[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 153 (Wednesday, August 10, 1994)]
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[FR Doc No: 94-19432]


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[Federal Register: August 10, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 071494D]

 

Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Issuance of scientific research permit No. 934 (P281C).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Mr. S. Jonathon Stern, of the 
Marine Mammal Research Program, Texas A&M University, Galveston, Texas 
has been issued a permit to take minke whales (Balaenoptera 
acutorostrata), blue whales (B. musculus), fin whales (B. physalus), 
sei whales (B. borealis), humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), 
gray whales (Eschrictius robustus), and 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);
    Director, Southwest Region, 501 West Ocean Boulevard, Suite 4200, 
Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4001);
    Director, Northwest Region, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE., BIN C15700, 
Bldg. 1, Seattle, WA 98115-0070 (206/526-6150); and,
    Director, Alaska Region, P.O. Box 21688, Juneau, AK 99802-1668 
(907/586-7221).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 4, 1994, notice was published in the 
Federal Register (59 FR 23054) that a request for a scientific research 
permit to photo-identify and biopsy dart minke whales (Balaenoptera 
acutorostrata), blue whales (B. musculus), fin whales (B. physalus), 
sei whales (B. borealis), humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), 
gray whales (Eschrictius robustus), and 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), 
the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and the 
regulations governing endangered species permits 50 CFR parts 217-222).

    Dated: August 3. 1994.
William W. Fox, Jr.,
Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 94-19432 Filed 8-9-94; 8:45 am]
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