[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 52 (Friday, March 17, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 14424]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6666]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 031095B]
Marine Mammals
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Request to export nonreleasable beached and stranded marine
mammals (P583).
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Shimoda Floating Aquarium, Fujita
Tourist Enterprises Co., 3-22-31 Shimoda, Shizuoka 415, Japan, has
requested authorization to export for public display purposes two
nonreleasable beached and stranded California sea lions from a U.S.
rehabilitation facility.
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 April 17, 1995.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Shimoda Floating Aquarium, Fujita Tourist
Enterprises Co., is requesting authorization for the export of two
nonreleasable rehabilitated female 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, meet 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 Shimoda Floating 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 and Documentation, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-6666 Filed 3-16-95; 8:45 am]
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