[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 227 (Monday, November 27, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Page 58334]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-28883]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 111495C]


Endangered Species; Permits

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

ACTION: Receipt of applications for a scientific research/monitoring 
permit (P45U) and a scientific research/enhancement permit (P45V).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 
in Sacramento, CA (FWS) has applied in due form for permits to take 
adult and juvenile, endangered, Sacramento River winter-run chinook 
salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) for the purposes of scientific 
research, population monitoring, and hatchery-generated enhancement.

DATES: Written comments or requests for a public hearing on either of 
these applications must be received on or before December 27, 1995.

ADDRESSES: The applications and related documents are available for 
review in the following offices, by appointment:
    Office of Protected Resources, F/PR8, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, 
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3226 (301-713-1401); and
    Director, Southwest Region, NMFS, NOAA, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 
4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310-980-4016).
    Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be 
submitted to the Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of 
Protected Resources.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FWS requests permits under the authority of 
section 10 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) (16 U.S.C. 1531-
1543) and the NMFS regulations governing ESA-listed fish and wildlife 
permits (50 CFR parts 217-227). FWS requests the permits to continue 
the projects for which a take of listed salmon is currently authorized 
under permit 747. Permit 747 will expire on December 31, 1995.
    FWS requests a 5-year scientific research/monitoring permit (P45U) 
for a take of adult and juvenile, listed salmon associated with five 
projects being conducted by the Northern Central Valley Fish and 
Wildlife Office (NCVFWO) in Red Bluff, CA and a project being conducted 
by the Sacramento/San Joaquin Estuary Fishery Resource Office (SSJFRO) 
in Stockton, CA. The five projects being conducted by NCVFWO are: A 
census of juvenile salmonid downstream migration, the radio-tracking of 
spawning adults, the entrainment of juveniles at the Red Bluff 
Diversion Dam downstream migrant fish protection facilities, egg 
incubation temperature tolerance studies, and run differentiation using 
fish ladder counts. The project being conducted by SSJFRO is aimed at 
updating the knowledge of the factors influencing young salmon 
abundance, distribution, and survival in the estuary.
    FWS requests a 5-year scientific research/enhancement permit (P45V) 
for a take of adult and juvenile, listed salmon associated with the 
propagation and captive broodstock programs at FWS's Coleman National 
Fish Hatchery. The objective of the propagation program is to 
supplement the listed, naturally-produced salmon population. Listed 
adult salmon are proposed to be captured and spawned in a protected 
hatchery environment to increase the survival of the resultant eggs and 
juvenile fish. The progeny of the captured adults will then be released 
into the wild. The purpose of the captive broodstock program is to 
maintain the genetic integrity of the listed salmon species in a 
hatchery environment. The objectives of the captive broodstock program 
are to provide: Protection against loss of genetic material, a source 
of gametes for the propagation program, a source of progeny to 
supplement the naturally-produced fish, security until habitat 
conditions in the Sacramento River improve, egg and fry for 
experimental purposes, and a potential tool to assist in the recovery 
of the species.
    Those individuals requesting a hearing (see ADDRESSES) should set 
out the specific reasons why a hearing on either application would be 
appropriate. The holding of such hearing is at the discretion of the 
Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA. All statements and 
opinions contained in these application summaries are those of the 
applicant and do not necessarily reflect the views of NMFS.

    Dated: November 15, 1995.
Russell J. Bellmer,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 95-28883 Filed 11-24-95; 8:45 am]
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