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[FR Doc No: 94-10358]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D.041894C]

 

Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Receipt of application for scientific research permit (P79I).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the Institute of Marine Science, 
University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95064, (Principal 
Investigators: Michael E. Goebel and Daniel P. Costa, Ph.D.), has 
applied in due form for a permit to take Northern fur seals 
(Callorhinus ursinus) for purposes of scientific research.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before June 1, 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);
    Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802 (907/586-
7221); and
    Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 W. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90802-
4213 (310/980-4016).
    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.), the Regulations Governing the Taking and 
Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216), the Fur Seal Act of 
1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.), and fur seal regulations at 
50 CFR part 215.
    The Applicants request authority to take up to 220 Northern fur 
seals annually for three years. Of these, 60 females and their pups 
will be captured, tagged, instrumented and released and 100 (50/50) 
additional pups will be captured, tagged and released.
    The overall objective of the proposed study is to examine the costs 
and benefits of the variable foraging patterns observed in Pribilof 
populations of Northern fur seals and how they relate to offspring 
growth and condition.

    Dated: April 22, 1994.
William W. Fox, Jr.,
Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries 
Service
[FR Doc. 94-10358 Filed 4-29-94; 8:45 am]
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