[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 51 (Thursday, March 16, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14270-14271]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6460]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 030795B]
Marine Mammals
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Receipt of application for a scientific research permit
(P418A).
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Mason Weinrich of the Cetacean
Research Unit, P.O. Box 159, Gloucester, MA 01930, has applied in due
form for a permit to take humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), fin
whales (Balaenoptera physalus), right whales (Eubalaena glacialis), and
sei whales (Balaenoptera borealis) for the purpose 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, Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester,
MA 01930-2298 (508/281-9250).
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 applicant seeks authorization to take annually by harassment a
maximum of 400 individual humpback [[Page 14271]] whales, 250
individual fin whales, 50 individual sei whales, and 50 individual
right whales in the Western North Atlantic. Proposed taking will be by
close approach (within 100 yards) for photo-identification to continue
long-term studies of distribution, demography, behavior, and ecology of
the cetaceans inhabiting the Northeastern coastal waters of the United
States.
Dated: March 10, 1995.
Art Jeffers,
Acting Chief, Permits & Documentation Division, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-6460 Filed 3-15-95; 8:45 am]
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