[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 43 (Friday, March 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 10649]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5502]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 021199B]
Marine Mammals; File No. P368F
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Issuance of permit amendment.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. James T. Harvey, Associate
Professor, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, P.O. Box 450, Moss
Landing, CA 95039-0450, has been issued an amendment to scientific
research Permit No.974 (File No. P368F).
ADDRESSES: The amendment and related documents are available for review
upon written request or by appointment in the following office(s):
Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/
713-2289); and
Regional Administrator, Southwest Region, National Marine Fisheries
Service, NOAA, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-
4213 (562/980-4001).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara Shapiro or Ruth Johnson, 301/713-
2289.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 30, 1998, notice was published in
the Federal Register (63 FR 35568) that an amendment of Permit No. 974,
issued August 25, 1995 (60 FR 46577), had been requested by the above-
named individual. The requested amendment has been granted under the
authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.) and the provisions of Sec. 216.39 of the
Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals (50
CFR part 216).
Permit No. 974 authorizes the permit holder to: determine body fat
of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina); handle 20 harbor seal pups up to four
times and 80 pups one time annually to track changes in health,
physiological condition, and diving behavior; handle 20 adults and 20
juveniles four times annually to determine seasonal shifts in health,
physiological condition, and diving behavior; and harass 600 harbor
seals as a result of the above activities. The permit holder is now
authorized to increase: 1) the total number of takes of non-pups and 2)
the number of seals to be inadvertently harassed during scat
collection.
Dated: March 2, 1999.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-5502 Filed 3-4-99; 8:45 am]
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