[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 50, Volume 4]
[Revised as of October 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 50CFR660.34]

[Page 486]
 
                    TITLE 50--WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES
 
                         DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
 
PART 660--FISHERIES OFF WEST COAST STATES AND IN THE WESTERN PACIFIC--Table of Contents
 
              Subpart C--Western Pacific Pelagic Fisheries
 
Sec. 660.34  Protected species workshop.

    (a) Each year the operator of a vessel registered for use under a 
Hawaii longline limited access permit or (after August 31, 2002) a 
longline general permit must attend and be certified for completion of a 
workshop conducted by NMFS on mitigation, handling, and release 
techniques for turtles and seabirds and other protected species.
    (b) A protected species workshop certificate will be issued by NMFS 
annually to any person who has completed the workshop.
    (c) An operator of a vessel registered for use under Hawaii longline 
limited access permit or a longline general permit and engaged in 
longline fishing, must have on board the vessel a valid protected 
species workshop certificate issued by NMFS or a legible copy thereof.

[67 FR 40237, June 12, 2002]