[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 77 (Friday, April 21, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19886-19887]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9876]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 041195B]


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 (P588).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Enoshima Aquarium, 2-17-25, 
Katase-Kaigan, Fujisawa-City, Kanagawa, 251, 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, [[Page 19887]] NMFS, 
1315 East-West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3226.
    Relevant written comments about this request should be submitted to 
the above address on or before May 22, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ann Hochman, 301/713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Enoshima Aquarium, Kanagawa, Japan, 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 the Enoshima 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: April 17, 1995.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Division of Permits and Documentation, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 95-9876 Filed 4-20-95; 8:45 am]
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