[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 33 (Friday, February 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 6233]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3521]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 112995E]


Marine Mammals and Endangered Species; Permits

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

ACTION: Issuance of scientific research permit (P278F).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. Brent S. Stewart, Hubbs Sea 
World Research Institute, 2595 Ingraham St., San Diego, CA 92109, has 
been issued a permit to take two species of marine mammals for purposes 
of scientific research.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 29, 1995, a document was 
published in the Federal Register (60 FR 50555) that a request for a 
scientific research permit had been submitted by the above-named 
individual. The request was to take two species of marine mammals over 
a 5-year period. Twenty common dolphins (Delphinus delphis) and 20 
Pacific white-sided dolphins (Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) would be 
captured in southern California waters, fitted with satellite-linked 
radio transmitter tags, biologically sampled and scanned with an 
ultrasound device, released, and tracked. The requested permit has been 
issued, under the authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 
(MMPA) as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and the Regulations 
Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).

    Dated: January 31, 1996.
Ann D. Terbush, Chief,
Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-3521 Filed 2-15-96; 8:45 am]
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