[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 69 (Monday, April 11, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-8541]


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[Federal Register: April 11, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 032494A]

 

Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Issuance of a Scientific Research Permit (P520B).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Mr. Richard Coleman, 55 South Judd 
Street, #1809, Honolulu, Hawaii 96817, has been issued a permit to take 
(harass) humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), and several other 
species of cetaceans 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, East-West 
Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289);
    Director, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 W. Ocean Boulevard, Suite 
4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4016); and
    Coordinator, Pacific Area Office, Southwest Region, NMFS, 2570 Dole 
Street, Room 106, Honolulu, HI 96822-2396 (808/955-8831).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 7, 1994, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (59 FR 5569) that the above-named individual had 
submitted a request for a scientific research permit to take, over a 5-
year period, during observational and photo-identification studies, 
humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), Hawaiian spinner dolphins 
(Stenella longirostris), bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus), 
short finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhyncus), spotted dolphins 
(Stenella attenuata), sperm whales (Physeter macrocephalus), killer 
whales (Orcinus orca), false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens), 
melon headed whales (Peponocephala electra), pygmy killer whales 
(Feresa attenuata), Risso's dolphins (Grampus griseus), rough-toothed 
dolphins (Steno bredanensis), striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba), 
fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus), Bryde's whales (Balaenoptera 
edeni), Blainville's beaked whales (Mesoplodon densirostris), Cuvier's 
beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris), pygmy sperm whales (Kogia 
breviceps), dwarf sperm whales (Kogia simus), minke whales 
(Balaenoptera acutorostrata), right whales (Balaena glacialis), blue 
whales (Balaenoptera musculus), ginko-toothed beaked whales (Mesoplodon 
ginkgodens), Fraser's dolphins (Lagenodelphis hosei), and southern 
bottlenosed whales (Hyperoodon planifrons). 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 (ESA) 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 ESA 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 ESA.
    Dated: April 5, 1994.

Herbert W. Kaufman,
Deputy Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-8541 Filed 4-8-94; 8:45 am]
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