[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 47 (Tuesday, March 11, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 11159]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-5976]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 030497F]
Marine Mammals
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Issuance of scientific research permit no. 1031 (P623)
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that D. Ann Pabst, Ph.D., University of
North Carolina at Wilmington, 601 South College Road, Wilmington, North
Carolina 28403-3297, is hereby authorized to take cetaceans for
purposes of scientific research.
ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review
upon written request or by appointment in the following offices:
Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS,
1315 East-West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/
713-2289);
Regional Administrator, Northeast Region, NMFS, NOAA, One Blackburn
Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930-2298 (508/281-9250); and
Regional Administrator, Southeast Region, NMFS, NOAA, 9721
Executive Center Drive, St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432 (813/570-5301).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On November 25, 1996, notice was published
in the Federal Register (61 FR 59863) that the above-named applicant
had submitted a request for a scientific research permit to harass
during photo-identification studies, acoustic recording, and aerial and
vessel surveys, up to 1,200 humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae)
annually over a five year period. In addition, the following non-target
species may be harassed during the course of the research: North
Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis), fin whales (Balaenoptera
physalus), Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), harbor
porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), beaked whales (Mesplodon sp.), and
pelagic dolphins (Stenella sp.). 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.), the Regulations Governing the Taking
and Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR Part 216), the Endangered
Species Act (ESA) of 1973, 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). 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: March 5, 1997.
Art Jeffers,
Acting Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-5976 Filed 3-10-97; 8:45 am]
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