[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 208 (Monday, October 28, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 85517-85518]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-24992]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[RTID 0648-XE412]


Endangered Species; File No. 28294

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Notice; receipt of application.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Matthew Fisher (Normandeau 
Associates Inc., 2233 Spring Street, West Lawn, PA 19609), has applied 
in due form for a permit to take Atlantic (Acipenser oxyrinchus) and 
shortnose (A. brevirostrum) sturgeon for purposes of scientific 
research.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before November 27, 
2024.

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ADDRESSES: The application and related documents are available for 
review by selecting ``Records Open for Public Comment'' from the 
``Features'' box on the Applications and Permits for Protected Species 
home page, https://apps.nmfs.noaa.gov, and then selecting File No. 
28294 from the list of available applications. These documents are also 
available upon written request via email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ca84878c99e49ab8fb89a5a7a7afa4beb98aa4a5ababe4ada5bc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="96d8dbd0c5b8c6e4a7d5f9fbfbf3f8e2e5d6f8f9f7f7b8f1f9e0">[email protected]</span></a>.
    Written comments on this application should be submitted via email 
to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7937343f2a57290b483a1614141c170d0a3917161818571e160f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a3edeee5f08df3d192e0cccecec6cdd7d0e3cdccc2c28dc4ccd5">[email protected]</span></a>. Please include File No. 28294 in the 
subject line of the email comment.
    Those individuals requesting a public hearing should submit a 
written request via email to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e8a6a5aebbc6b89ad9ab8785858d869c9ba886878989c68f879e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="db95969d88f58ba9ea98b4b6b6beb5afa89bb5b4babaf5bcb4ad">[email protected]</span></a>. The request 
should set forth the specific reasons why a hearing on this application 
would be appropriate.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erin Markin, Ph.D. or Malcolm Mohead, 
(301) 427-8401.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject permit is requested 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 applicant requests to conduct research on Atlantic and 
shortnose sturgeon in freshwater and estuary areas of the Delaware 
River. Research objectives would include assessing and quantifying the 
presence of Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon at the egg, larval, 
juvenile and sub-adult/adult life stages. Other studies would also 
include assessing sturgeon home range, individual movement patterns, 
seasonal movements, habitat use, nursery areas, over-wintering habitat 
use, population dynamics, and habitat assessment.
    Up to 265 juvenile and 25 adult/sub-adult shortnose sturgeon and 
265 juvenile and 5 adult/sub-adult Atlantic sturgeon would be captured 
by gill net or trawl, measured, weighed, biologically sampled (tissue), 
marked (passive integrated transponder), and photographed/videoed, 
annually, prior to release. Sub-sets of Atlantic and shortnose sturgeon 
may be anesthetized and implanted with acoustic transmitters, gastric 
lavaged, and fin ray sampled. The applicant requests one unintentional 
mortality of juvenile and adult/subadult shortnose sturgeon and one 
juvenile Atlantic sturgeon annually, but no more than two of each 
species life stage over the life of the permit.
    A total 300 shortnose and 100 Atlantic sturgeon of early life 
stages would be taken in directed lethal research annually. The permit 
would be valid for up to 10 years from the date of issuance.

    Dated: October 21, 2024.
Julia M. Harrison,
Chief, Permits and Conservation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 2024-24992 Filed 10-25-24; 8:45 am]
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