[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 43 (Friday, March 4, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-4950]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 021894A]

 

Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Receipt of Application for a Scientific Research Permit 
(P377B).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. A. Rus Hoelzel, LVC, Bldg. 
560, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, MD 21702, has applied in due 
form for a permit to import Tursiops truncatus skin samples for 
purposes of scientific research.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before February 28, 
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); and
Director, Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 
01930 (508/281-9200).

    Written data or views, or requests for a public hearing on this 
request, should be submitted to the Director, Office of Protected 
Resources, NMFS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1315 East-West 
Highway, room 13130, 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.) and the Regulations Governing the Taking and 
Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).
    The Applicant proposes to import 100 skin samples taken from 
bottlenose dolphins that are collected by salvage from already dead 
animals and by biopsy darting. The samples will be imported from 
Namibia and South Africa. Morphological distinctions related to body 
size and cranial dimensions have been described between the nearshore 
and offshore forms of bottlenose dolphin.
    In this study, the applicant proposes to investigate the genetic 
differentiation of nearshore vs offshore populations from Namibia and 
South Africa.

    Dated: February 28, 1994.
William W. Fox, Jr.,
Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 94-4950 Filed 3-3-94; 8:45 am]
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