[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 24, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 27493]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-12723]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 050995A]
Marine Mammals
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Receipt of application for a scientific research permit
(P524B).
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the University of Hawaii at Manoa,
Honolulu, HI 96822 (co-investigators: Dr. Shannon Atkinson and James
Palmer), has applied in due form for a permit to obtain blood and
blubber samples and to import samples from
DATES: various species of cetaceans for purposes of scientific
research. Written comments or requests for a public hearing must be
received on or before June 23, 1995.
ADDRESSES: The application and related documents are available for
review upon written request or by appointment in the following
office(s):
Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-
West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289);
Director, Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester,
MA 01930-2298 (508/281-9250);
Director, Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721 Executive Center Drive
North, St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432 (813/893-3141);
Director, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200,
Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4001);
Director, Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE, BIN
C15700, Bldg. 1, Seattle, WA, 98115-0070 (206/526-6150); 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, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD
20910.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kellie Foster (301/713-1401).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Those individuals requesting a hearing
should set forth the specific reasons why a hearing on this particular
request would be appropriate.
Concurrent with the publication of this notice in the Federal
Register, NMFS is forwarding copies of this application to the Marine
Mammal Commission and its Committee of Scientific Advisors.
The subject permit 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 Endangered Species Act 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).
The applicants seek authorization to obtain blood serum and blubber
samples from cetaceans taken in subsistence hunting, and incidental,
stranded and captive mortalities. The applicant also requests
authorization to import blood and blubber samples from Iceland, Norway,
Japan, Russia, and Denmark as well as utilize samples in storage at the
National Marine Mammal Lab. No specimens will be imported into the
United States that were taken illegally in the country of origin. The
objectives of this research are to develop a method of extracting
steroid hormones from cetacean blubber and then to compare and
determine a possible correlation between blood and blubber steroid
concentrations.
Dated: May 18, 1995.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits & Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-12723 Filed 5-23-95; 8:45 am]
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