[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 51 (Thursday, March 16, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 14271]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6452]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 030695F]
Marine Mammals
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Receipt of application for a scientific research permit
(P532B).
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Texas A&M University, Department
of Marine Biology, Galveston, TX 77553-1675 (Principal Investigators:
Dr. Randall W. Davis, Texas A&M, Dr. Michael A. Castellini, University
of Alaska, and Dr. Terrie M. Williams, University of California-Santa
Cruz) has applied in due form for a permit to take Steller sea lions
(Eumetopias jubatus) for purposes of scientific research.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before April 17, 1995.
ADDRESSES: The application 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);
Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-
1668 (907/586-7221).
Written data or views, or requests for a public hearing on this
request, should be submitted to the Chief, Permits Division, F/PR1,
Office of Protected Resources, 1335 East-West Highway, Silver Spring,
MD 20910, within 30 days of the publication of this notice. Those
individuals requesting a hearing should set forth the specific reasons
why a hearing on this particular request would be appropriate.
Concurrent with the publication of this notice in the Federal
Register, the Secretary of Commerce is forwarding copies of this
application to the Marine Mammal Commission and its Committee of
Scientific Advisors.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject permit is requested 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 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).
The applicants request authority to take up to 120 Steller sea
lions (Eumetopias jubatus) annually for 5 years. Of these 40, each of
the pups, females, and juveniles will be flipper tagged and dye marked,
physiologically handled, blood, blubber and muscle biopsy sampled, and
metabolic rate measured. Twenty each of the females and juveniles will
carry a radio transmitter and miniature time-depth-stomach temperature
recorder, be injected with Evans blue dye to determine plasma volume,
have their lung volume measured using the helium dilution method, have
an upper premolar no. 2 extracted for aging, and one - two whiskers
clipped for stable isotope analysis. Each year up to 1,000 animals may
be inadvertently harassed and up to six animals may accidentally die
during the course of the research.
Dated: March 10, 1995.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits & Documentation Division, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 95-6452 Filed 3-15-95; 8:45 am]
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