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Workshop Dates, Times, and Locations 

• October 11, 2024, 9 a.m.–2 p.m. 

(local time), Hilton Garden Inn, 1 

Thunder Street, Warwick, RI 02886. 

• November 11, 2024, 9 a.m.–2 p.m. 

(local time), Hilton Garden Inn/Outer 

Banks-Kitty Hawk, 5353 North Virginia 

Dare Trail, Kitty Hawk, NC 27949. 

• December 6, 2024, 9 a.m.–2 p.m. 

(local time), The Mainland/Holiday Inn, 

151 Route 72, East Manahawkin, NJ 

08050. 

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; and 

• Vessel operators must bring proof of 

identification. 

Workshop Objectives 

The Safe Handling, Release, and 

Identification Workshops are designed 

to teach the owner and operator of a 

vessel that fishes with longline or gillnet 

gear 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 

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. 

Online Recertification Workshops 

NMFS implemented an online option 

for shark dealers and owners and 

operators of vessels that fish with 

longline and gillnet gear to renew their 

certificates in December 2021. To be 

eligible for online recertification 

workshops, dealers and vessel owners 

and operators need to have previously 

attended an in-person workshop. 

Information about the courses is 

available online at https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/atlantic-highlymigratory-species/atlantic-sharkidentification-workshops and https://

www.fisheries.noaa.gov/atlantic-highlymigratory-species/safe-handling-releaseand-identification-workshops. To access 

the course please visit: https://

hmsworkshop.fisheries.noaa.gov/start. 

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

Dated: September 4, 2024. 

Lindsay Fullenkamp, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[RTID 0648–XE155] 

Permanent Advisory Committee To 

Advise the U.S. Commissioners to the 

Western and Central Pacific Fisheries 

Commission; Meeting Announcement 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: NMFS announces a public 

meeting of the Permanent Advisory 

Committee (PAC) to advise the U.S. 

Commissioners to the Commission for 

the Conservation and Management of 

Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the 

Western and Central Pacific Ocean 

(WCPFC) on October 21–23, 2024. 

Meeting topics are provided under the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this notice. 

DATES: The meeting of the PAC will be 

held on October 21, 22, and 23, 2024 

from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Hawaii standard 

time (HST) (or until business is 

concluded). Members of the public may 

submit written comments on meeting 

topics or materials; comments must be 

received by October 7, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: The public meeting will be 

conducted via web conference. For 

details on how to call in to the web 

conference or to submit comments, 

please contact Katrina Poremba, NMFS 

Pacific Islands Regional Office; 

telephone: (808) 725–5096; email: 

katrina.poremba@noaa.gov. Documents 

to be considered by the PAC will be sent 

out via email in advance of the meeting. 

Please submit contact information to 

Katrina Poremba (808) 725–5096; email: 

katrina.poremba@noaa.gov at least 4 

days in advance of the meeting to 

receive documents via email. This 

meeting may be audio recorded for the 

purposes of generating notes of the 

meeting. As public comments will be 

made publicly available, participants 

and public commenters are urged not to 

provide personally identifiable 

information (PII) at this meeting. 

Participation in the meeting by web 

conference or by telephone constitutes 

consent to the audio recording. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Katrina Poremba, NMFS Pacific Islands 

Regional Office; 1845 Wasp Blvd., Bldg. 

176, Honolulu, HI 96818; (808) 725– 

5096; email: katrina.poremba@

noaa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with the Western and 

Central Pacific Fisheries Convention 

Implementation Act (16 U.S.C. 6901 et 

seq.), the PAC has been formed to advise 

the U.S. Commissioners to the WCPFC. 

The PAC is composed of: (i) not less 

than 15 nor more than 20 individuals 

appointed by the Secretary of Commerce 

in consultation with the U.S. 

Commissioners to the WCPFC; (ii) the 

chair of the Western Pacific Fishery 

Management Council’s Advisory 

Committee (or the chair’s designee); and 

(iii) officials from the fisheries 

management authorities of American 

Samoa, Guam, and the Northern 

Mariana Islands (or their designees). 

The PAC supports the work of the U.S. 

National Section to the WCPFC in an 

advisory capacity. The U.S. National 

Section is made up of the U.S. 

Commissioners and the Department of 

State. NMFS Pacific Islands Regional 

Office provides administrative and 

technical support to the PAC in 

cooperation with the Department of 

State. More information on the WCPFC, 

established under the Convention on the 

Conservation and Management of 

Highly Migratory Fish Stocks in the 

Western and Central Pacific Ocean, can 

be found on the WCPFC website: http:// 

www.wcpfc.int. 

Meeting Topics 

The PAC meeting topics may include 

the following: (1) outcomes of the 2024 

WCPFC subsidiary body meetings; (2) 

outcomes of WCPFC working groups 


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and other meetings, (3) issues to be 

considered in the WCPFC 2024 annual 

session and (4) input and advice from 

the PAC on issues that may arise at the 

WCPFC 2024 annual session. 

Special Accommodations 

The meeting is accessible to people 

with disabilities. Requests for sign 

language interpretation or other 

auxiliary aids should be directed to 

Katrina Poremba at (808) 725–5096 or 

katrina.poremba@noaa.gov by October 

7, 2024. 

Authority: 16 U.S.C. 6902 et seq. 

Dated: September 4, 2024. 

Lindsay Fullenkamp, 

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 for Review 

and Approval; Comment Request; 

Southeast Region Vessel and Gear 

Identification Requirements 

The Department of Commerce will 

submit the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and clearance in accordance 

with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 

1995, on or after the date of publication 

of this notice. We invite 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. Public 

comments were previously requested 

via the Federal Register on May 9th, 

2024 during a 60-day comment period. 

This notice allows for an additional 30 

days for public comments. 

Agency: National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration, 

Commerce. 

Title: Southeast Region Vessel and 

Gear Identification Requirements. 

OMB Control Number: 0648–0358. 

Form Number(s): None. 

Type of Request: Regular 

submission—extension of a current 

information collection. 

Number of Respondents: 10,031. 

Estimated Time per Response: Vessel 

marking: 75 minutes. Gear marking: 

aquacultured live rocks, 10 seconds 

each; golden crab traps, 2 minutes each; 

spiny lobster traps and buoys, 7 minutes 

each; black sea bass pots, buoys, and 

buoy lines, 16 minutes each; and 

Spanish mackerel gillnet buoys, 20 

minutes each; and buoy gear, 10 

minutes each. 

Total Annual Burden Hours: 40,335. 

Needs and Uses: The NMFS Southeast 

Region manages domestic fisheries in 

the U.S. exclusive economic zone of the 

Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico, and South 

Atlantic regions under multiple fishery 

management plans (FMPs). The regional 

fishery management councils prepared 

the FMPs pursuant to the MagnusonStevens Fishery Conservation and 

Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens 

Act). NMFS implements the FMPs 

through located at 50 CFR part 622. 

The regulations located at 50 CFR part 

622 form the basis for the information 

collection requirements that are 

currently approved under OMB Control 

Number 0648–0358, Southeast Region 

Vessel and Gear Identification 

Requirements. NMFS has no immediate 

plans to change identification 

requirements for fishing vessels or gear 

in 50 CFR part 622. Accordingly, NMFS 

proposes to extend to the information 

collections under OMB Control Number 

0648–0358 without change. 

Regulations at 50 CFR part 622 

require that all federally permitted 

fishing vessels must be marked with 

some form of identification. A vessel’s 

official number, under most regulations, 

must be displayed on the port and 

starboard sides of the deckhouse or hull, 

and on the weather deck. In addition, 

regulations for certain fisheries also 

require the display of the assigned color 

code for the vessel. The official number 

and color code identify each vessel and 

should be visible at distance from the 

sea and in the air. These markings 

provide law enforcement personnel 

with a means to monitor fishing, at-sea 

processing, and other related activities, 

and to determine whether observed 

activities on the vessel are in 

accordance with those authorized for 

that vessel. NMFS, the United States 

Coast Guard, and other marine agencies 

use the identifying official number in 

monitoring compliance, issuing 

violations, prosecutions, and other 

enforcement actions. Vessels that are 

permitted for particular fisheries are 

readily identified and gear violations are 

more readily prosecuted, thereby 

enabling for more cost-effective 

enforcement. 

In addition to vessel marking, 

requirements that fishing gear be 

marked are essential to facilitate 

enforcement. The ability to link fishing 

gear to the vessel owner is crucial to 

enforcement of regulations issued under 

the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Act. The marking of fishing gear is also 

valuable in actions concerning damage, 

loss, and civil proceedings. The 

requirements imposed on U.S. fisheries 

in the southeast region apply to 

aquacultured live rock; golden crab 

traps; spiny lobster traps and buoys; 

black sea bass pots, buoys, and buoy 

lines; Spanish mackerel gillnet buoys; 

and buoy gear. 

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit organizations. 

Frequency: As needed. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory. 

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

This information collection request 

may be viewed at https://

www.reginfo.gov. Follow the 

instructions to view the Department of 

Commerce collections currently under 

review by OMB. 

Written comments and 

recommendations for the proposed 

information collection must be 

submitted within 30 days of the 

publication of this notice on the 

following website https://

www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. 

Find this particular information 

collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 

30-day Review—Open for Public 

Comments,’’ or by using the search 

function and entering either the title of 

the information collection or the OMB 

Control Number 0648–0358. 

Sheleen Dumas, 

Departmental PRA Clearance Officer, Office 

of the Under Secretary for Economic Affairs, 

Commerce Department. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Interagency Marine Debris 

Coordinating Committee Meeting 

AGENCY: National Ocean Service, 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), Department of 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of a 

virtual public meeting of the 

Interagency Marine Debris Coordinating 

Committee (IMDCC). IMDCC members 

will discuss Federal marine debris 

activities, with a particular emphasis on 

the topics identified in the section on 

Matters to Be Considered. 

DATES: The virtual public meeting will 

be held on September 24, 2024, from 2 

p.m. to 3 p.m. eastern time (ET). 


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