[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 136 (Wednesday, July 16, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 38069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-18590]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 061297B]
Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit No. 779-1339
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 the Southeast Fisheries Science
Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, 75 Virginia Beach Drive,
Miami, FL 33149, as been issued a permit to take a variety of marine
mammals during level B harassment and biopsy sampling 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 and Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources,
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/
713-2289);
Regional Administrator, Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721 Executive
Center Drive North, St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2532 (813/570-5301).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 7, 1997, notice was published in
the Federal Register (62 FR 165620) that a request for a scientific
research permit to take cetaceans 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.), the Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine
Mammals (50 CFR part 216), the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as
amended (ESA; 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).
Issuance of this permit as required by the ESA was based on a
finding that such permit: (1) Was applied for in good faith; (2) will
not operate to the disadvantage of the endangered species which is the
subject of this permit; and (3) is consistent with the purposes and
policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA.
Dated: July 8, 1997.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-18590 Filed 7-15-97; 8:45 am]
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