark 

dealer permit which first receives 

Atlantic sharks (71 FR 58057; October 2, 

2006). Dealers who attend and 

successfully complete a workshop are 

issued a certificate for each place of 

business that is permitted to receive 

sharks. These certificate(s) are valid for 

three years. Approximately 71 free 

Atlantic Shark Identification Workshops 

have been conducted since January 

2007. 

Currently, permitted dealers may send 

a proxy to an Atlantic Shark 

Identification Workshop. However, if a 

dealer opts to send a proxy, the dealer 

must designate a proxy for each place of 

business covered by the dealer’s permit 

which first receives Atlantic sharks. 

Only one certificate will be issued to 

each proxy. A proxy must be a person 

who is currently employed by a place of 

business covered by the dealer’s permit; 

is a primary participant in the 

identification, weighing, and/or first 

receipt of fish as they are offloaded from 

a vessel; and who fills out dealer 

reports. Atlantic shark dealers are 

prohibited from renewing a Federal 

shark dealer permit unless a valid 

Atlantic Shark Identification Workshop 

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certificate for each business location 

which first receives Atlantic sharks has 

been submitted with the permit renewal 

application. Additionally, trucks or 

other conveyances that are extensions of 

a dealer’s place of business must 

possess a copy of a valid dealer or proxy 

Atlantic Shark Identification Workshop 

certificate. 

Workshop Dates, Times, and Locations 

1. April 5, 2012, 12 p.m.–4 p.m., 

LaQuinta Inn & Suites (at Islip 

MacArthur Airport), Meeting Room B, 

10 Aero Road, Bohemia, NY 11716. 

2. May 3, 2012, 12 p.m.–4 p.m., 

LaQuinta Inn & Suites, 7115 Coastal 

Palms Boulevard, Panama City Beach, 

FL 32408. 

3. June 7, 2012, 12 p.m.–4 p.m., 

Hampton Inn & Suites, 1989 Eastwood 

Road, Wilmington, NC 28403. 

Registration 

To register for a scheduled Atlantic 

Shark Identification Workshop, please 

contact Eric Sander at 

esander@peoplepc.com or at (386) 852– 

8588. 

Registration Materials 

To ensure that workshop certificates 

are linked to the correct permits, 

participants will need to bring the 

following specific items to the 

workshop: 

• Atlantic shark dealer permit holders 

must bring proof that the attendee is an 

owner or agent of the business (such as 

articles of incorporation), a copy of the 

applicable permit, and proof of 

identification. 

• Atlantic shark dealer proxies must 

bring documentation from the permitted 

dealer acknowledging that the proxy is 

attending the workshop on behalf of the 

permitted Atlantic shark dealer for a 

specific business location, a copy of the 

appropriate valid permit, and proof of 

identification. 

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. 

Protected Species 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 Protected Species 

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 three years. 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 Protected Species Safe Handling, 

Release, and Identification Workshop 

and submit a copy of their workshop 

certificate before either of the permits 

will be issued. Approximately 130 free 

Protected Species 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 Protected Species Safe 

Handling, Release, and Identification 

Workshop and receive a certificate. 

Vessels that have been issued a limitedaccess 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, must attend a 

workshop to operate a vessel with 

swordfish and shark limited-access 

permits that uses longline or gillnet 

gear. 

Workshop Dates, Times, and Locations 

1. April 3, 2012, 9 a.m.–5 p.m., Hilton 

Garden Inn, 6745 Rock Spring Road, 

Wilmington, NC 28405. 

2. April 5, 2012, 9 a.m.–5 p.m., 

Holiday Inn Select, 2001 Florida 77, 

Panama City, FL 32405. 

3. May 9, 2012, 9 a.m.–5 p.m., Hilton 

Inn (at Logan airport), 1 Hotel Drive, 

Boston, MA 02128. 

4. May 16, 2012, 9 a.m.–5 p.m., Hilton 

Inn (at Armstrong airport), 901 Airline 

Drive, Kenner, LA 70062. 

5. June 6, 2012, 9 a.m.–5 p.m., 

Holiday Inn, 10120 Northwest Federal 

Highway, Port St. Lucie, FL 34952. 

6. June 20, 2012, 9 a.m.–5 p.m., 

Holiday Inn, 3845 Veterans Memorial 

Highway, Ronkonkoma, NY 11779. 

Registration 

To register for a scheduled Protected 

Species Safe Handling, Release, and 

Identification Workshop, please contact 

Angler Conservation Education at (386) 

682–0158. 

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 Protected Species 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, and smalltooth 

sawfish. In an effort to improve 

reporting, the proper identification of 

protected species will also be taught at 

these workshops. Additionally, 

individuals attending these workshops 

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, which 

may prevent additional regulations on 

these fisheries in the future. 

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

Dated: February 24, 2012. 

Steven Thur, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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