[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 79 (Monday, April 25, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-9867]


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[Federal Register: April 25, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 032894F]

 

Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Issuance of scientific research permit no. 897 (P771#69).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. Howard Braham, NMFS, Alaska 
Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Mammal Laboratory, 7600 Sand 
Point Way, NE., Seattle,
    WA 98115, has been issued a permit to take beluga whales 
(Delphinapterus leucas) for purposes of scientific research.

ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review 
upon written request or by appointment, in the following offices:
    Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-
West Highway, room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289);
    Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau,
    AK 99802-1668 (907/586-7221); and
    Director, Northwest Region, NMFS, NOAA, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE., 
BIN C15700, Seattle, WA 98115 (206/526-6150).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 23, 1994, notice was published 
in the Federal Register (59 FR 8602) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take beluga whales (Delphinapterus leucas) 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: April 13, 1994
Herbert W. Kaufman
Deputy Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine 
Fisheries Service
[FR Doc. 94-9867 Filed 4-22-94; 8:45a.m.]

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