XII\. Permits, Species\
Killed, Captured

The following chart provides information on Antarctic Conservation Act
(P.L. 95-541) Permits issued during **1 July 2000 to 30 June 2001**.

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  Permit \#  Active Dates     Permit         Location          Purpose
                              Activity                         
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  2001-011   01 Oct 00 -- 01  Taking/Entry   Western Shore of  Continued studies of
             Apr 2005         into ASPA      Admiralty Bay     the behavioral
                                             (ASPA #128)       ecology and
                                                               population biology of
                                                               the Adelie, Gentoo,
                                                               and Chinstrap
                                                               penguins and the
                                                               inter-ction among
                                                               these species and
                                                               their principal avian
                                                               predators: skuas,
                                                               gulls, sheathbills,
                                                               and giant petrels..

  2001-012   15 Nov 00 -- 31  Taking/Entry   New College       Aerial reconnaissance
             Jan 2003         into ASPA/     Valley", Caughley of six sites,
                              Import into    Beach, Cape Bird  including 3 ASPA's to
                              the U.S.       (ASPA #116)/Cape  determine which sites
                                             Royds, Ross       meet sampling
                                             Island (ASPA      requirements to use
                                             #121)/Northwest   as potential control
                                             White Island,     areas for study of
                                             McMurdo Sound     the temporal and
                                             (ASPA #137)       spatial scales of
                                                               various types of
                                                               disturbances in and
                                                               around McMurdo.
                                                               Samples of soil and
                                                               permafrost
                                                               measurement could
                                                               help determine the
                                                               impact of particulate
                                                               and/or aerosols from
                                                               McMurdo Station.

  2001-013   01 Mar 01 -- 30  Entry into     Fildes Peninsula  Enter sites to
             Jun 2001         ASPA           (ASPA #125)/      examine stratigraphy
                                             Byers Peninsula   of glacial and beach
                                             (ASPA #126)/      deposits and collect
                                             Potter Peninsula  ancient organic
                                             (ASPA #132)/ Cape material for
                                             Shirreff,         radiocarbon dating to
                                             Livingston Island determine the climate
                                             (ASPA #149)/      and glacial history
                                             Ardley Island     of the area.
                                             (ASPA #150)/      
                                             Lions Rump, KGI   
                                             (ASPA #151)       

  2001-014   01 Oct 00 -- 30  Introduction   Crary Lab,        Introduction of
             Nov 2000         into           McMurdo Station   bacteria cultures for
                              Antarctica                       use as positive and
                                                               negative controls in
                                                               microbiological
                                                               assays to determine
                                                               the extent of
                                                               contamination in the
                                                               waters and sediments
                                                               off the coast of
                                                               McMurdo Station.

  2001-015   04 Dec 00 -- 31  Taking/Entry   Cape Evans (ASPA  Collection of wood
             Dec 2000         into ASPA      #154)/ Cape Royds samples to determine
                                             (ASPA #156)/      the microbial
                                             Discovery Hut     diversity in the
                                             (ASPA #157)       areas and assess the
                                                               deterioration of the
                                                               historic huts.

  2001-016   01 Oct 00 -- 30  Introduction   Crary Lab,        Introduction of
             Sep 2005         into           McMurdo Station   frozen reagent to be
                              Antarctica                       used in the Microtox
                                                               toxicity analyzer to
                                                               measure changes in
                                                               light emission in
                                                               response to
                                                               con-taminates or
                                                               naturally occurring
                                                               toxicity in soil and
                                                               water samples.

  2001-018   01 Oct 00 -- 28  Entry into     Cape Bird (ASPA   Entry into the sites
             Feb 2005         ASPA           #116)/ Cape Royds to establish
                                             (ASPA #121)/ Cape geographical
                                             Evans (ASPA #124) coordinates and
                                                               elevations for
                                                               pre-selected
                                                               photo-identifiable
                                                               points to meet
                                                               national mapping
                                                               accuracy standards
                                                               for 1:25,000-scale
                                                               mapping at these
                                                               sites. In addition,
                                                               measurements will be
                                                               taken to detect
                                                               horizontal and
                                                               vertical movement of
                                                               solid rock sites in
                                                               the McMurdo Dry
                                                               Valley region of the
                                                               Transantarctic
                                                               Mountains over an
                                                               extended period of
                                                               time

  2001-019   01 Nov 00 -- 31  Taking; Import Palmer Station    Salvage dead
             Dec 2000         into the U.S.  vicinity          specimens (penguins,
                                                               seabirds, and seals,
                                                               etc.) for use in an
                                                               outreach education
                                                               collection for
                                                               presentation to
                                                               middle and high
                                                               school students.

  2001-020   20 Nov 00--30    Taking; Import McMurdo Station   Salvage dead
             Nov 2001         into the U.S.  vicinity          specimens (penguins,
                                                               seabirds, and seals,
                                                               etc.) for use in
                                                               classroom displays
                                                               and other
                                                               edu-cational outreach
                                                               presentations to
                                                               teachers and
                                                               students.

  2001-021   01 Oct 00 -- 31  Entry into     Cape Hallett      Conduct visual
             Mar 2001         ASPA           (ASPA #106)       inspection of the
                                                               abandoned station and
                                                               environs based on
                                                               historical records
                                                               and reports. Assess
                                                               any signs of
                                                               petroleum or chemical
                                                               contami-nation for
                                                               potential of
                                                               environ-mental impact
                                                               and collect samples
                                                               for analysis of
                                                               pollutants. Collect
                                                               and secure debris for
                                                               future removal.

  2001-022   15 Oct 00 -- 01  Taking/Entry   Litchfield Island Photographer on
             Mar 2001         into ASPA      (ASPA #113)/ Cape assignment with
                                             Royds (ASPA       National Geographic
                                             #121)/ Cape       Magazine plans to
                                             Crozier (ASPA     photograph the
                                             #124)/ Western    scientific work being
                                             Shore of          conducted in these
                                             Admiralty Bay     protected areas.
                                             (ASPA #128)/      
                                             Biscoe Point,     
                                             Anvers Island     
                                             (ASPA #139)/ Cape 
                                             Shireff,          
                                             Livingston Island 
                                             (ASPA #149)       

  2001-023   01 Jan 01 -- 31  Taking/Entry   Dion Islands      A joint U.S. and U.K.
             Mar 2001         into ASPA      (ASPA #107)/      project to revise
                                             Green Island      ASPA Management
                                             (ASPA #108)/      Plans. Enter site to
                                             Litchfield Island verify, describe and
                                             (ASPA #113)/      map features; conduct
                                             Lagotellerie      on-site assessment of
                                             Island (ASPA      features under
                                             #115)/ Avian      protection; describe
                                             Island (ASPA      scientific work
                                             #117)/ Byers      conducted in the
                                             Peninsula (ASPA   area; assess whether
                                             #126)/ Biscoe     the area continues to
                                             Point, Anvers     serve the purpose for
                                             Island (ASPA      which it was
                                             #139)/ Ablation   designated; using GPS
                                             Point, Alexander  identify and map
                                             Island (ASPA      protected area
                                             #147)/ Mount      boundaries and define
                                             Flora (ASPA       designated photo
                                             #148)/ Cape       points for covering
                                             Shireff,          the most important
                                             Livingston Island features of the site.
                                             (ASPA #149)/ East Collect plant and
                                             Dallman Bay (ASPA soil samples for
                                             #153)             later analysis to
                                                               determine identity of
                                                               the soil's vegetation
                                                               and invertebrates.

  2001-024   04 Feb 01 -- 01  Entry into     Litchfield Island Conduct inspections
             Apr 2001         ASPA           (ASPA #113)/      of several Antarctic
                                             Biscoe Point,     Peninsula Antarctic
                                             Anvers Island     Specially Protected
                                             (ASPA #139)/      Area, as provided for
                                             Western Shore of  in Article VII(1) of
                                             Admiralty Bay     the Antarctic Treaty.
                                             (ASPA #128)/ Shoe 
                                             of Port Foster    
                                             (ASPA #140)/      
                                             Potter Peninsula  
                                             (ASPA #132)/      
                                             Ardley Island     
                                             (ASPA #150)       

  2001-025   01 Apr 00 -- 31  Taking/Entry   Within the        Capture up to 25
             Aug 2001         into ASPA/     seasonal pack ice Crabeater seals, and
                              Importation    of Marguerite     up to 10 each of
                              into the U.S.  Bay, West         Leopard, Weddell and
                                             Antarctic         Ross seals per season
                                             Peninsula         over the next 3 years
                                                               for the pur-pose of
                                                               collecting blood,
                                                               tissue and stomach
                                                               samples, take
                                                               measure-ments and
                                                               attach instruments to
                                                               determine and better
                                                               understand the
                                                               foraging strategies
                                                               utilized by marine
                                                               predators in the face
                                                               of meso- and
                                                               fine-scale ecological
                                                               variability.

  2001-026   10 Jun 01 -- 30  Introduction   Antarctic         Use of mixture of
             Jly 2001         into           Peninsula area in frozen fish species
                              Antarctica     the vicinities of as bait in
                                             Low, Brabant,     experimental fish
                                             Anvers,           traps/pots to capture
                                             Livingston        Antarctic fish for
                                             Islands, and      ongoing studies of
                                             Dallmann Bay      their physiology and
                                                               biochemistry of
                                                               Antarctic ice fishes

  2001-027   10 Jun 01 -- 30  Introduction   Antarctic         Use of mixture of
             Jly 2001         into           Peninsula area in frozen fish species
                              Antarctica     the vicinities of as bait in
                                             Low, Brabant,     experimental fish
                                             Anvers,           traps/pots to capture
                                             Livingston        Antarctic fish for
                                             Islands, and      ongoing studies of
                                             Dallmann Bay      their physiology and
                                                               biochemistry of
                                                               Antarctic ice fishes
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**ASPA =** Antarctic Specially Protected Area (formerly SPA's and
SSSI's)