[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 94 (Tuesday, May 17, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-11916]


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[Federal Register: May 17, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 042694C]

 

Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Issuance of scientific research permit No. 915

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Mr. Michael T. Williams, 
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Department of Biology and Wildlife, 417 
Irving Building, Fairbanks, AK, 99775, has been issued a permit to take 
northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) 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, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289);
    Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802 (907/586-
7221); and
    Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Mammal Laboratory, 
7600 Sand Point Way, NE, BIN C15700, Seattle, WA 98115 (206/526-4020).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 22, 1994, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (59 FR 13475) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take Northern fur seals had been submitted by the 
above-named individual. 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 Fur Seal Act of 
1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.), and the fur seal regulations 
(50 CFR part 215).
    The Permit authorizes the Holder to harass up to 200 Northern fur 
seals during observation of behaviors during aircraft overflights in 
St. George Island.

    Dated: May 11, 1994.
Herbert W. Kaufman
Deputy Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-11916 Filed 5-16-94; 8:45 am]
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