[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 121 (Wednesday, June 24, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 34366]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-16784]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 061998A]


Endangered Species; Permits

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

ACTION: Receipt of an application for modification 6 to incidental take 
permit 844.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Idaho Department of Fish and 
Game at Boise, ID (IDFG) has applied in due form for a modification to 
a permit that would authorize an incidental take of a threatened 
anadromous fish species.

DATES: Written comments or requests for a public hearing on this 
application must be received on or before July 24, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The application and related documents are available for 
review in the following offices, by appointment:
    Protected Resources Division (PRD), F/NWO3, 525 NE Oregon Street, 
Suite 500, Portland, OR 97232-4169 (503-230-5400); and
    Office of Protected Resources, F/PR3, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, 
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3226 (301-713-1401).
    Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be 
submitted to the Chief, PRD, in Portland, OR.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Robert Koch, PRD (503-230-5424).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: IDFG requests a permit modification under 
the authority of section 10 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) 
(16 U.S.C. 1531-1543) and the NMFS regulations governing ESA-listed 
fish and wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 217-227).
    Permit 844 authorizes IDFG an incidental take of adult and 
juvenile, threatened, naturally produced, Snake River spring/summer 
chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) and adult, threatened, Snake 
River fall chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) associated with 
the State of Idaho's sport-fishing programs. For modification 6, IDFG 
requests an additional incidental take of adult, threatened, Snake 
River spring/summer chinook salmon associated with a limited salmon 
sport fishery on the upper South Fork of the Salmon River. The fishery 
will target non-listed, artificially propagated, summer chinook salmon. 
The primary source of take would be the incidental catch, handling, and 
release of ESA-listed adult fish with an associated catch and release 
mortality. The specifics of the fishery, including season dates, 
duration, locations, and mitigative activities are tailored to provide 
the appropriate level of protection for ESA-listed fish in the 
watershed. The fishery is proposed to be terminated when quotas are 
reached or before the onset of spawning activities. The additional take 
of ESA-listed adult fish associated with the proposed upper South Fork 
Salmon River salmon fishery is requested in 1998 only. Permit 844 
expires on December 31, 1998.
    Those individuals requesting a hearing on the application should 
set out the specific reasons why a hearing would be appropriate (see 
ADDRESSES). The holding of such a hearing is at the discretion of the 
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA. All statements and 
opinions contained in the above application summary are those of the 
applicant and do not necessarily reflect the views of NMFS.

    Dated: June 19, 1998.
Patricia A. Montanio,
Deputy Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-16784 Filed 6-23-98; 8:45 am]
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