[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 43 (Friday, March 4, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-4950]
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[Federal Register: March 4, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 021894A]
Marine Mammals
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), NOAA, Commerce.
ACTION: Receipt of Application for a Scientific Research Permit
(P377B).
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. A. Rus Hoelzel, LVC, Bldg.
560, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, has applied in due
form for a permit to import Tursiops truncatus skin samples for
purposes of scientific research.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before February 28,
1994.
ADDRESSES: The application and related documents are available for
review upon written request or by appointment in the following
office(s):
Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West
Highway, room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289); and
Director, Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA
01930 (508/281-9200).
Written data or views, or requests for a public hearing on this
request, should be submitted to the Director, Office of Protected
Resources, NMFS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1315 East-West
Highway, room 13130, 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.) and the Regulations Governing the Taking and
Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).
The Applicant proposes to import 100 skin samples taken from
bottlenose dolphins that are collected by salvage from already dead
animals and by biopsy darting. The samples will be imported from
Namibia and South Africa. Morphological distinctions related to body
size and cranial dimensions have been described between the nearshore
and offshore forms of bottlenose dolphin.
In this study, the applicant proposes to investigate the genetic
differentiation of nearshore vs offshore populations from Namibia and
South Africa.
Dated: February 28, 1994.
William W. Fox, Jr.,
Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 94-4950 Filed 3-3-94; 8:45 am]
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