[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 25635]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12784]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 051396F]
Endangered Species; Permits
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Issuance of permit 988, amendment 1 to permit 942, and
modification 2 to permit 962.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that NMFS issued Permit 988, Amendment
1 to Permit 942, and Modification 2 to by Permit 962, permits to take
listed sea turtles for the purpose of scientific research, subject to
certain conditions set forth therein.
ADDRESSES: The applications, permits, and related documents are
available for review by appointment in the following offices:
Office of Protected Resources, F/PR8, NMFS, 1315 East-West Hwy.,
Room 13307, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3226 (301-713-1401); and
Director, Southeast Region, NMFS, NOAA, 9721 Executive Center
Drive, St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432 (813-893-3141) for Permits 942 and
962
or
Director, Southwest Region, NMFS, NOAA, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite
4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310-980-4016) for Permit 988.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice was published on January 23, 1996 (61
FR 1748) that an application had been filed by Dr. Peter Dutton of NMFS
Southwest Fisheries Science Center and Donna McDonald of Ocean Planet
Research, Inc. (P602) to take listed sea turtles for scientific
research as authorized by 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 217-222). The applicants requested
authorization to capture 50 green (Chelonia mydas), 5 olive ridley
(Lepidochelys olivacea), and 5 loggerhead (Caretta caretta) sea turtles
in San Diego Bay. The turtles would be measured, weighed, have blood
and stomach samples taken, and have tags and transmitters attached. The
purpose of the research is to reassess the status of sea turtles in San
Diego Bay. The applicants requested a 5-year permit. On May 10, 1996,
NMFS issued Permit 988 authorizing the above research.
Notice was published on February 29, 1996 (61 FR 7776) that a four-
year extension to Permit 962 had been requested by Carlos Diez and
Robert van Dam of the University of Central Florida (P509B) to take
listed sea turtles for scientific research as authorized by the ESA. On
May 10, 1996, NMFS issued Modification 2 to Permit 962, extending it
until May 31, 2000. The applicants are authorized to capture listed sea
turtles in Puerto Rico.
On April 25, 1996, as authorized by the ESA, NMFS issued Amendment
1 to Permit 942 held by Jane Anne Provancha of the Dynamac Corporation
(P576). This amendment updated the permit conditions regarding netting
to capture sea turtles, so as to avoid interaction with any species not
authorized in the permit.
Issuance of this permit, modification, and amendment, as required
by the ESA, was based on a finding that these actions: (1) Were applied
for in good faith, (2) will not operate to the disadvantage of the
listed species that are the subject of the actions, and (3) are
consistent with the purposes and policies set forth in section 2 of the
ESA.
Dated: May 14, 1996.
Eric H. Ostrovsky,
Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-12784 Filed 5-21-96; 8:45 am]
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