[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 116 (Friday, June 17, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-14725]
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[Federal Register: June 17, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 052694B]
Marine Mammals
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Issuance of marine mammal permit modification (P501).
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. Raymond J. Tarpley, Assistant
Professor, Department of Veterinary Anatomy, Texas A&M University,
College Station, TX 77843, applied and was granted a modification to
Scientific Research Permit No. 780. This modification becomes effective
upon signature.
ADDRESSES: Documents submitted in connection with this permit, as
modified, are available for review, by appointment, in the Permit
Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, NOAA, 1335 East-West
Hwy., Silver Spring, MD 20910, (301/713-2289);
Director, Southeast Region, NMFS, NOAA, 9721 Executive Center
Drive, St. Petersburg, FL 33702 (813/893-3141); and Director, Alaska
Region, NMFS, NOAA, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802 (907/568-7221).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 2, 1994, notice was published in the
Federal Register (59 FR 22593) that a modification of Permit No. 780,
issued May 20, 1992 (57 FR 21396), had been requested by the above
named individual. Notice is hereby given that the Permit, as modified,
was issued pursuant to the provisions of Sections 216.33(d) and (e) of
the Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals
(50 CFR Part 216), and Section 222.25 of the regulations governing
endangered fish and wildlife permits.
The Permit authorized collection of tissue samples from up to 30
bowhead whales (Balaena mysticetus) and 40 beluga whales
(Delphinapterus leucas) taken during the Alaskan Eskimo subsistence
harvest, import tissue samples from 10 beluga whales taken for
subsistence purposes by the Inuit in Canada, and import tissue samples
from harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), Dall's porpoise (Phocoenoides
dalli) and killer whales (Orcinus orca) found dead as a result of
stranding. The modification authorizes an unlimited number of sample
collections from all bowhead and beluga whales landed in the Alaskan
Eskimo subsistence harvest and beluga whale samples imported from
Canada.
Dated: June 10, 1994.
Herbert W. Kaufman,
Deputy Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine
Fisheries.
[FR Doc. 94-14725 Filed 6-16-94; 8:45 am]
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