[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 123 (Tuesday, June 25, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32774-32775]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-16079]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 061196B]


Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit (P466B)

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

ACTION: Receipt of application for a scientific research permit (P5I).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. Scott D. Kraus, New England 
Aquarium, Central Wharf, Boston, MA 02110-3309, has applied in due form 
for a permit to conduct scientific research on North Atlantic right 
whales (Eubalaena glacialis).

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before July 25, 1996.


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ADDRESSES: The application and related documents are available for 
review upon written request or by appointment in the following 
office(s):
    Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-
West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289);
    Director, Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, 
MA 01930-2298 (508/281-9250); and
    Director, Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721 Executive Center Drive 
North, St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432 (813/893-3141).
    Written data or views, or requests for a public hearing on this 
request, should be submitted to the Director, Office of Protected 
Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 
20910. Those individuals requesting a hearing should set forth the 
specific reasons why a hearing on this particular request would be 
appropriate.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeannie Drevenak, Permits Division, 
301/713-2289.

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 parts 217- 222). The applicant seeks authorization to 
harass during photo-identification studies and aerial, and vessel 
surveys, up to 350 North Atlantic right whales, up to 10 times each, 
annually, over a five year period. Of these 350 animals, up to 80 may 
be biopsy darted, up to 10 may be radio tagged, up to 15 may be 
satellite tagged, and up to 50 may have blubber measurements taken 
ultrasonically, annually. In addition, authorization is requested to 
import up to 100 and export up to 100 tissue samples annually, and to 
collect an unspecified number of samples and/or entire carcasses, if 
feasible, from up to 10 right whales annually that die and strand along 
the coast of the United States.
    Concurrent with the publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register, NMFS is forwarding copies of this application to the Marine 
Mammal Commission and its Committee of Scientific Advisors.

    Dated: June 12, 1996.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-16079 Filed 6-24-96; 8:45 am]
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