[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 44 (Tuesday, March 6, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 13596]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-5315]


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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION


Notice of Permit Applications Received Under the Antarctic 
Conservation Act of 1978 (Pub. L. 95-541)

AGENCY: National Science Foundation.

ACTION: Notice of Permit Applications Received under the Antarctic 
Conservation Act of 1978, Public Law 95-541.

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SUMMARY: The National Science Foundation (NSF) is required to publish 
notice of permit applications received to conduct activities regulated 
under the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978. NSF has published 
regulations under the Antarctic Conservation Act at Title 45 Part 670 
of the Code of Federal Regulations. This is the required notice of 
permit applications received.

DATES: Interested parties are invited to submit written data, comments, 
or views with respect to this permit application by April 5, 2001. 
Permit applications may be inspected by interested parties at the 
Permit Office, address below.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be addressed to Permit Office, Room 755, 
Office of Polar Programs, National Science Foundation, 4201 Wilson 
Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia 22230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Joyce Jatko at the above address or 
(703) 292-8032.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The National Science Foundation, under the 
authority of the Antarctic Conservation Act of 1978, as amended, issued 
regulations providing for the conservation of Antarctic animals and 
plants. The regulations provide for a permit system for various 
activities in Antarctica otherwise prohibited, including entry into 
Antarctic Specially Protected Areas, taking of native mammals, birds, 
or plants, exporting or importing any native mammal, bird or plant, or 
introducing into Antarctica any non-native species.
The Application Received Is as Follows
    Applicant: H. William Detrich, Department of Biology, Northeastern 
University, Boston, MA 02215.
    Permit Application No.: 2001-027.
    Activity for Which Permit is Requested: Introduce into Antarctica. 
The applicant proposes to use a mixture of species of frozen fish 
tissues from species native to Patagonian Chile, specifically 
Macruronis magellanicus and Dissostichus eleginoides, as bait in 
experimental fishing of fish traps/pots in the Antarctic peninsula 
area. The bait will be used to attempt to capture Antarctic fish for 
ongoing studies of their biochemistry and molecular biology. In all 
previous research seasons, capture of fish specimens has been carried 
out exclusively by benthic trawling. If use of the fish traps proves to 
be successful, this method could reduce the necessity and frequency of 
trawling for specimens and resultant disruption to benthic communities 
and could yield a much more diverse sample of fish species for research 
work. It is anticipated that a maximum of twenty traps using ten to 
fifteen kilogram blocks of frozen bait each would be required.
    Location: Antarctic peninsula area in the vicinities of Low, 
Brabant, Anvers, Livingston Islands and Dallmann Bay.
    Dates: June 10, 2001 to July 15, 2001.

Joyce A. Jatko,
Acting Permit Officer, Office of Polar Programs.
[FR Doc. 01-5315 Filed 3-5-01; 8:45 am]
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