57566 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 190 / Monday, October 3, 2005 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 092905A] 

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council; Law Enforcement Committee 

and Advisory Panel Meeting 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice of meeting of the Law 

Enforcement Committee and Advisory 

Panel. 

SUMMARY: The South Atlantic Fishery 

Management Council (Council) will 

hold a joint meeting of its Law 

Enforcement Committee and Advisory 

Panel (AP) in Charleston, South 

Carolina. 

DATES: The meeting will take place 

October 12 and 13, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at 

the Town and Country Inn, 2008 

Savannah Highway, Charleston, SC 

29407; phone 800/334–6660 or 843/ 

571–1000, FAX 843/766–9444. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim 

Iverson, Public Information Officer, 

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council, One Southpark Circle, Suite 

306, Charleston, S.C., 29407–4699; 

phone 843/571–4366 or toll free 866/ 

SAFMC-10; FAX 843/769–4520; email: 

kim.iverson@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Law 

Enforcement Committee and AP will 

meet jointly from 1p.m. until 5 p.m. on 

October 12, 2005, and from 8:30 a.m. 

until 3 p.m. on October 13, 2005, to 

review Amendment 13C to the Snapper 

Grouper Fishery Management Plan and 

provide recommendations to the 

Council. Committee and AP members 

will also receive an update on the use 

of marine protected areas as a fishery 

management tool, discuss state 

regulations regarding the sale of 

recreationally caught fish in the region, 

and provide recommendations for 

Council. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for auxiliary aids should be 

directed to the council office (see 

ADDRESSES) prior to the meetings. 

Note: The times and sequence 

specified in this agenda are subject to 

change. 

Dated: September 29, 2005. 

Emily Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 090805B] 

Marine Mammals; File No. 774–1649–03 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; receipt of application for 

permit amendments. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Southwest Fisheries Science Center, 

National Marine Fisheries Service, 8604 

La Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, 

California 92038 (Principal Investigator: 

Rennie Holt, Ph.D.) has requested an 

amendment to scientific research Permit 

No. 774–1649–02. 

DATES: Written, telefaxed, or e-mail 

comments on the new application and 

amendment requests must be received 

on or before November 2, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: The application, permit and 

related documents are available for 

review upon written request or by 

appointment in the following office(s): 

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)427–2521; and 

Assistant Regional Administrator for 

Protected Resources, Southwest Region, 

NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 

4200, Long Beach, CA 90802–4213; 

phone (562)980–4020; fax (562)980–

4027. 

Written comments or requests for a 

public hearing on this request should be 

mailed to the Chief, Permits, 

Conservation and Education Division, 

F/PR1, Office of Protected Resources, 

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 

13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Those 

individuals requesting a hearing should 

set forth the specific reasons why a 

hearing on this request would be 

appropriate. 

Comments may also be submitted by 

facsimile at (301)427–2521, provided 

the facsimile is confirmed by hard copy 

submitted by mail and postmarked no 

later than the closing date of the 

comment period. 

Comments may also be submitted by 

e-mail. The mailbox address for 

providing email comments is 

NMFS.Pr1Comments@noaa.gov. Include 

in the subject line of the e-mail 

comment the following document 

identifier: File No. 774–1649–03. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ruth Johnson or Tammy Adams, 301/ 

713–2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

subject amendment is requested under 

the authority of the Marine Mammal 

Protection Act of 1972, as amended 

(MMPA; 16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and the 

Regulations Governing the Taking and 

Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR 

part 216). 

Permit No. 774–1649–02, issued to 

the NMFS, Southwest Fisheries Science 

Center, authorizes the Holder to capture 

and restrain 100 adults/juveniles and 

600 Antarctic fur seal (Arctocephalus 

gazella) pups to: handle (weigh and 

measure); sample (extract tooth, blood, 

and milk); and tag (flipper tag and 

instrument). Additionally, the Permit 

authorizes incidental harassment of 

Southern elephant seals (Mirounga 

leonina), Crabeater seals (Lobodon 

carcinophagus), Leopard seals 

(Hydrurga leptonyx), Ross seals 

(Ommatophoca rossii), and Weddell 

seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) during 

census surveys and mortality of up to 

three Antarctic fur seals incidental to 

capture operations. The Permit expires 

April 30, 2006. 

The Holder now requests an 

amendment to the Permit to conduct 

additional activities on 15 Antarctic fur 

seal females and 30 pups already 

authorized to be taken. There would be 

no change in the total number of 

animals captured or the number of 

captures per animal each year. Adult 

females and pups would be 

administered isotopes (doubly-labeled 

water (DLW)) for female/pup energetic 

studies. Blood samples would be 

collected pre- and post administration 

of isotopes. Seals would be held up to 

three hours and the female and pup 

released simultaneously. Additionally, 

pups would be lavaged to remove milk 

from their stomachs before the 

administration of DLW. 

Concurrent with the publication of 

this notice in the Federal Register, 

NMFS is forwarding a copy of this 

application to the Marine Mammal 

Commission and its Committee of 

Scientific Advisors. 

Dated: Sptember 26, 2005. 

Stephen L. Leathery, 

Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

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