[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 102 (Friday, May 27, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-13005]


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[Federal Register: May 27, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D.050694G]

 

Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Issuance of scientific research permit No. 918 (P191E)

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the California Department of Fish 
and Game, 1416 Ninth Street, Sacramento, CA 95814, has been issued a 
permit to take by harassment up to 30,000 Pacific harbor seals (Phoca 
vitulina richardsi) 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);
    Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 W. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90802-
4213 (310/980-4020).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 31, 1994, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (59 FR 15183) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to inadvertently harass Pacific harbor seals during 
aerial surveys 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: May 23, 1994.
Herbert W. Kaufman,
Deputy Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-13005 Filed 5-26-94; 8:45 am]
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