XII\. Permits, Species\
Killed, Captured

The following chart provides information on Antarctic Conservation Act
(P.L. 95-541) Permits issued during **1 July 2002 to 30 June 2003**.

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  Permit \#  Active Dates     Permit Activity  Location       Purpose
  ---------- ---------------- ---------------- -------------- ---------------------
  2003-002   01 Nov 02 -- 15  Taking; Entry    Cape Crozier   Tag chicks, collect
             Feb 2005         into ASPA        (ASPA #154);   stomach samples,
                                               Cape Royds     weigh, attach PTT
                                               (ASPA #121);   tags to investigate
                                               Beaufort       the demography of
                                               Island (ASPA   Adelie penguins
                                               #105; Cape     inhabiting a cluster
                                               Adare (ASPA \# of colonies on Ross
                                               158)           and Beaufort Island
                                                              to determine why some
                                                              colonies are growing
                                                              more quickly than
                                                              others.

  2003-003   01 Oct 02 -- 01  Taking; Import   Cape Crozier   Census the Emperor
             Oct 2003         into the U.S.;   (ASPA #541);   penguin colonies at
                              Entry into ASPA  Beaufort       these two locations
                                               Island (ASPA   to determine the
                                               #105)          extent of the adverse
                                                              impact of the B15
                                                              iceberg has had on
                                                              these colonies

  2003-004   01 Oct 02 -- 30  Taking           Palmer         Census, tag, weigh,
             Sep 2007                          Station,       collect stomach
                                               Anvers Island  samples, and attach
                                               and Marguerite transmitters to
                                               Bay vicinity,  seabirds as a
                                               Antarctic      continuation of a
                                               Peninsula      long-term ecological
                                                              research program to
                                                              assess how annual
                                                              environ-mental
                                                              variability affects
                                                              seabird populations.

  2003-005   01 Oct 02 -- 30  Taking; Entry    Litchfield     Census, tag, weigh,
             Sep 2007         into APSA        Island (ASPA   collect stomach
                                               #113); Biscoe  samples, and attach
                                               Point (ASPA    transmitters to
                                               #139); Dion    seabirds as a
                                               Island (ASPA   continuation of a
                                               #107); Avian   long-term ecological
                                               Island (ASPA   research program to
                                               #117); &       assess how annual
                                               Lagotellerie   environ-mental
                                               Island (ASPA   variability affects
                                               #115)          seabird populations.

  2003-006   01 Oct 02 -- 30  Taking           Palmer Station Salvage specimens of
             Sep 2007                          and vicinity   various species, that
                                                              died of natural
                                                              causes, and preserve
                                                              for use in teaching
                                                              and research
                                                              institutions.

  2003-007   01 Oct 02 -- 28  Entry into ASPA  Beaufort       Photo documentation
             Feb 2003                          Island (ASPA   of adverse affects of
                                               #105), New     the large icebergs in
                                               College Valley McMurdo Sound on the
                                               (ASPA #116),   local penguin
                                               Cape Royds     rookeries.
                                               (ASPA #121),   
                                               and Cape       
                                               Crozier (ASPA  
                                               #124)          

  2003-008   01 Dec 02 -- 01  Take and Import  Palmer Station Collect small bones,
             Apr 2003         into U.S.A.      and local      feathers, broken egg
                                               islands in the shells, etc. for
                                               vicinity       educational displays
                                                              in elementary
                                                              schools.

  2003-009   01 Oct 02 -- 28  Take and Import  Crary Lab,     Import *E. coli* and
             Feb 2004         into the U.S.    McMurdo        algae cultures to be
                                               Station        used to replicate DNA
                                                              during gene cloning,
                                                              and as food for
                                                              antarctic larval
                                                              forms reared in the
                                                              lab. All cultures
                                                              will be sterilized
                                                              and or auto-laved to
                                                              kill the cells at the
                                                              end of the season.

  2003-010   01 Nov 02 -- 31  Entry into ASPA  Fildes         Access to sites to
             Jan 2003                          Peninsula      examine the glacial
                                               (ASPA #125),   geology and raised
                                               Byers          beaches of the South
                                               Peninsula      Shetland Islands in
                                               (ASPA #126),   order to gain a
                                               Potter         better understanding
                                               Peninsula      of the climate and
                                               (ASPA #132),   glacial history of
                                               Chile Bay      the area. Dig small
                                               (Discovery     pits in the sediment
                                               Bay) (ASPA     to examine internal
                                               #144), Cape    structure and to
                                               Shirreff (ASPA collect samples for
                                               #149), Ardley  later grain-size
                                               Island (ASPA   analysis and
                                               #150), Lions   radiocarbon dating.
                                               Rump (ASPA     
                                               #151), &       
                                               Western        
                                               Bransfield     
                                               Strait (ASPA   
                                               #152)          

  2003-011   05 Oct 02 -- 31  Take             McMurdo        To quantify the
             Dec 2002                          Station and    dynamics of lipid
                                               immediate      uptake and
                                               vicinity       utilization in
                                                              naturally foraging
                                                              mammalian carnivores,
                                                              such as seals. Blood
                                                              samples will be taken
                                                              to gain insight into
                                                              the difficult field
                                                              of carnivore foraging
                                                              biology.

  2003-012   01 Oct 02 -- 28  Take, Entry into White Island   Continuation of a
             Feb 2007         ASPA, & Import   (ASPA #137),   long-term research
                              into the U.S.A.  McMurdo Sound, program on Weddell
                                               & Ross Sea     seals. Seals will be
                                                              censused, tagged,
                                                              weighed, blood, urine
                                                              samples taken, VHF &
                                                              satellite
                                                              transmitters

  2003-013   05 Nov 02 -- 28  Introduce        Crary Science  Use of brine shrimp
             Feb 2003         non-indigenous   & Engineering  larva as food for
                              species to       Lab, McMurdo   Antarctic larval fish
                              Antarctica       Station        for use within the
                                                              Crary Lab.

  2003-015   07 Oct 02 -- 31  Entry into ASPA  Cape Evans hut Photograph imagines
             Jan 2003                          (ASPA #154),   from the historic
                                               Cape Royds hut huts for an article
                                               (ASPA #156), & in the New York Time
                                               Discovery hut  science section, and
                                               (ASPA #157)    to take images for a
                                                              book on the history
                                                              of human habitation
                                                              in Antarctica.

  2003-016   02 Jan 02 -- 28  Entry into ASPA  Camp           To perform an
             Feb 2003                          facilities at  Environmental Field
                                               Cape Crozier   Camp Audit to include
                                               (ASPA #124)    documentation of camp
                                                              footprint, as well as
                                                              compliance of
                                                              applicable waste and
                                                              E,H&S protocols.

  2003-017   05 Apr 03 -- 30  Introduce        Vicinities of  Use frozen fish
             Aug 2005         non-indigenous   Low, Brabant,  tissues from fish
                              species into     Anvers, and    species native to
                              Antarctica       Livingston     Patagonia, Chile, as
                                               Islands,       bait in experimental
                                               Antarctic      fishing of fish
                                               Peninsula      traps/pots. Collected
                                                              fish will be used in
                                                              the study of
                                                              biochemistry and
                                                              molecular biology of
                                                              Antarctic fishes.

  2003-018   05 Apr 03 -- 30  Introduce        Vicinities of  Use frozen fish
             Aug 2005         non-indigenous   Low, Brabant,  tissues from fish
                              species into     Anvers, and    species native to
                              Antarctica       Livingston     Patagonia, Chile, as
                                               Islands,       bait in experimental
                                               Antarctic      fishing of fish
                                               Peninsula      traps/pots. Collected
                                                              fish will be used in
                                                              the study of
                                                              biochemistry and
                                                              molecular biology of
                                                              Antarctic fishes.
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**ASPA =** Antarctic Specially Protected Area (formerly SPA's and
SSSI's)