[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 180 (Wednesday, September 17, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 48821]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-24641]
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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 082797D]
Marine Mammals; Permit No. 837 (P77-1#67)
AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.
ACTION: Scientific research permit amendment.
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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a request for amendment of
scientific research permit no. 837 submitted by The National Marine
Mammal Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NMFS, NOAA, 7600
Sand Point Way NE., BIN C15700, Seattle, Washington 98115, has been
granted.
ADDRESSES: The amendment 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); and
Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 15, 1997, notice was published in
the Federal Register (62 FR 37885) that an amendment of permit no. 837,
issued June 4, 1993 (58 FR 33085), had been requested by the above-
named organization. The original permit authorized studies on northern
fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) over a five-year period on rookeries in
the Bering Sea and eastern North Pacific Ocean. The requested amendment
has been granted under the authority of the Marine Mammal Protection
Act of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the provisions of
Sec. 216.39 of the Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of
Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216), and the Fur Seal Act of 1966, as
amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.).
The permit was amended to authorize the following increased takings
of northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus): 1) extend shear marking
activities authorized in sections A.1 and A.2 to Bogoslof Island; 2)
blood sampling of up to 40 pups of the 300 pups authorized in A.3 to be
captured and tagged on San Miguel; 3) tissue sampling (i.e., hair,
skin, blubber, muscle and liver) of up to 120 already deceased juvenile
male seals (60 on St. Paul, 60 on St. George); and 4) capture and
recapture of up to 20 adult female seals on Bogoslof Island to study
foraging behavior. Each seal will be instrumented with a satellite tag
and/or time-depth recorder and VHF transmitter via 5-minute epoxy glue;
flipper tagged, weighed, measured, and released. At recapture, the
instruments will be removed and the animals will be weighed, measured,
administered an enema and released. Some of these seals may be sedated
with Valium. At each capture, the seal will be given an intramuscular
injection of oxytocin and milk sampled. Up to 2,000 pups and 2,000 non-
pups may be incidentally harassed during the course of these
activities.
Dated: September 5, 1997.
Ann D. Terbush
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-24641 Filed 9-16-97; 8:45 am]
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