[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 211 (Wednesday, November 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55543-55544]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-27026]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 100595B]
Marine Mammals
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Issuance of scientific research permit no. 969 (P524B).
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. Shannon Atkinson and Mr. James
Palmer, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, have been
issued a permit to obtain blood and blubber
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samples and to import samples from various species of cetaceans, for
the purpose of scientific research.
ADDRESSES: The permit is available for review by interested persons in
the following offices by appointment:
Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-
West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289);
Director, Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester,
MA 01930-2298 (508/281-9250);
Director, Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721 Executive Center Drive
North, St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432 (813/893-3141);
Director, Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE, BIN
C15700, Bldg. 1, Seattle, WA, 98115-0070 (206/526-6150);
Director, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200,
Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4001);
Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-
1668 (907/586-7221); and
Coordinator, Pacific Area Office, NMFS, 2570 Dole Street Honolulu,
HI 96822-2396 (808/955-8831).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ruth Johnson (301/713-2289).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 24, 1995, notice was published in the
Federal Register (60 FR 27493) that a permit had been requested by the
above-named individuals. The requested permit has been granted under
the authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended
(16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the Regulations Governing the Taking and
Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216), the Endangered Species
Act of 1973 (ESA), as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and the
regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of
endangered fish and wildlife (50 CFR part 222).
The permit authorizes the holder to obtain blood serum and blubber
samples from cetaceans taken in subsistence hunting, and incidental,
stranded and captive mortalities. The applicant is also authorized to
import blood and blubber samples as well as utilize bowhead whale
samples in storage at the National Marine Mammal Lab.
Issuance of this permit, as required by the ESA, was based on a
finding that such permit: (1) Was applied for in good faith; (2) will
not operate to the disadvantage of the endangered species that is the
subject of this permit; and (3) is consistent with the purposes and
policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA.
Dated: October 23, 1995.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits & Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-27026 Filed 10-31-95; 8:45 am]
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