[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 110 (Monday, June 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 31410-31411]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-14919]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 052797E]
Endangered Species; Permits
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Notice of receipt of application for a scientific research
permit (P770 #73) and an request to modify permit 1010 (P503S).
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that NMFS Coastal Zone and Estuarine
Studies Division has applied in due form for a scientific research
permit to take listed Snake River salmon, and that the Idaho Department
of Fish and Game has applied in due form for a modification to Permit
1010.
DATES: Written comments or requests for a public hearing on this
application must be received on or before July 9, 1997.
ADDRESSES: The applications and related documents are available for
review by appointment in the following offices:
Office of Protected Resources, F/PR3, NMFS, 1315 East-West Hwy.,
Room 13307, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3226 (301-713-1401); and
Environmental and Technical Services Division, 525 NE Oregon
Street, Suite 500, Portland, OR 97232-4169 (503-230-5400).
Written comments, or requests for a public hearing on either
application should be submitted to the Chief, Endangered Species
Division, Office of Protected Resources.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NMFS Coastal Zone and Estuarine Studies
Division (P770 #73) requests a five-year scientific research permit
under the authority of 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 217-227). This permit would be a
continuation of work covered under Permit 852, and is to monitor wild
smolt migrations of Snake River spring/summer chinook salmon
(Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and to conduct genetic analysis. The
applicant requests authorization to capture, PIT-tag, and release up to
30,000 wild juveniles, with 450 indirect mortalities, per year. The
applicant also wishes to lethally take up to 800 wild juveniles (80
from each of 10 different populations) and up to 300 (100 from each of
3 different populations) listed hatchery juveniles per year. In low
abundance years, lethal take will be suspended, and replaced with non-
lethal fin clip for DNA analysis.
Idaho Department of Fish and Game (P503S) requests a modification
to existing permit 1010, to allow the release of maturing spring
chinook salmon from their captive rearing program.
Those individuals requesting a hearing should set out the specific
reasons why a hearing on the particular
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application would be appropriate (see ADDRESSES). The holding of such
hearing is at the discretion of the Assistant Administrator for
Fisheries, NOAA. All statements and opinions contained in these
application summaries are those of the applicant and do not necessarily
reflect the views of NMFS.
Dated: May 30, 1997.
Nancy Chu,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources,
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-14919 Filed 6-6-97; 8:45 am]
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