[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 22 (Thursday, February 3, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5611-5612]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-2002]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 012505B]


Endangered Species; Permit No. 1226 and Permit No. 1239

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

ACTION: Scientific research permit modifications.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that requests for modifications to 
scientific research permits No. 1226 submitted by the New York State 
Department of Environmental Conservation, Hudson River Fisheries Unit, 
Bureau of Marine Resources, 21 South Putt Corners Road, New Paltz, New 
York, 12561-1696 (Kathryn A. Hattala, Principal Investigator) and No. 
1239 submitted by Dr. Boyd Kynard, U.S. Geological Survey, Conte 
Anadromous Fish Research Center, P.O. Box 796, One Migratory Way, 
Turners Falls, Massachusetts 01376, have been granted.

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ADDRESSES: The modifications 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,
    Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930-
2298, phone (978) 281-9328, fax (978) 281-9394.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jennifer Jefferies (301)713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The requested modifications have been 
granted under the authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as 
amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.) and the provisions of Sec.  
222.306 of the regulations governing the taking, importing, and 
exporting of endangered and threatened fish and wildlife (50 CFR parts 
222-226).
    The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is 
authorized to sample for and collect 300 shortnose sturgeon (Acipenser 
brevirostrum) annually in the Hudson River. The objectives of the study 
are to collect data on current distribution, abundance, length 
structure and movements of shortnose sturgeon in this river system. 
This modification will extend the permit through October 31, 2006.
    Dr. Kynard is authorized to sample for and collect 300 shortnose 
sturgeon in the Connecticut River. The objectives of the study are to 
collect data on current distribution, abundance, length structure and 
movements of shortnose sturgeon in this river system. This modification 
will extend the permit through June 1, 2006.
    Issuance of these modifications, as required by the ESA was based 
on a finding that such permits: (1) Were applied for in good faith; (2) 
will not operate to the disadvantage of the endangered species which is 
the subject of these permits; and (3) are consistent with the purposes 
and policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA.

    Dated: January 22, 2005.
Stephen L. Leathery,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 05-2002 Filed 2-2-05; 8:45 am]
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