[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 51 (Thursday, March 16, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 14271]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6452]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 030695F]


Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Receipt of application for a scientific research permit 
(P532B).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Texas A&M University, Department 
of Marine Biology, Galveston, TX 77553-1675 (Principal Investigators: 
Dr. Randall W. Davis, Texas A&M, Dr. Michael A. Castellini, University 
of Alaska, and Dr. Terrie M. Williams, University of California-Santa 
Cruz) has applied in due form for a permit to take Steller sea lions 
(Eumetopias jubatus) for purposes of scientific research.

DATES: Written comments must be received on or before April 17, 1995.

ADDRESSES: The application 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, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-
1668 (907/586-7221).
    Written data or views, or requests for a public hearing on this 
request, should be submitted to the Chief, Permits Division, F/PR1, 
Office of Protected Resources, 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 this particular request would be appropriate.
    Concurrent with the publication of this notice in the Federal 
Register, the Secretary of Commerce is forwarding copies of this 
application to the Marine Mammal Commission and its Committee of 
Scientific Advisors.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The subject permit is requested under the 
authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), 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).
    The applicants request authority to take up to 120 Steller sea 
lions (Eumetopias jubatus) annually for 5 years. Of these 40, each of 
the pups, females, and juveniles will be flipper tagged and dye marked, 
physiologically handled, blood, blubber and muscle biopsy sampled, and 
metabolic rate measured. Twenty each of the females and juveniles will 
carry a radio transmitter and miniature time-depth-stomach temperature 
recorder, be injected with Evans blue dye to determine plasma volume, 
have their lung volume measured using the helium dilution method, have 
an upper premolar no. 2 extracted for aging, and one - two whiskers 
clipped for stable isotope analysis. Each year up to 1,000 animals may 
be inadvertently harassed and up to six animals may accidentally die 
during the course of the research.

    Dated: March 10, 1995.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits & Documentation Division, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 95-6452 Filed 3-15-95; 8:45 am]
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