[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 116 (Friday, June 17, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-14756]


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[Federal Register: June 17, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 060694D]

 

Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Issuance of scientific research permit No. 926 (P562).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Mr. Robin Baird, of the Marine 
Mammal Research Group, Victoria, B.C., Canada, V8P 5L5, has been issued 
a permit to take killer whales (Orcinus orca) 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); and
    Director, Northwest Region, NMFS, NOAA, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE., 
BIN C15700, Seattle, WA 98115 (206/526-6150).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 19, 1994, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (59 FR 18522) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to tag killer whales (Orcinus orca) 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.) and the Regulations Governing the 
Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).

    Dated: June 10, 1994.
Herbert W. Kaufman,
Deputy Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 94-14756 Filed 6-16-94; 8:45 am]
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