[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: 50CFR660.36]

[Page 488]
 
                    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. 660.36  Protected species workshop.

    (a) Each year both the owner and the operator of a vessel registered 
for use under a Hawaii longline limited access 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 owner of a vessel registered for use under a Hawaii longline 
limited access permit must maintain and have on file a valid protected 
species workshop certificate issued by NMFS in order to maintain or 
renew their vessel registration.
    (d) An operator of a vessel registered for use under a Hawaii 
longline limited access 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 34413, May 14, 2002]