Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 77 / Friday, April 21, 1995 / Notices 19887

NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room

13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910–3226.

Relevant written comments about this

request should be submitted to the

above address on or before May 22,

1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann

Hochman, 301/713–2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Enoshima

Aquarium, Kanagawa, Japan, is

requesting authorization for the export

of two nonreleasable rehabilitated

female California sea lions (Zalophus

californianus) for the purpose of public

display under the Marine Mammal

Protection Act of 1972 (MMPA), as

amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.).

The permanent retention or export for

public display purposes of a beached or

stranded marine mammal taken for the

purpose of rehabilitation under section

109(h) of the MMPA must be authorized

by NMFS. Under the 1994 amendments

to the MMPA, in order to obtain any

marine mammal for public display

purposes, the recipient must: (1) Offer a

program for education or conservation

purposes that is based on professionally

recognized standards of the public

display community; (2) be registered or

hold a license issued under 7 U.S.C.

2131 et seq.; i.e., from the Animal and

Plant Health Inspection Service

(APHIS), U.S. Department of Agriculture

(or, for foreign facilities, meet

comparable standards); and (3) maintain

facilities for the public display of

marine mammals that are open to the

public on a regularly scheduled basis

and to which access is not limited or

restricted other than by charging of an

admission fee.

In this regard, the required

certifications and statements provided

by the Enoshima Aquarium and the

Japanese Fisheries Agency have been

submitted to NMFS and APHIS, and

have been found appropriate and

sufficient to allow consideration of the

request.

Dated: April 17, 1995.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Division of Permits and

Documentation, National Marine Fisheries

Service.

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Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management

Council; Public Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Fishery

Management Council will convene a

public meeting of its Texas Habitat

Protection Advisory Panel on May 3,

1995.

DATES: The meeting will be held on May

3, 1995, from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Marriott Intercontinental Airport

Hotel, 18700 John F. Kennedy

Boulevard, Houston, TX 77032.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard J. Hoogland, Biologist, Gulf of

Mexico Fishery Management Council,

5401 West Kennedy Boulevard, Suite

331, Tampa, FL 33609; telephone: 813–

228–2815.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

meeting agenda is as follows: Review

and discuss fisheries-related studies by

Texas A&M Sea Grant University, grass

carp infestation into Texas estuaries,

occurrence of an exotic brown mussel

on the Texas coast, shrimp mariculture

issues, Corps of Engineers activities

concerning the Laguna Madre and other

segments of the Gulf Intracoastal

Waterway and the Houston/Galveston

ship channel, as well as an update of the

Wallisville project and Jefferson County

beach nourishment.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to Julie Krebs at the

above address by April 26, 1995.

Dated: April 18, 1995.

Richard H. Schaefer,

Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and

Management, National Marine Fisheries

Service.

[FR Doc. 95–9947 Filed 4–20–95; 8:45 am]

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National Marine Fisheries Service;

Marine Fisheries Advisory Committee;

Public Meetings

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of

meetings of the Marine Fisheries

Advisory Committee (MAFAC) from

May 8 to May 10, 1995.

DATES: The meetings are scheduled as

follows:

1. May 8, 1995, 9 a.m.–4 p.m.;

2. May 9, 1995, 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.; and

3. May 10, 1995, 8:30 a.m.–3:45 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Bethesda Ramada, 8400 Wisconsin

Ave, Bethesda, MD.

Requests for special accommodations

may be directed to MAFAC,

Management Services Office, National

Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 EastWest Highway, Silver Spring, MD

20910.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Richard Wheeler, Executive Secretary;

telephone: (301) 713–2259.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As

required by section 10(a)(2) of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5

U.S.C. App. (1982), notice is hereby

given of a meeting of MAFAC. MAFAC

was established by the Secretary of

Commerce (Secretary) on February 17,

1971, to advise the Secretary on all

living marine resource matters that are

the responsibility of the Department of

Commerce. This Committee ensures that

the living marine resource policies and

programs of this Nation are adequate to

meet the needs of commercial and

recreational fishermen, and

environmental, state, consumer,

academic, and other national interests.

Matters to be Considered

May 8, 1995—Subcommittee Meetings

(1) Steering Committee;

(2) Marine Recreational Fisheries

Committee;

(3) Protected Resources/Habitat

Committee;

(4) Seafood Markets and Trade

Committee; and,

(5) Commercial Fisheries Committee.

May 9, 1995

(1) Report of subcommittees;

(2) Report of Bycatch Task Force on

research findings;

(3) Report on the NMFS budget(s);

and

(4) Report on the Status of the NMFS

Charter.

May 10, 1995

(1) Report on the NMFS Habitat

Program: Status and water quality

issues;

(2) Report on the Wetland Restoration

Program;

(3) Examination of the wetland

construction processes;

(4) Report on the status of bycatchrelated legislation; and

(5) Open panel discussion.

Special Accommodations

These meetings are physically

accessible to people with disabilities.

Requests for sign language

interpretation or other auxiliary aids

should be directed to MAFAC (see

ADDRESSES).
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Dated: April 17, 1995.

Gary Matlock,

Program Management Officer, National

Marine Fisheries Service.

[FR Doc. 95–9874 Filed 4–20–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3510–22–F

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Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management

Council; Meeting

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Notice of public meetings.

SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery

Management Council’s Summer

Flounder Monitoring Committee will

hold a public meeting on May 4, 1995.

The main objective of this meeting is to

review fishing mortality rate reduction

strategies for summer flounder.

DATES: The meeting will be held on May

4, 1995, from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Holiday Inn, Essington Room, 45

Industrial Highway, Essington, PA;

telephone: (610) 521–2400.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David R. Keifer, Executive Director,

Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management

Council, 300 S. New Street, Dover, DE

19901; telephone (302) 674–2331.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

meeting is physically accessible to

people with disabilities. Requests for

sign language interpretation or other

auxiliary aids should be directed to

Joanna Davis at least 5 days prior to the

meeting date.

Dated: April 18, 1995.

Richard H. Schaefer,

Director, Office of Fisheries Conservation and

Management, National Marine Fisheries

Service.

[FR Doc. 95–9948 Filed 4–20–95; 8:45 am]

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Marine Mammals

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Receipt of application for a

scientific research permit (P66J).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Alaska Department of Fish and

Game has applied in due form for a

permit to take Steller and California sea

lions for the purposes of scientific

research.

DATES: Written comments must be

received on or before May 22, 1995.

ADDRESSES: The application and related

documents are available for review

upon written request or by appointment

in the following offices:

Permits Division, Office of Protected

Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West

Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring,

MD 20910 (301/713–2289);

Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O.

Box 21668, Juneau, AK, 99802–1668

(907/586–7221).

Written data or views, or requests for

a public hearing on this request, should

be submitted to the Chief, Permits

Division, F/PR1, Office of Protected

Resources, NMFS, 1335 East-West

Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910,

within 30 days of the publication of this

notice. Those individuals requesting a

hearing should set forth the specific

reasons why a hearing on this particular

request would be appropriate.

Concurrent with the publication of

this notice in the Federal Register, the

Secretary of Commerce is forwarding

copies of this application to the Marine

Mammal Commission and its

Committee of Scientific Advisors.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

subject permit is requested under the

authority of the Marine Mammal

Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16

U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the Regulations

Governing the Taking and Importing of

Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216), the

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as

amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and

the Regulations Governing the Taking,

Importing, and Exporting of Endangered

Fish and Wildlife (50 CFR part 222).

The applicant seeks authorization to

take a maximum of 125 Steller sea lions

(Eumetopias jubatus) by trapping,

darting, sampling, and gas anesthesia

(including a maximum of 20 by

recapture for follow-up blood sampling

and removal of instruments); a

maximum of 400 Steller pups over 6

months old by hand capture, gas

anesthesia, and marking; a maximum of

10,000 Stellers by harassment during

the course of capturing suitable animals;

a maximum of 15 Stellers by

unintentional mortality during the

course of capture and chemical

immobilization and salvaged specimens

of stranded animals, premature pups,

and mortalities associated with this and

other research activities. The applicant

also seeks authorization to take up to 30

rehabilitated California sea lions

(Zalophus californianus) by injection

with experimental immobilization drugs

and a maximum of 3 for unintentional

mortality. All takes will be over a 5-year

period. The applicant proposes to

initiate this work on June 15, 1995. The

objectives of this research are to test and

develop safe protocol for chemical

restraint, determine movements, habitat

usage and commercial fishery

interactions, compare condition indices

between eastern and western stocks,

determine dispersal area and extent of

mixing of eastern and western stock

pups, and develop safe winter capturing

methods of sea lions.

Dated: April 17, 1995.

Ann D. Terbush,

Chief, Permits & Documentation Division,

National Marine Fisheries Service.

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Marine Mammals

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries

Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and

Atmospheric Administration (NOAA),

Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of scientific research

permit No. 951 (P580).

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

Carole A. Conway, 407 Garces Drive,

San Francisco, CA 94132, has been

issued a permit to import two blue

whale skin samples Balaenoptera

musculus) (approximate weight 100–

200 mg) for purposes of scientific

research.

ADDRESSES: The permit and related

documents are available for review

upon written request or by appointment,

in the following offices:

Permits Division, Office of Protected

Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West

Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring,

MD 20910 (301/713–2289); and

Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West

Ocean Boulevard, #4200, Long Beach,

CA 90802–4213 (310/980–4015).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

February 23, 1995, notice was published

in the Federal Register (60 FR 10067)

that a request for a scientific research

permit to import blue whale skin

samples had been submitted by the

above-named individual. The requested

permit has been issued under the

authority of the Marine Mammal

Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16

U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the Regulations

Governing the Taking and Importing of

Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216), the

Endangered Species Act of 1973, as

amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.),

and the Regulations Governing

Endangered Species Permits (50 CFR

parts 217–222).

Issuance of this permit as required by

the ESA was based on a finding that