[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 2 (Tuesday, January 4, 1994)] [Notices] [Page 296] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 94-25] [[Page Unknown]] [Federal Register: January 4, 1994] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE Marine Mammals AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), NOAA, Commerce. ACTION: Receipt of application for a scientific research permit (P559). ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Mr. Hiroyuki Suganuma, Ogasawara Marine Center, Byobudani, Chichijima Ogasawaramura, Tokyo, 100-21, Japan, has applied in due form for a permit to take humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) for purposes of scientific research. DATES: Written comments must be received on or before February 3, 1994. 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, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Boulevard, Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802, (310/980-4016); and Marine Mammal Coordinator, Pacific Area Office, NMFS, 2570 Dole Street, room 106, Honolulu, HI 96822 (808/955-8831). Written data or views, or requests for a public hearing on this request should be submitted to the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NMFS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1315 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 is requesting authority to conduct scientific research on Pacific humpback whales in the Northern Mariana Islands. The proposed research entails the approach of up to 400 humpback whales up to 4 times each, annually, for purposes of photo-identification, behavioral observations, acoustic recordings, and the collection of sloughed skin samples and fecal materials. These samples would be exported to Japan for analysis. Dated: December 28, 1993. William W. Fox, Jr., Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. 94-25 Filed 1-3-94; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-22-M