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(river mile 206). Rotary screw-trap (RST) 

operations have been on-going at the 

GCID fish screen by the State of 

California from 1991 through 2009. 

GCID proposes continuous monitoring 

operations by RST, and the capture, 

identification and enumeration of fish to 

species. A subsample of 30 captured 

salmon will be anesthetized, measured, 

revived and released downstream from 

the trapping location. GCID anticipates 

an annual non-lethal take of up to 4,000 

natural and 500 hatchery juvenile 

winter-run Chinook salmon (with an 

estimated 1 percent non-intentional 

mortality), 1,000 natural and 500 

hatchery juvenile spring-run Chinook 

salmon (with an estimated 1 percent 

non-intentional mortality), 500 natural 

and 500 hatchery juvenile steelhead 

(with an estimated 1 percent nonintentional mortality), and 50 natural 

juvenile southern DPS green sturgeon 

(including an estimated .02 percent nonintentional mortality). 

The University of California at Davis 

(UCD) requests a five-year permit 

(15926) for the possession and 

genotyping (single nucleotide 

polymorphism (SNP) analyses) of 

Sacramento River winter-run and 

Central Valley spring-run Chinook 

salmon and Central Valley steelhead 

tissues currently maintained in the 

California Department of Fish and Game 

Salmonid Tissue Archive and those to 

be collected in future non-lethal agency 

and research trapping activities. UCD 

anticipates possession of natural and 

hatchery-origin fish tissues 

representative of salmonid populations 

throughout the Central Valley, 

California. The results of this study will 

contribute to the genetic management 

and hatchery operations regarding 

Chinook salmon and steelhead 

reintroductions to the upper San 

Joaquin River system, with a focus on 

potential natural recolonization and 

effective population size of spring-run 

populations and a broad genetic 

diversity assessment. 

The Natural Resource Scientists, 

Incorporated (NRSI) requests a 2-year 

permit (16083) for take of juvenile 

Sacramento River winter-run Chinook 

salmon, Central Valley spring-run 

Chinook salmon, Central Valley 

steelhead, and southern DPS of green 

sturgeon while conducting site-specific 

research at five irrigation diversion 

outfall sites within the Sacramento 

River and Delta system, California. 

Entrained fish will be collected via fyke 

net, and sampled from March through 

January of each year to encompass the 

primary irrigation season. The research 

is part of an on-going investigation into 

developing criteria for prioritizing fish 

screening projects, and will correlate 

fish entrainment with the physical, 

hydraulic, and habitat variables at each 

diversion site. All fish will be identified 

as to species, enumerated, measured for 

length, and placed back into the canals; 

all entrained fish captured live will be 

returned to the river. Sampling at each 

diversion site will be performed 

continuously from March 1 through 

January 31 during the study period. 

NRSI requests authorization for an 

estimated annual non-lethal take of 

1,227 juvenile winter-run Chinook 

salmon,1,341 juvenile spring-run 

Chinook salmon, 150 juvenile steelhead, 

and 145 juvenile green sturgeon. No 

indirect mortality is anticipated during 

fish capture and sampling activities 

carried out for the study. 

Dated: December 9, 2010. 

Therese Conant, 

Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, 

Office of Protected Resources, National 

Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31519 Filed 12–14–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

Science Advisory Board; Notice of 

Public Meeting 

AGENCY: Office of Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Research (OAR), National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), Department of 

Commerce (DOC). 

ACTION: Notice of public meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the 

schedule and proposed agenda of a 

forthcoming meeting of the NOAA 

Science Advisory Board. The members 

will discuss and provide advice on 

issues outlined in the agenda below. 

DATES: The meeting is scheduled for: 

Wednesday, December 22 from 11–12 

p.m. Eastern Time. 

ADDRESSES: Conference call. Public 

access is available at: NOAA, SSMC 3, 

Room 12836, 1315 East-West Highway, 

Silver Spring, MD. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Cynthia Decker, Executive Director, 

Science Advisory Board, NOAA, Rm. 

11230, 1315 East-West Highway, Silver 

Spring, Maryland 20910. (Phone: 301– 

734–1156, Fax: 301–713–1459, E-mail: 

Cynthia.Decker@noaa.gov). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Science Advisory Board (SAB) was 

established by a Decision Memorandum 

dated September 25, 1997, and is the 

only Federal Advisory Committee with 

responsibility to advise the Under 

Secretary of Commerce for Oceans and 

Atmosphere on strategies for research, 

education, and application of science to 

operations and information services. 

SAB activities and advice provide 

necessary input to ensure that National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA) science 

programs are of the highest quality and 

provide optimal support to resource 

management. 

Matters To Be Considered: The agenda 

for the meeting is as follows: 

Date and Time: Wednesday, 

December 22, 2010, 11 a.m.–12 p.m. 

Eastern Time. 

Agenda 

1. Consideration of the Report from 

the External Review of the Cooperative 

Institute for Limnology and Ecosystem 

Research. 

Dated: December 9, 2010. 

Mark E. Brown, 

Chief Financial Officer-Chief Administrative 

Officer, Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Research, National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31399 Filed 12–14–10; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

RIN 0648–XA085 

Endangered Species; File No. 14400 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Issuance of permit. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

Channel Islands National Park, 1901 

Spinnaker Drive, Ventura, CA 93001 

[Responsible Party: Daniel Richards] has 

been issued a permit to take black 

abalone 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 

Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, 

MD 20910; phone (301) 713–2289; fax 

(301) 713–0376; and 

Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West 

Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, 

CA 90802–4213; phone (562) 980– 

4001; fax (562) 980–4018. 


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