59318 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 196 / Wednesday, October 12, 2005 / Notices 

telephone: (727) 896–8626; fax: (727) 

893–2947. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kim 

Iverson, Public Information Officer, 

South Atlantic Fishery Management 

Council, One Southpark Circle, Suite 

306, Charleston, SC 29407–4699; 

telephone: (843) 571–4366 or toll free: 

(866) SAFMC–10; fax: (843) 769–4520; 

email: kim.iverson@safmc.net. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Invited 

workshop participants will meet from 

8:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. on October 26, 2005, 

and from 8:30 a.m. – 1 p.m. on October 

27, 2005, to complete a draft of the 

Council’s Deepwater Coral Research and 

Monitoring Plan. This workshop is a 

follow up to one held in 2004. The 

workshop is designed to consolidate 

and refine sections of the draft 

document that have been developed 

through the use of a web portal. When 

completed, the detailed research and 

monitoring plan will be integrated into 

the Council’s developing Fishery 

Ecosystem Plan and support long-term 

research needs for the proposed 

deepwater Lophelia coral Habitat Areas 

of Particular Concern. In addition, the 

research plan will also comprise the 

South Atlantic component of NOAA’s 

national strategy for research and 

monitoring of deepwater coral 

communities. 

Although non-emergency issues not 

contained in this agenda may come 

before this group for discussion, those 

issues may not be the subject of formal 

action during this meeting. Action will 

be restricted to those issues specifically 

identified in this notice and any issues 

arising after publication of this notice 

that require emergency action under 

section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens 

Fishery Conservation and Management 

Act, provided the public has been 

notified of the Council’s intent to take 

final action to address the emergency. 

Note: The times and sequence 

specified in this agenda are subject to 

change. 

Special Accommodations 

These meetings are physically 

accessible to people with disabilities. 

Requests for auxiliary aids should be 

directed to the Council office (see 

ADDRESSES) 3 days prior to the meetings. 

Dated: October 6, 2005. 

Emily Menashes, 

Acting Director, Office of Sustainable 

Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. E5–5576 Filed 10–11–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 083105B] 

Endangered Species; File No. 1377 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit 

modification. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. 

Anton Tucker, Mote Marine Laboratory, 

1600 Ken Thompson Parkway, Sarasota, 

FL 34236, has been issued a 

modification to scientific research 

Permit No. 1377. 

ADDRESSES: The modification 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 

Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th 

Ave South, St. Petersburg, FL 33701; 

phone (727)824–5312; fax (727)824–

5309. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carrie Hubard or Patrick Opay, 

(301)713–2289. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 14, 2004, notice was published 

in the Federal Register (69 FR 3568) that 

a modification of Permit No. 1377, 

issued December 4, 2002 (67 FR 76727), 

had been requested by the above-named 

organization. The requested 

modification has been granted 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 222–226). 

Modification No. 1 to Permit No. 1377 

will allow the holder to expand the 

study area to include the Florida Keys 

and Sarasota Bay, and allow the capture, 

flipper and PIT tagging, and collection 

of blood and tissue samples from an 

additional 150 juvenile and subadult 

green (Chelonia mydas), 150 juvenile 

and sub-adult Kemp’s ridley 

(Lepidochelys kempii), 100 juvenile and 

sub-adult loggerhead (Caretta caretta), 

and 5 juvenile and sub-adult hawksbill 

(Eretmochelys imbricata) sea turtles. 

The holder will perform additional 

sampling techniques for all captured 

turtles including scute scraping for 

heavy metal analysis, bioelectrical 

impedance analysis to determine fat 

content, and laparoscopic surgery to 

determine sex and reproductive status. 

Gastric lavage will be conducted on 

green sea turtles to obtain dietary 

samples. The permit holder will utilize 

additional telemetry instruments and 

attachment methods, including radio 

tags, sonic tags, time depth recorders, 

animal-borne video, audio and 

environmental data collection systems 

(AVEDS), and receiver tags (e.g., 

bioacoustic probe). Instruments will be 

attached to a subset of turtles in 

Charlotte Harbor or Sarasota Bay, and a 

subset of turtles in the Florida Keys. The 

amended permit expires December 31, 

2007. 

Issuance of this modification, as 

required by the ESA was based on a 

finding that such permit (1) was applied 

for in good faith, (2) will not operate to 

the disadvantage of any endangered or 

threatened species, and (3) is consistent 

with the purposes and policies set forth 

in section 2 of the ESA. 

Dated: October 6, 2005. 

Stephen L. Leathery, 

Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education 

Division, Office of Protected Resources, 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

[FR Doc. 05–20452 Filed 10–11–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3510–22–S 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration 

[I.D. 100405B] 

Endangered and Threatened Species; 

Take of Anadromous Fish 

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries 

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), 

Commerce. 

ACTION: Application and requests for 

modification of scientific research 

permits. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

NMFS has received one scientific 

research permit application and 18 

modification requests relating to Pacific 

salmon. The proposed research is 

intended to increase knowledge of 

species listed under the Endangered 

Species Act (ESA) and to help guide 

management and conservation efforts. 

DATES: Comments or requests for a 

public hearing on the applications must 

be received at the appropriate address or 

fax number (see ADDRESSES) no later 

than 5 p.m. Pacific daylight-saving time 

on November 14, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

applications should be sent to Protected