[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 112 (Monday, June 12, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 30844]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-14354]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 060595E]


Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Issuance of scientific research permit no. 959 (P418A).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Mason T. Weinrich, Cetacean 
Research Unit, Gloucester, MA 01930, has been issued a permit to take 
humpback whales (Megaptera novaeangliae), fin whales (Balaenoptera 
physalus), right whales (Eubalaena borealis), and sei whales 
(Balaenoptera glacialis) for the purpose of scientific research.

DATES: Written comments or requests for a public hearing must be 
received on or before July 12, 1995.

ADDRESSES: The permit is available for review by interested persons in 
the following offices by appointment:
    Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-
West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289);
    Director, Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, 
MA 01930-2298, (508/281-9150); and
    Director, Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721 Executive Center Drive, St. 
Petersburg, FL 33702-2432 (813/570-5312).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kellie Foster (301/713-1401).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 16, 1995, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (60 FR 14270) that a permit had been requested by 
the above-named individual. The requested permit has been granted under 
the authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended 
(16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the provisions of Secs. 216.33(d) and (e) of 
the Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals 
(50 CFR part 216), the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA), as amended 
(16 U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and the provisions of Sec. 222.25 of the 
Regulations Governing the Taking, Importing, and Exporting of 
Endangered Species (50 CFR part 222).
    The permit authorized the holder to take 400 humpback whales 
(Megaptera novaeangliae), 250 fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus), 50 
right whales (Eubalaena borealis), and 50 sei whales (Balaenoptera 
borealis) per year for 5 years for the purpose of photo-identification 
and behavioral studies.
    Issuance of this permit, as required by the ESA, was based on a 
finding that such permit: (1) Was applied for in good faith; (2) will 
not operate to the disadvantage of the endangered species that is the 
subject of this permit; and (3) is consistent with the purposes and 
policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA.

    Dated: June 6, 1995.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits & Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-14354 Filed 6-9-95; 8:45 am]
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