[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 221 (Tuesday, November 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 63911]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30705]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 101498A]
Marine Mammals; File No. 881-1443
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Issuance of permit amendment.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Alaska SeaLife Center, Box
1329, Seward, AK 99664 (907/224-2600) has been issued an amendment to
scientific research Permit No. 881-1443.
ADDRESSES: The amendment and related documents are available for review
upon written request or by appointment in the following office(s):
Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/
713-2289); and
Regional Administrator, Alaska Region, National Marine Fisheries
Service, NOAA, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668 (907/586-7221).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara Shapiro or Ruth Johnson, 301/713-
2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 6, 1998, notice was published in
the Federal Register (63 FR 42010) that an amendment of Permit No. 881-
1443, issued March 23, 1998 (63 FR 14905), had been requested by the
above-named organization. The requested amendment has been granted
under the authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and the provisions of Sec. 216.39 of
the Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals
(50 CFR part 216).
Permit No. 881-1443 authorizes the Alaska SeaLife Center to (1)
import from Canada, three juvenile Steller sea lions (Eumetopias
jubatus) and two juvenile harbor seals (Phoca vitulina); (2) obtain six
additional harbor seals from U.S. facilities; and (3) conduct research
activities on these animals over a five-year period. These studies may
assess nutritional physiology, metabolic development, and clinical
health under captive conditions.
This amendment now authorizes the Holder to: (1) collect whiskers
or toenails from each harbor seal for background concentrations of
stable isotopes of carbon and nitrogen; (2) feed the harbor seals fish,
or inject them with solution containing stable isotopes of carbon and
nitrogen; and (3) collect serial biopsies of blubber and muscle to
assess lipid profiles.
Dated: November 5, 1998.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-30705 Filed 11-16-98; 8:45 am]
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