Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Safe Handling, Release, and Identification Resources
December 08, 2021
Instructors hand out a variety of placards and brochures in Safe Handling, Release, and Identification Training Workshops. Here you can download those materials.
Safe Handling, Release, and Identification Handouts
Sawfish and Sturgeon
- Sawfish Handling and Release Guidelines
- English (PDF, 1 page)
- Vietnamese (PDF, 1 page)
- Sturgeon Safe Handling & Release Guidelines
Sharks and Rays
- Prohibited Shark Identification Placard
- Oceanic Whitetip Shark Handling and Release Procedures (PDF, 1 page)
- Scalloped Hammerhead Shark Handling and Release Procedures (PDF, 1 page)
- Giant Manta Ray Handling and Release Procedures (PDF, 1 page)
Sea Turtles
- Sea Turtle Handling and Release Placard for Atlantic Shark Gillnet Gear (PDF, 2 pages)
- Sea Turtle Handling and Release Placard for Hook and Line Fisheries
- English (PDF, 1 page)
- Spanish (PDF, 1 page)
- Vietnamese (PDF, 1 page)
- Sea Turtle Handling and Resuscitation Requirements/Sea Turtles of the U.S. Atlantic Coast (PDF, 2 pages)
- Longline Required Safe Handling and Release Equipment List (PDF, 1 page)
- Table 1: NOAA Fisheries Approved Models for Equipment Needed for the Careful Release of Sea Turtles Caught in HMS Hook and Line Fisheries (PDF, 2 pages)
- NOAA Technical Memorandum 738: Design Standards and Equipment for Careful Release of Sea Turtles Caught in Hook and Line Fisheries (PDF, 76)
- NOAA Technical Memorandum 735: Careful Release Protocols for Sea Turtle Release with Minimal Injury (PDF, 74 pages)
Marine Mammals
- Marine Mammal Handling and Release Guidelines and Species Fact Sheet
- English (PDF, 2 pages)
- Vietnamese (PDF, 1 page)
- Pelagic Longline Take Reduction Plan Compliance Guide (PDF, 4 pages)
- Pelagic Longline and Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan (PDF, 1 page)
- Bottlenose Dolphin Take Reduction Plan (PDF, 6 pages)
- Guide to the Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan: Southeast Gillnet Fisheries (PDF, 20 pages)
- Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan Gear Guide Supplements (PDF, 25 pages)
- Atlantic Large Whale Take Reduction Plan and Harbor Porpoise Take Reduction Plan Gillnet Summaries (PDF, 2 pages)
- Compliance Guide for the Right Whale Ship Strike Reduction Rule (PDF, 2 pages)
- Report a Right Whale Sighting
- Caution Boaters: Avoid Right Whales
- Right Whale Fact Sheet