[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 52 (Friday, March 17, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14424-14425]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6664]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 031095C]


Marine Mammals

AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and 
[[Page 14425]] Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Request to export nonreleasable beached and stranded marine 
mammals (P582).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that TOBA Aquarium, Toba 3-3-6 Toba 
City, Mie Prefecture, 517 Japan, has requested authorization to export 
nonreleasable beached/stranded marine mammals from the United States 
for the purpose of public display.

ADDRESSES: The request for authorization and related documents are 
available for review upon written request to the Chief, Permits 
Division, F/PR1, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1335 East-West 
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3226 (301/713-2289).
    Relevant written comments about this request should be submitted to 
the above address by April 17, 1995.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: TOBA Aquarium is requesting authorization 
for the export of five nonreleasable rehabilitated California sea lions 
(Zalophus californianus) for the purpose of public display under the 
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (MMPA), as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 
et seq.).
    The permanent retention or export for public display purposes of a 
beached or stranded marine mammal taken for the purpose of 
rehabilitation under section 109(h) of the MMPA must be authorized by 
NMFS. Under the 1994 amendments to the MMPA, in order to obtain any 
marine mammal for public display purposes, the recipient must: (1) 
Offer a program for education or conservation purposes that is based on 
professionally recognized standards of the public display community; 
(2) be registered or hold a license issued under 7 U.S.C. 2131 et seq.; 
i.e., from the Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), U.S. 
Department of Agriculture (or, for foreign facilities, meets comparable 
standards); and (3) maintain facilities for the public display of 
marine mammals that are open to the public on a regularly scheduled 
basis and to which access is not limited or restricted other than by 
charging of an admission fee. In this regard, the required 
certifications and statements provided by TOBA Aquarium and the 
Japanese Fisheries Agency have been submitted to NMFS and APHIS, and 
have been found appropriate and sufficient to allow consideration of 
the request.

    Dated: March 13, 1995.
Art Jeffers,
Acting Chief, Division of Permits & Documentation, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-6664 Filed 3-16-95; 8:45 am]
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