[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 184 (Friday, September 22, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 49260]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-23562]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 091395A]


Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Issuance of scientific research permit 977 (P771#74).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. Howard Braham, National Marine 
Mammal Laboratory, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE. BIN C15700, Bldg. 4, 
Room 2149, Seattle, WA 98115-0070 has been issued a permit to take 
California sea lions (Zalophus californianus), Northern fur seals 
(Callorhinus ursinus), and Northern elephant seals (Mirounga 
angustirostris) for the purpose of scientific research.

ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review 
upon written request or by appointment, in the following office(s):
    Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine 
Fisheries Service, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, 
MD 20910 (301/713-2289);
    Director, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, 
Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4001).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kellie M. Foster, 301/713-1401.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 22, 1995, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (60 FR 32507) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take California sea lions, Northern fur seals and 
Northern elephant seals had been submitted by the above-named 
individuals. The requested permit has been issued under the authority 
of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 
et seq.), the Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine 
Mammals (50 CFR part 216),  the Fur Seal Act of 1966, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 1151 et seq.), and the fur seal regulations at 50 CFR part 215.
    The permit authorized the holder to take up to 250,410 California 
sea lions, 9,275 Northern fur seals and 21,650 Northern elephant seals 
in the course of conducting four research projects which will focus on 
several aspects of California sea lion biology: 1) annual at-sea 
distribution, foraging behavior, and food habits of adult females, 
mother-pup activity patterns and weaning behavior; 2) identification of 
diseases in the population and the effects of diseases on survival of 
individuals and weaning parameters of pups; 3) assessment of vital 
parameters; and 4) assessment of population trends and pup mortality: 
live and dead pup counts. Research will take place on San Miguel 
Island, the Channel Islands and haul-out sites along the entire coast 
of California. Research will be initiated in September 1995.

    Dated: September 14, 1995.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-23562 Filed 9-21-95; 8:45 am]
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