98-199. Issuance of Permit for Marine Mammals

[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 3 (Tuesday, January 6, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 571-572]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-199]


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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service


Issuance of Permit for Marine Mammals

    On November 5, 1997, a notice was published in the Federal 
Register, Vol. 62, No. 214, Page 59876, that an application had been 
filed with the Fish and Wildlife Service by Robert Moses, Worthington, 
IN, for a permit (PRT-836090) to import a sport-hunted polar bear 
(Ursus maritimus) trophy, taken from the Lancaster Sound population, 
Northwest Territories, Canada prior to April 30, 1994, for personal 
use.
    Notice is hereby given that on December 16, 1997, as authorized by 
the provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended 
(16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) the Fish and Wildlife Service authorized the 
requested permit subject to certain conditions set forth therein.
    On October 21, 1997, a notice was published in the Federal 
Register, Vol. 62, No. 203, Page 54648, that an application had been 
filed with the Fish and Wildlife Service by William R. Williamson, 
Austin, TX for a permit (PRT-832316) to import a sport-hunted polar 
bear (Ursus maritimus) trophy,

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taken from the McClintock Channel population, Northwest Territories, 
Canada,for personal use.
    Notice is hereby given that on December 9, 1997, as authorized by 
the provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended 
(16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) the Fish and Wildlife Service authorized the 
requested permit subject to certain conditions set forth therein.
    On September 25, 1997, a notice was published in the Federal 
Register, Vol. 62, No. 186, Page 50394, that an application had been 
filed with the Fish and Wildlife Service by Wilton Hardesty, Gunnison, 
CO for a permit (PRT-832902) to import a sport-hunted polar bear (Ursus 
maritimus) trophy, taken from the Davis Strait population, Northwest 
Territories, Canada, prior to April 30, 1994, for personal use.
    Notice is hereby given that on December 16, 1997, as authorized by 
the provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended 
(16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) the Fish and Wildlife Service authorized the 
requested permit subject to certain conditions set forth therein.
    On September 25, 1997, a notice was published in the Federal 
Register, Vol. 62, No. 186, Page 50394, that an application had been 
filed with the Fish and Wildlife Service by the Seattle Aquarium, 
Seattle, WA for a permit (PRT-834418) to take for the purpose of public 
display one female northern sea otter (Enhydra lutris lutris) recovered 
by the Fish and Wildlife Service as an orphaned pup near Kodiak, AK.
    Notice is hereby given that on November 20, 1997, as authorized by 
the provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended 
(16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) the Fish and Wildlife Service authorized the 
requested permit subject to certain conditions set forth therein.
    Documents and other information submitted for these applications 
are available for review by any party who submits a written request to 
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Office of Management Authority, 
4401 North Fairfax Drive, Rm 700, Arlington, Virginia 22203. Phone 
[phone] or Fax [phone].

    Dated: December 31, 1997.
MaryEllen Amtower,
Acting Chief, Branch of Permits, Office of Management Authority.
[FR Doc. 98-199 Filed 1-5-98; 8:45 am]
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