[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 151 (Monday, August 8, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-19252]


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[Federal Register: August 8, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 071494E]

 

Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Issuance of scientific research permit No. 933 (P317C).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Mr. Jeff Goodyear, Department of 
Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C., Canada, V8R 
1S4, and Ms. Jan Straley, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, 
University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99835, have been issued a 
permit to take humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) 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, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-
1668 (907/586-7221).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 11, 1994, notice was published in the 
Federal Register (59 FR 24406) that a request for a scientific research 
permit to tag humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae) had been 
submitted by the above-named individuals. 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), the 
Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), 
and the regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of 
endangered fish and wildlife (50 CFR part 222).

    Dated: August 1, 1994
William W. Fox, Jr.,
Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 94-19252 Filed 8-5-94; 8:45 am]
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