[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 39 (Monday, February 28, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-4445]


[Federal Register: February 28, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 020994C]


Marine Mammals

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), NOAA, Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of scientific research permit no. 888 (P559).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Mr. Hiroyuki Suganuma, Ogasawara 
Marine Center, Byobudani, Chichijima Ogasawara-mura, Tokyo, 100-21, 
Japan, has been issued a permit to take humpback whales (Megaptera 
novaeangliae) for purposes of scientific research.

ADDRESSES: The permit 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).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 4, 1994, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (59 FR 296) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take humpback whales 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 (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).
    Issuance of this permit, as required by the Endangered Species Act 
of 1973, was based on a finding that such permit: (1) Was applied for 
in good faith; (2) will not operate to the disadvantage of the 
endangered species which is the subject of this permit; and (3) is 
consistent with the purposes and policies set forth in Section 2 of the 
Endangered Species Act.

    Dated: February 18, 1994.
William W. Fox, Jr.,
Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 94-4445 Filed 2-25-94; 8:45 am]
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