[Federal Register Volume 59, Number 174 (Friday, September 9, 1994)]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 94-22219]


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[Federal Register: September 9, 1994]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 082594B]

 

Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Issuance of scientific research permit no. 937 (P566)

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Paul J. Ponganis, M.D., Ph.D., 
Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of 
Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093-
0204, has been issued a permit to take Northern elephant seals 
(Mirounga angustirostris) and harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) 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, 510 W. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90802-
4213 (310/980-4016).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 27, 1994, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (59 FR 32957) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take the species listed above 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 30, 1994.
William W. Fox, Jr., Ph.D.
Director, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 94-22219 Filed 9-8-94; 8:45 am]
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