[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 66 (Wednesday, April 6, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19052-19053]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-8210]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

RIN 0648-XA340


Endangered Species; File No. 14344

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 University of California, 
Davis, Bodega Marine Laboratory, 2099 Westside Road, Bodega Bay, CA 
94923 [Gary Cherr, Ph.D., Principal Investigator] has been issued a 
permit to take white abalone (Haliotis sorenseni) for purposes of 
scientific research and enhancement.

ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review 
upon written request or by appointment in the following offices:

Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West

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Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone (301) 713-2289; fax 
(301) 713-0376;
Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, 
CA 90802-4213; phone (562) 980-4001; fax (562) 980-4018.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Skidmore or Colette Carins, 
(301) 713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 27, 2009, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (74 FR 43679) that a request for a scientific 
research and enhancement permit to take white abalone had been 
submitted by the above-named organization. The requested permit has 
been issued under the authority of 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 and threatened 
species (50 CFR parts 222-226).
    The permit authorizes the captive maintenance, breeding and 
outplanting of white abalone, Haliotis sorenseni. The purpose of this 
research is to overcome key barriers to captive propagation of the 
endangered white abalone, to identify limitations to reproduction in 
wild animals, to further understand disease processes and how to 
mitigate them, and the most successful means of restoration. In 
addition, white abalone will be maintained at participating aquariums 
for education and reserve holding. No white abalone will be taken from 
the wild; animals will come from existing captive broodstock and their 
progeny. A permit is issued five years.
    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 such endangered or threatened 
species, and (3) is consistent with the purposes and policies set forth 
in section 2 of the ESA.

    Dated: March 31, 2011.
P. Michael Payne,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2011-8210 Filed 4-5-11; 8:45 am]
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