[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 243 (Thursday, December 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 66342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33075]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 120497A]
Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit No. 1016 (P167H)
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Scientific research permit amendment.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a request for amendment of
scientific research permit no. 1016 submitted by Hubbs-Sea World
Research Institute, 2595 Ingraham Street, San Diego, CA 92109, has been
granted.
ADDRESSES: The amendment 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 October 28, 1997, notice was published in
the Federal Register (62 FR 55787) that an amendment of permit no.
1016, issued October 16, 1996 (61 FR 53901) had been requested by the
above-name organization. The requested amendment 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).
The permittee currently has authorization to harass several species
of stranded rehabilitated and permanently captive pinnipeds and small
cetaceans in order to measure their interaction with fishing gear and
to determine the effect of introducing an auditory stimulus (i.e.,
pinger) on responses. The research is authorized to be conducted over a
five year period. The permit has been amended to authorize: the
addition of 2 pinger trials and 2 net trials with 14 of the 18
California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) currently authorized to
be involved in motivational state trials; and an increase in the number
of California sea lions to be used in the naive trials from 30 to 40.
Dated: December 12, 1997.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-33075 Filed 12-17-97; 8:45 am]
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