[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 56 (Wednesday, March 23, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-6755]


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[Federal Register: March 23, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 031194A]

 

Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Issuance of Scientific Research Permit No. 893 (P112G).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that The New York Zoological Society, 
Wildlife Conservation Society, 185th and Southern Blvd., Bronx, New 
York 10460, (Principal Investigator: Dr. William Karesh) has been 
issued a permit to take South American fur seals (Arctocephalus 
australis), South American sea lions (Otaria byronia) and Southern 
elephant seals (Mirounga leonina) 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); and 
Director, Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 
01930 (508/281-9200).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 4, 1994, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (59 FR 5393) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to import specimens from Peru and Argentina and 
obtained from the species listed above had been submitted by the above-
named organization. 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.) and, the Regulations Governing the Taking and 
Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).

    Dated: March 16, 1994.
William W. Fox, Jr.,
Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 94-6755 Filed 3-22-94; 8:45 am]
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