[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 52 (Friday, March 17, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14424-14425]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6664]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 031095C]
Marine Mammals
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
[[Page 14425]] Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Request to export nonreleasable beached and stranded marine
mammals (P582).
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that TOBA Aquarium, Toba 3-3-6 Toba
City, Mie Prefecture, 517 Japan, has requested authorization to export
nonreleasable beached/stranded marine mammals from the United States
for the purpose of public display.
ADDRESSES: The request for authorization and related documents are
available for review upon written request to the Chief, Permits
Division, F/PR1, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1335 East-West
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3226 (301/713-2289).
Relevant written comments about this request should be submitted to
the above address by April 17, 1995.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: TOBA Aquarium is requesting authorization
for the export of five nonreleasable rehabilitated California sea lions
(Zalophus californianus) for the purpose of public display under the
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (MMPA), as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361
et seq.).
The permanent retention or export for public display purposes of a
beached or stranded marine mammal taken for the purpose of
rehabilitation under section 109(h) of the MMPA must be authorized by
NMFS. Under the 1994 amendments to the MMPA, in order to obtain any
marine mammal for public display purposes, the recipient must: (1)
Offer a program for education or conservation purposes that is based on
professionally recognized standards of the public display community;
(2) be registered or hold a license issued under 7 U.S.C. 2131 et seq.;
i.e., from the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), U.S.
Department of Agriculture (or, for foreign facilities, meets comparable
standards); and (3) maintain facilities for the public display of
marine mammals that are open to the public on a regularly scheduled
basis and to which access is not limited or restricted other than by
charging of an admission fee. In this regard, the required
certifications and statements provided by TOBA Aquarium and the
Japanese Fisheries Agency have been submitted to NMFS and APHIS, and
have been found appropriate and sufficient to allow consideration of
the request.
Dated: March 13, 1995.
Art Jeffers,
Acting Chief, Division of Permits & Documentation, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-6664 Filed 3-16-95; 8:45 am]
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