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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:white">Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council</span></strong><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">March 2, 2018</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Press Contact:
<a href="mailto:msabo@mafmc.org">Mary Sabo</a>, (302) 518-1143</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:15.0pt;color:black">Mid-Atlantic Council to Offer Webinar on Electronic Vessel Trip Reporting for For-Hire Vessel Operators</span></strong><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><strong><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Friday, March 2, 2018</span></i></strong><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">10:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Webinar URL:</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=29129037&msgid=438491&act=8IKT&c=1229622&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fmafmc.adobeconnect.com%2Fevtr2018%2F">http://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/evtr2018/</a> </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-align:center"><em><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Telephone instructions are provided upon connecting,</span></em><i><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">or you can call direct: 800-832-0736, Rm: *7833942#.</span></em></span></i><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council will hold a public webinar on Friday, March 2, 2018, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., to help for-hire
vessel operators prepare for upcoming electronic reporting requirements. This webinar will be recorded and made available on the Council’s website for later viewing for those who cannot attend.</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Beginning March 12, 2018, all vessels with Federal charter or party permits for species managed by the Mid-Atlantic Council will be required
to submit electronic vessel trip reports (eVTRs) while on trips carrying passengers for hire. eVTRs must be submitted through a NOAA-approved software application within 48 hours following the completion of a fishing trip. This action only changes the required
method of transmitting VTRs and the submission date; the required data elements and all other existing reporting requirements will not change.
<strong><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">This regulation impacts any for-hire vessel holding Federal charter or party permits for Council-managed species, regardless of home port or fishing location.
</span></strong>For more information about for-hire electronic reporting requirements, visit the
<a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=29129037&msgid=438491&act=8IKT&c=1229622&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mafmc.org%2Ffor-hire-evtr%2F">
For-Hire eVTR page</a> or review the <a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=29129037&msgid=438491&act=8IKT&c=1229622&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mafmc.org%2Fs%2FeVTR-Q-and-A-2-1-18.pdf">
For-Hire eVTR Q&A summary</a>. </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">This webinar will provide participants with information on the new requirements and training on select systems in preparation for this action.
While all options for electronic reporting will be briefly discussed, the webinar will focus primarily on training for the SAFIS eTrips/mobile system developed by the Atlantic Coastal Cooperative Statistics Program (ACCSP). Instruction will be led by Rick
Bellavance, Owner/Operator of Priority Fishing Charters in Point Judith, Rhode Island, and ACCSP staff.</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Registration:
</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Pre-registration is encouraged at
<a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=29129037&msgid=438491&act=8IKT&c=1229622&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mafmc.org%2Ffor-hire-evtr%2F">
www.mafmc.org/for-hire-evtr/</a>. Pre-registration will allow us to assist you with setting up accounts and systems needed to comply with this requirement.</span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">To join the webinar</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, go to
<a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=29129037&msgid=438491&act=8IKT&c=1229622&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fmafmc.adobeconnect.com%2Fevtr2018%2F">
http://mafmc.adobeconnect.com/evtr2018/</a>, select “Enter as Guest,” and type your name in the box. Telephone instructions are provided upon connecting, or you can call direct: 800-832-0736, Rm: *7833942#. </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Questions?</span></strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Contact workshop coordinator Andrew
Loftus, <a href="mailto:aloftus@andrewloftus.com">aloftus@andrewloftus.com</a>, (410) 295-5997. </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#666666">The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council is one of eight regional councils established by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and
Management Act of 1976. The Council has primary responsibility for twelve species of fish and shellfish in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) between 3 and 200 miles off the Mid-Atlantic coast. Member states include New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware,
Maryland, Virginia, and North Carolina. </span><span style="font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;color:black"><a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=29129037&msgid=438491&act=8IKT&c=1229622&destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mafmc.org"><span style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">Visit
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