[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 122 (Monday, June 27, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-15468]


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[Federal Register: June 27, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 060994D]

 

Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Receipt of applications for a scientific research permit (P63C 
and P566).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Robert Elsner, Ph.D., Institute of 
Marine Science, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 99775, and Paul J. 
Ponganis, M.D., Ph.D., Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, 
Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA 92093-0204, have 
applied in due form for permits to take marine mammals for purposes of 
scientific research.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before July 27, 1994.

ADDRESSES: The applications and related documents are available for 
review upon written request or by appointment in the Permits Division, 
Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 
13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289); and
    (P63C and P566) - Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 W. Ocean Blvd., Long 
Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4016); and
    (P63C) - Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802 
(907/586-7221).
    Written data or views, or requests for a public hearing on these 
requests, should be submitted to the Director, Office of Protected 
Resources, NMFS, NOAA, U.S. Department of Commerce, 1335 East-West 
Highway, 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 these particular requests would 
be appropriate.
    Concurrent with the publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register the Secretary of Commerce is forwarding copies of the 
applications to the Marine Mammal Commission and its Committee of 
Scientific Advisors.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject permits are requested 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).
    Dr. Robert Elsner (P63C) requests authority to obtain six harbor 
seals (Phoca vitulina richardii) from beached/stranded and 
rehabilitated animals at Sea World to conduct physiological research. 
The objective is to extend the studies on isolated coronary arteries to 
intact, conscious seals to determine the effect of prostaglandin 
inhibitors and other agents on coronary blood flow during experimental 
dives. The animals will be returned to Sea World after each use.
    Dr. Paul Ponganis (P566) requests authority to capture from the 
wild and release up to 20 elephant seals (Mirounga angustirostris), and 
obtain from rehabilitated stock up to 10 elephant seals and 6 harbor 
seals (Phoca vitulina). Rehabilitated animals will be obtained from Sea 
World and released directly to sea (off La Jolla) at completion of 
experiments. Initial techniques, instrument development and testing 
will be conducted on rehabilitated animals. The objective of the study 
is to utilize the elephant seal to better understand the metabolic and 
physiological responses to extreme breathholding, and during sleep 
apnea and forced submersion, to compare metabolic rate, organ blood 
flow regulation, and the time course of oxygen depletion in different 
body compartments.

    Dated: June 17, 1994.
William W. Fox, Jr., Ph.D.,
Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 94-15468 Filed 6-24-94; 8:45 am]
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