[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 98 (Wednesday, May 21, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27724-27725]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-13364]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 050697A]
Marine Mammals
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Issuance of scientific research permit no. 850-1342 (File No.
850-1342)
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Ms. Lucy W. Keith, Boston
University Marine Program, Broderick House/MBL, Woods Hole,
Massachusetts 02543, has been issued a permit to ``take'' by Level A
and Level B harassment, Hawaiian monk seals (Monachus schauinslandi)
for purposes of scientific research.
ADDRESSES: The permit 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);
Director, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 W. Ocean Boulevard, Suite
4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4016); and
Protected Species Program Manager, Pacific Area Office, Southwest
Region, NMFS, 2570 Dole Street, Room 106, Honolulu, HI 96822-2396 (808/
973-2987).
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 20, 1997, notice was published in
the Federal Register (62 FR 13367) that the above-named applicant had
submitted a request for a scientific research permit to ``take''
Hawaiian monk seals for purposes of scientific research. The research
will be conducted over a 1-year period and will involve the capture,
physical restraint, radio tagging, monitoring, and possible recapture
(for tag removal) of immature Hawaiian monk seals of either gender, as
well as the inadvertent harassment of additional seals of any age and
gender during the course of the research activities. The objective of
the research is to describe haul-out patterns of juvenile Hawaiian monk
seals at Midway Islands. An evaluation will be made of the possible
impacts of human disturbance on the seals. The requested permit has
been issued 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
Endangered Species Act (ESA) of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et
seq.), and the Regulations Governing the Taking, Importing, and
Exporting of Endangered Fish and Wildlife (50 CFR part 222).
Issuance of this permit, as required by the ESA, was based on a
finding that such permit: (1) Was applied for in good faith; (2) will
not operate to the disadvantage of the endangered species which is the
subject of this permit; and (3) is consistent with the purposes and
policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA.
Dated: May 8, 1997.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-13364 Filed 5-20-97; 8:45 am]
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