[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 149 (Thursday, August 4, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-18973]
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[Federal Register: August 4, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 071494C]
Marine Mammals
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Issuance of scientific research permit No. 932 (P317B).
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Mr. Jeff Goodyear, Department of
Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, V8R
1S4, has been issued a permit to take humpback whales (Megaptera
novaeangliae), fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus), and northern right
whales (Eubalaena glacialis) for purposes of scientific research.
ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review
upon written request or by appointment in the following offices:
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, NOAA, One Blackburn Drive,
Gloucester, MA 01930 (508/281-9200).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 11, 1994, notice was published in the
Federal Register (59 FR 24406) that a request for a scientific research
permit to tag humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), fin whales
(Balaenoptera physalus), and northern right whales (Eubalaena
glacialis) had been submitted by the above-named individual. 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), the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (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).
Dated: July 27, 1994.
William W. Fox, Jr., Ph.D.,
Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries
Service.
[FR Doc. 94-18973 Filed 8-3-94; 8:45 am]
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