[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 102 (Friday, May 27, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-13005]
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[Federal Register: May 27, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D.050694G]
Marine Mammals
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Issuance of scientific research permit No. 918 (P191E)
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the California Department of Fish
and Game, 1416 Ninth Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, has been issued a
permit to take by harassment up to 30,000 Pacific harbor seals (Phoca
vitulina richardsi) for purposes of scientific research.
ADDRESSES: The permit 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);
Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 W. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90802-
4213 (310/980-4020).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 31, 1994, notice was published in
the Federal Register (59 FR 15183) that a request for a scientific
research permit to inadvertently harass Pacific harbor seals during
aerial surveys had been submitted by the above-named organization. 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.) and
the Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals
(50 CFR part 216).
Dated: May 23, 1994.
Herbert W. Kaufman,
Deputy Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-13005 Filed 5-26-94; 8:45 am]
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