[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 211 (Wednesday, November 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 55543-55544]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-27026]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 100595B]


Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Issuance of scientific research permit no. 969 (P524B).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. Shannon Atkinson and Mr. James 
Palmer, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, have been 
issued a permit to obtain blood and blubber 

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samples and to import samples from various species of cetaceans, for 
the purpose of scientific research.

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 (508/281-9250);
    Director, Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721 Executive Center Drive 
North, St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432 (813/893-3141);
    Director, Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE, BIN 
C15700, Bldg. 1, Seattle, WA, 98115-0070 (206/526-6150);
    Director, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, 
Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310/980-4001);
    Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-
1668 (907/586-7221); and
    Coordinator, Pacific Area Office, NMFS, 2570 Dole Street Honolulu, 
HI 96822-2396 (808/955-8831).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ruth Johnson (301/713-2289).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 24, 1995, notice was published in the 
Federal Register (60 FR 27493) that a permit had been requested by the 
above-named individuals. 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 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 
regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of 
endangered fish and wildlife (50 CFR part 222).
    The permit authorizes the holder to obtain blood serum and blubber 
samples from cetaceans taken in subsistence hunting, and incidental, 
stranded and captive mortalities. The applicant is also authorized to 
import blood and blubber samples as well as utilize bowhead whale 
samples in storage at the National Marine Mammal Lab.
    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: October 23, 1995.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits & Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-27026 Filed 10-31-95; 8:45 am]
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