97-16618. Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit No. 849-1341

[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 122 (Wednesday, June 25, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 34228-34229]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-16618]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 061897B]


Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit No. 849-1341

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of permit.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Oklahoma Museum of Natural 
History, The University of Oklahoma, 111 E. Chesapeake Street, Norman, 
Oklahoma 73019 (Principal Investigator: Dr. Michael A. Mares; Co-
investigators: Ms. Holly Edwards and Dr. Gary D. Schnell) has been 
issued a permit to import marine mammal specimens for scientific 
purposes.

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); and
    Director, Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, 
MA 01930-2298 (508/281-9250).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 7, 1997, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (62 FR 16562) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to import two skeleton remains of a South American 
dolphin (Sotalia fluviatilis) from Nicaragua 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: June 19, 1997.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-16618 Filed 6-24-97; 8:45 am]
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