[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 91 (Monday, May 12, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25927-25928]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-12367]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 050697C]
Endangered Species; Permits
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Receipt of applications for a scientific research permit (P646)
and modification 1 to scientific research permit 1025 (P622).
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Amy Harris, a student of
California State University at Sacramento, CA (CSUS) has applied in due
form for a permit and the California Department of Fish and Game at
Sacramento, CA (CDFG) has applied in due form for a modification to a
permit providing authorization for takes of an endangered species for
scientific research purposes.
DATES: Written comments or requests for a public hearing on either of
these applications must be received on or before June 11, 1997.
ADDRESSES: The applications and related documents are available for
review in the following offices, by appointment:
Office of Protected Resources, F/PR3, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway,
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3226 (301-713-1401); and
Protected Species Division, NMFS, 777 Sonoma Avenue, Room 325,
Santa Rosa, CA 95404-6528 (707-575-6064).
Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be
submitted to the Protected Species Division in Santa Rosa, CA.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Amy Harris requests a permit and CDFG
requests modification 1 to permit 1025 under the authority of section
10 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) (16 U.S.C. 1531-1543)
and the NMFS regulations governing ESA-listed fish and wildlife permits
(50 CFR parts 217-227).
Amy Harris (P646), in association with CSUS, requests a scientific
research permit for a take of juvenile, endangered, Sacramento River
winter-run chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) associated with a
study designed to compare the relative abundance of juvenile chinook
salmon in restored shallow-water habitats with those in naturally-
occurring habitats in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. The success of
the restoration of these two habitat types will be evaluated. Juvenile,
ESA-listed, naturally-produced, winter-run chinook salmon are proposed
to be captured (with an otter trawl and beach seines), anesthetized,
handled, allowed to recover from the anesthetic, and released. Indirect
mortalities of juvenile, ESA-listed fish associated with the research
are also requested. The permit is requested for 1997 only.
Permit 1025 authorizes CDFG annual takes of adult and juvenile,
endangered, naturally-produced Sacramento River winter-run chinook
salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) associated with scientific research.
For modification 1, CDFG requests an increase in the take of juvenile,
ESA-listed fish associated with a new study to evaluate the timing and
relative abundance of juvenile anadromous salmonids emigrating to the
Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. Specifically, CDFG proposes to monitor
juvenile anadromous fish migration at Sutter National Wildlife Refuge
and at
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the Colusa Weir on Butte Creek, a tributary of the Sacramento River.
This information should assist in the management of Delta water export
operations by providing an early warning signal of juvenile salmonids
entering the Delta. Juvenile, ESA-listed fish are proposed to be
captured, anesthetized, handled, allowed to recover from the
anesthetic, and released. Indirect mortalities of juvenile, ESA-listed
fish associated with the new study are also requested. Any juvenile,
ESA-listed, artificially-propagated, winter-run chinook salmon taken
during the study will be sacrificed, frozen, and provided to the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service for research. Modification 1 to permit 1025
is requested for the duration of the permit. Permit 1025 expires on
June 30, 2001.
Those individuals requesting a hearing should set out the specific
reasons why a hearing on either of these applications would be
appropriate (see ADDRESSES). The holding of such a hearing is at the
discretion of the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA. All
statements and opinions contained in these application summaries are
those of the applicants and do not necessarily reflect the views of
NMFS.
Dated: May 6, 1997.
Nancy Chu, Chief,
Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources, National
Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-12367 Filed 5-9-97; 8:45 am]
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