[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 201 (Wednesday, October 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53899-53900]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-26388]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 100296J]
Endangered Species; Permits
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Receipt of an application for an enhancement permit (P45W) and
an application for a scientific research permit (P622).
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
in Sacramento, CA (FWS) has applied in due form for an enhancement
permit and the California Department of Fish and Game in Sacramento, CA
(CDFG) has applied in due form for a scientific research permit
authorizing takes of an endangered species.
DATES: Written comments or requests for a public hearing on either of
these applications must be received on or before November 15, 1996.
ADDRESSES: The applications and related documents are available for
review in the following offices, by appointment:
Office of Protected Resources, F/PR3, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway,
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3226 (301-713-1401); and
Director, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200,
Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310-980-4016).
Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be
submitted to the Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of
Protected Resources.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FWS and CDFG request permits under the
authority of section 10 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) (16
U.S.C. 1531-1543) and the NMFS regulations governing ESA-listed fish
and wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 217-227).
FWS (P45W) requests a 5-year enhancement permit for annual takes of
adult and juvenile, endangered, Sacramento River winter-run chinook
salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) associated with a propagation program
at FWS's Coleman National Fish Hatchery and a captive broodstock
program at Steinhart Aquarium in San Francisco and the Bodega Marine
Laboratory in Bodega Bay. Takes of ESA-listed winter-run chinook salmon
associated with the propagation and captive broodstock programs is
currently authorized under permit 747. Permit 747 was issued to FWS on
August 8, 1991 and will expire on November 30, 1996.
The objective of the propagation program is to supplement the wild
population. ESA-listed, naturally-produced and artificially-propagated
adults are proposed to be captured, transported, maintained, and
spawned annually in a protected hatchery environment. The progeny of
the captured adults will be adipose fin-clipped, tagged with coded
wires, and released into the wild or transferred to the captive
broodstock program. To monitor the propagation program, carcasses of
the adult, ESA-listed fish that return to spawn in the wild are
proposed to be collected from the mainstem Sacramento River and Battle
Creek and sampled for tissues and tags. The purpose of the captive
broodstock program is to maintain the genetic integrity of the ESA-
listed salmon species in a hatchery environment. The captive broodstock
program will provide: Protection against loss of genetic material, a
source of gametes for the propagation program, a source of progeny to
supplement the wild fish, security until the habitat conditions in the
Sacramento River improve, egg and fry for experimental purposes, and a
potential tool to assist in the recovery of the species.
CDFG (P622) requests a one-year scientific research permit for
takes of adult and juvenile, endangered, Sacramento River winter-run
chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) associated with two studies.
Any juvenile, ESA-listed, artificially-propagated, winter-run chinook
salmon taken during both studies will be sacrificed, frozen, and
provided to FWS for research. For Study 1, CDFG propose to establish a
pilot program at Knights Landing on the Sacramento River for monitoring
juvenile anadromous fish migration. The purpose of the monitoring
program is to evaluate the utility of the site and various sampling
protocols in determining the timing and abundance of juvenile
anadromous salmonids emigrating to the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
Juvenile,
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ESA-listed, naturally-produced, juvenile fish are proposed to be
captured (with rotary screw traps, fyke traps, and a kodiak trawl),
anesthetized, handled, allowed to recover from the anesthetic, and
released. Associated indirect mortalities of juvenile, ESA-listed fish
are also requested.
For Study 2, CDFG propose to determine the relationship between
manageable physical habitat attributes (flow, temperature, channel
aspects) and anadromous salmonids within the upper reaches of the
Sacramento River and throughout the river system up to ocean entry.
Information relating spawning distribution (temporal and spatial),
spawning success, juvenile survival, production, and emigration will be
determined relative to habitat conditions. This information will be
used to identify management actions required for the survival of
anadromous fish resources. Carcasses of adult, ESA-listed fish (both
in-river and hatchery-reared) are proposed to be recovered and sampled
for tissues and tags. Juvenile, ESA-listed, naturally-produced, fish
are proposed to be captured (with rotary screw traps, a beach seine,
and a kodiak trawl), anesthetized, handled, allowed to recover from the
anesthetic, and released. Associated indirect mortalities of juvenile,
ESA-listed fish are also requested.
Those individuals requesting a hearing should set out the specific
reasons why a hearing on any of the applications would be appropriate
(see ADDRESSES). The holding of such a hearing is at the discretion of
the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA. All statements and
opinions contained in these application summaries are those of the
applicants and do not necessarily reflect the views of NMFS.
Dated: October 9, 1996.
Robert C. Ziobro,
Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-26388 Filed 10-15-96; 8:45 am]
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