[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 68 (Wednesday, April 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 17178]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-9017]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 032597A]
Endangered Species; Permits
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of application for a modification to permit
#875 (P774).
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the National Marine Fisheries
Service, Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) (P774) has applied
in due form for a modification of scientific research permit #875.
DATES: Written comments or requests for a public hearing on this
application must be received on or before May 9, 1997.
ADDRESSES: The application and related documents are available for
review by appointment in the following offices:
Office of Protected Resources, F/PR3, NMFS, 1315 East-West Hwy.,
Room 13307, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3226 (301-713-1401); and
Director, Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester,
MA 01930-2298 (508-281-9250).
Written comments, or requests for a public hearing on this
application should be submitted to the Chief, Endangered Species
Division, Office of Protected Resources.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Marine Fisheries Service, NEFSC
(P774) requests a modification to permit #875 under the authority of
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) (16 U.S.C. 1531-1543) and NMFS
regulations governing listed fish and wildlife permits (50 CFR parts
217-227).
Currently, the applicant is authorized to take listed loggerhead
(Caretta caretta), leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea), Kemp's Ridley
(Lepidochelys kempi), hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata), and green
(Chelonia mydas) sea turtles which have been incidentally taken in
commercial fishing operations within U.S. waters of the Atlantic Ocean
and Gulf of Mexico for the purposes of scientific research. The
applicant has requested an increase in take of leatherback (Dermochelys
coriacea) turtles from 20 to 85 turtles per year. Additionally, the
applicant has requested authorization to obtain blood samples from
turtles incidentally captured in the pelagic drift gillnet swordfish
fishery for purposes of health assessment and genetics research. Those
individuals requesting a hearing should set out the specific reasons
why a hearing on this particular application would be appropriate (see
ADDRESSES). The holding of such hearing is at the discretion of the
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA. All statements and
opinions contained in this application summary are those of the
applicant and do not necessarily reflect the views of NMFS.
Dated: April 3, 1997
Robert C. Ziobro,
Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-9017 Filed 4-8-97; 8:45 am]
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