[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 163 (Wednesday, August 24, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-20727]


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[Federal Register: August 24, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 080994B]

 

Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Issuance of scientific research permit no. 934 (P63C).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Robert Elsner, Ph.D., Institute of 
Marine Science, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 99775, has been 
issued a permit to take beached/stranded rehabilitated harbor seals 
(Phoca vitulina richardii) 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); and
    Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90802-
4213 (310/980-4015).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 27, 1994, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (59 FR 32597) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take Pacific harbor seals 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: August 17, 1994.
William W. Fox, Jr.,
Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 94-20727 Filed 8-23-94; 8:45 am]
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