[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 52 (Friday, March 17, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 14424]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-6666]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 031095B]


Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Request to export nonreleasable beached and stranded marine 
mammals (P583).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Shimoda Floating Aquarium, Fujita 
Tourist Enterprises Co., 3-22-31 Shimoda, Shizuoka 415, Japan, has 
requested authorization to export for public display purposes two 
nonreleasable beached and stranded California sea lions from a U.S. 
rehabilitation facility.

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 April 17, 1995.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Shimoda Floating Aquarium, Fujita Tourist 
Enterprises Co., is requesting authorization for the export of two 
nonreleasable rehabilitated female 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, meet 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 Shimoda Floating 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 and Documentation, National Marine 
Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-6666 Filed 3-16-95; 8:45 am]
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