[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 230 (Monday, December 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 63520]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31444]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 112497B]
Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit No. 872-1397
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Issuance of permit.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Ann E. Bowles, Ph.D., Hubbs-Sea
World Research Institute, 2595 Ingraham Street, San Diego, CA 92109,
has been issued a permit for purposes of scientific research.
ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review
upon written request or by appointment in the following office(s):
Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-
West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289); and
Director, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Long Beach,
CA 90802-4213 (562/980-4001).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 18, 1997, notice was published in
the Federal Register (62 FR 38521) that a request for a scientific
research permit to take (i.e., harass) up to 10 beached rehabilitated
animals of each of three pinniped species annually: northern elephant
seals (Mirounga angustirostris) Pacific harbor seals (Phoca vitulina
richardsi), and California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) had been
submitted by the above-named individual. The proposed research will be
conducted over a 5-year period at Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute
and Sea World, San Diego, California. The requested permit has been
issued under the authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972,
as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and the regulations governing the
taking and importing of marine mammals (50 CFR part 216).
Dated: November 25, 1997.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-31444 Filed 11-28-97; 8:45 am]
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