[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 72 (Friday, April 14, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19025-19026]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9234]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 040595B]
Marine Mammals
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Request to export a nonreleasable beached and stranded marine
mammal (P584).
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Fort MacArthur Marine Mammal
Care Center has requested authorization to export for public display
purposes one nonreleasable beached and stranded Northern elephant seal
from its rehabilitation facility in San Pedro, CA, to Mundo Aquatico,
at Zoomarine, in Albufeira, Portugal.
ADDRESSES: The request for authorization and related documents are
available for review upon written request from the Chief, Permits
Division, F/PR1, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1335 East-West
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3226 (301/713-2289). [[Page 19026]]
Relevant written comments about this request should be submitted to
the above address by May 15, 1995.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Fort MacArthur Marine Mammal Care Center and
Mundo Aquatico are requesting authorization for the export of one
nonreleasable rehabilitated female Northern elephant seal (Mirounga
angustirostris) 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 subject marine mammal, stranded in Santa Monica, CA, has been
under rehabilitation for suspected head trauma since April 1, 1994. A
determination of unreleasability was made by the attending veterinarian
and submitted to the NMFS Southwest Region on January 25, 1995. NMFS
concurs with this determination.
The permanent retention or export for public display purposes of a
beached or stranded marine mammal taken for the purpose of
rehabilitation under Sec. 109(h) of the MMPA must be authorized by
NMFS. Under the MMPA 1994 amendments, 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 Mundo Aquatico and the Portuguese Government have been submitted to
NMFS and APHIS, and have been found appropriate and sufficient to allow
consideration of the request.
Dated: April 10, 1995.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 95-9234 Filed 4-13-95; 8:45 am]
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