[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 79 (Monday, April 25, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-9868]
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[Federal Register: April 25, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 040894C]
Marine Mammals
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Receipt of application to modify permit no. 868 (P539).
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. Norihisa Baba, Chief, Fur Seal
Section, the National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries,
Fisheries Agency of Japan, 5-7-1 Orido, Shimizu, Shizuoka 424 Japan,
has requested a modification to permit No. 868.
ADDRESSES: The modification request and related documents are available
for review upon written request or by appointment in the following
offices:
Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-
West Highway, room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289); and
Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-
1668 (907/586-7221).
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
modification 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 modification to permit No. 868,
issued on July 15, 1993 (58 FR 39525) is requested under the authority
of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361
et seq.), the Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine
Mammals (50 CFR part 216), the Fur Seal Act of 1966, as amended (16
U.S.C. 1151 et seq.), and fur seal regulations at 50 CFR part 215.
Permit No. 868 authorizes the permit holder to capture, tag, mark,
and collect tissue samples from northern fur seals (Callorhinus
ursinus) in Alaska in July through August 1995. The permit holder
requests authorization to initiate the field season on June 15, to
extend the effective date through September 1996, and to increase the
number of fur seals authorized as subjects of the research.
Dated: April 13, 1994
Herbert W. Kaufman
Deputy Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries Service
[FR Doc. 94-9868 Filed 4-22-94; 8:45a.m.]
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