[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 118 (Tuesday, June 20, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32141-32142]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-14950]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 060795B]


Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Issuance of scientific research permit no. 960 (P773#54).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. Bradford E. Brown, Southeast 
Fisheries Science Center, NMFS, 75 Virginia Beach Drive, Miami, FL 
33149, has been issued a permit to take Atlantic bottlenose dolphins 
(Tursiops truncatus) for the purposes of scientific research.

[[Page 32142]] DATES: Written comments or requests for a public hearing 
must be received on or before July 20, 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, 
North St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432 (813/893-3141).

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 16, 1995, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (60 FR 14271) 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.), and 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 permit authorized the holder to take by harassment a maximum of 
10,000 Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) for the 
purpose of locating a maximum of 500 dolphins suitable for take by 
capture for examination, sampling, marking, tagging and release. 
Project duration is 5 years. The objectives of this study are to 
develop health assessment indices of dolphin populations and 
individuals in the southeast, and ultimately to assess the impact of 
human activities on specific populations.

    Dated: June 13, 1995.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits & Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-14950 Filed 6-19-95; 8:45 am]
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