[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 237 (Thursday, December 10, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 68247]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-32900]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 112398H]
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 Permit No. 881-1443, issued to the
Alaska SeaLife Center, P.O. Box 1329, Seward, AK 99664, was amended.
ADDRESSES: The amendment and related documents are available for review
upon written request or by appointment in the following offices:
Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13130 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: The subject amendment has been issued under
the authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended
(16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the provisions of Sec. 216.39 of the
Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals (50
CFR part 216), the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and the provisions of Sec. 222.25 of the
regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of
endangered fish and wildlife (50 CFR part 222).
Permit No. 881-1443, Project No. I authorizes the Alaska SeaLife
Center to assess nutritional physiology, metabolic development, and
clinical health under captive conditions of six harbor seals (Phoca
vitulina) and three Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus). Project II
authorizes you to conduct stable isotope and lipid metabolism studies
on the harbor seals.
Condition A.2.i. currently authorizes controlled dietary studies.
As a component of this condition, this amendment (Project No. III) now
authorizes the Holder to: (1) conduct a two-week fasting study on the
Steller sea lions; (2) increase the frequency of blood-sampling during
this period from one to three per week (previously authorized in
Condition A.2.d.); and (3) inject D2O two times during this
two-week period (previously authorized in A.2.g.).
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 which is the
subject of this permit, and (3) is consistent with the purposes and
policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA.
Dated: November 25, 1998.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-32900 Filed 12-9-98; 8:45 am]
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