[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 191 (Tuesday, October 2, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 60108-60109]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-24205]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
RIN 0648-BA75
Atlantic Highly Migratory Species; Electronic Dealer Reporting
System Workshop
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of public workshops.
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SUMMARY: On August 8, 2012, NMFS published a final rule that will
require, among other things, Federal Atlantic swordfish, shark, and
tunas dealers (except for dealers reporting Atlantic bluefin tuna) to
report receipt of Atlantic sharks, swordfish, and bigeye, albacore,
yellowfin, and skipjack (BAYS) tunas through one centralized electronic
reporting system starting on January 1, 2013. This electronic reporting
system will allow dealers to submit Atlantic sharks, swordfish, and
BAYS tuna data on a more real-time basis and more efficiently, and will
reduce duplicative data submissions from different regions. This notice
announces the dates and locations of several training workshops to
introduce the new reporting system to HMS dealers. These workshops will
be held in the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic regions and are open to any
interested parties.
DATES: Training workshops for the new electronic dealer system will be
held from October through December 2012. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
for meeting dates, times, and locations.
ADDRESSES: Workshops will be held in Barnegat Light, NJ; Ocean Pines,
MD; Gulf Shores and Coden, AL; Charleston, SC; Portland, ME;
Gloucester, MA; Manteo, NC, and Dickinson, TX. See SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION for dates, times, and locations.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Delisse Ortiz or Karyl Brewster-Geisz
at (301) 427-8503 (phone); or Jackie Wilson at (240) 338-3936, or (301)
713-1917 (fax); or http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/sfa/hms/index.htm.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Atlantic HMS are managed under the dual
authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management
Act (MSA), 16 U.S.C. 1801 et seq., and the Atlantic Tunas Convention
Act (ATCA), 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq. Under the MSA, NMFS must ensure
consistency with the National Standards and manage fisheries to
maintain optimum yield, rebuild overfished fisheries, and prevent
overfishing. ATCA authorizes the Secretary of Commerce to promulgate
regulations, as may be necessary and appropriate, to implement the
recommendations adopted by the International Commission for the
Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). The authority to issue
regulations under MSA and ATCA has been delegated from the Secretary to
the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA. The implementing
regulations for Atlantic HMS are at 50 CFR part 635.
Background
On August 8, 2012 (77 FR 47303), we published a final rule in the
Federal Register that requires, among other things, Federal Atlantic
swordfish, shark, and tunas dealers (except for dealers reporting
Atlantic bluefin tuna) to report receipt of Atlantic sharks, swordfish,
and BAYS tunas through one centralized electronic reporting system.
Under this new system, dealers will submit HMS data electronically
(instead of in a paper format) and include additional information that
is necessary for management purposes (e.g., vessel and logbook
information). The electronic submission of data will eliminate the
delay associated with mailing in hardcopy reports. In this manner, HMS
landings data will be submitted on a more real-time basis, allowing for
timely and efficient data collection for management of Atlantic HMS.
In order to give sufficient time for dealers to adjust to
implementation of the new system and the additional requirements, we
delayed implementation of the new HMS electronic reporting system for
all federally-permitted HMS dealers until January 1, 2013.
Additionally, we are conducting outreach to HMS dealers to train them
how to use the new system and help ease the transition from the current
paper format to the new HMS electronic reporting system. To date, we
conducted 11 training workshops in the Caribbean, Gulf of Mexico and
Atlantic regions in order to introduce the new reporting system to HMS
dealers. In this notice, we announce the date and location for one
webinar and nine additional training workshops in the Gulf of Mexico
and Atlantic regions in order to continue introducing HMS dealers to
the new electronic system. We may announce additional workshops at a
future date.
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Tentative date Time Meeting locations Address
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October 17, 2012.............. 6:00-9:00 pm.................. US Coast Guard Station Sixth and Bayview
Barnegat Light. Avenue, Barnegat
Light, NJ 08006.
October 18, 2012.............. 2:00-5:00 pm.................. Ocean Pines Library 111707 Cathell Road,
Conference Room. Ocean Pines, MD 21811.
October 23, 2012.............. 3:00-6:00 pm.................. Alabama Department of 21055 Waterway E Blvd,
Conservation and Gulf Shores, AL 36542.
Natural Resources
Division/Marine
Resources Claude
Peteet Mariculture
Center.
October 24, 2012.............. 3:00-6:00 pm.................. Coastal Response Center 7385 Highway 188,
Coden, AL 36523.
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November 1, 2012.............. 5:00-8:00 pm.................. SC Dept of Natural 217 Fort Johnson Rd.,
Resources Marine Charleston, SC 29412.
Resources Research
Institute Auditorium.
November 8, 2012.............. 5:00-8:00 pm.................. Casco Bay Ferry 56 Commercial Street,
Terminal (Casco Bay Portland, ME 04112.
Lines).
November 14, 2012............. 2:00-5:00 pm.................. NOAA Northeast Regional 55 Great Republic
Office. Drive, Gloucester, MA
01930.
November 27, 2012............. 1:00-4:00 pm.................. Webinar................ https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/941053440 register/941053440.
December 5, 2012.............. 4:00-7:00 pm.................. Dare County 954 Marshall C. Collins
Administration Drive, Manteo, NC
Building, Room 168. 27954.
December 13, 2012............. 5:00-8:00 pm.................. Texas Parks and 1502 FM 517 East,
Wildlife Department. Dickinson, TX 77539.
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These workshops will be physically accessible to people with
disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other
auxiliary aids should be directed to Delisse Ortiz at (301) 425-8503 or
Jackie Wilson at (240) 338-3936 at least 7 days prior to the workshop
date. The public is reminded that NMFS expects participants at the
workshop to conduct themselves appropriately. At the beginning of each
workshop, a representative of NMFS will explain the ground rules (e.g.,
alcohol is prohibited from the hearing room; each attendee will have an
opportunity to ask questions; and attendees should not interrupt one
another). Attendees are expected to respect the ground rules; if they
do not, they will be asked to leave the workshop.
Dated: September 27, 2012.
Lindsay Fullenkamp,
Acting Deputy Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2012-24205 Filed 10-1-12; 8:45 am]
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