[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 35 (Wednesday, February 21, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6631-6632]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-3828]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 020696E]


Marine Mammals

    Pursuant to provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act, as 
amended, (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq., specifically, 1374(c)(3)(C)) and the 
Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals (50 
CFR 216.45), letters of confirmation that authorize level B harassment 
of marine mammals in the wild under authority of the General 
Authorization for Scientific Research, have been issued by the National 
Marine Fisheries Service. Level B harassment, as defined in 50 CFR 
216.3, means any act of pursuit, torment, or annoyance that has the 
potential to disturb a marine mammal or marine mammal stock in the wild 
by causing disruption of behavioral patterns, including, but not 
limited to migration, breathing, nursing, breeding, feeding, or 
sheltering but that does not have the potential to injure a marine 
mammal or marine mammal stock in the wild. The following letters of 
confirmation were issued to the individuals or organizations from 
November 1994 through calendar year 1995.

    Dr. John G. Morris, Department of Biological Sciences, Florida 
Institute of Technology, 150 West University Boulevard, Melbourne, FL 
32905 (GA No. 1);
    Dr. David J. St. Aubin, Director, Research and Veterinary Services, 
Mystic Marinelife Aquarium, 55 Coogan Blvd., Mystic, CT 06355-1997 (GA 
No. 2);

    Ms. Susan L. McAlear Baker, 11061 Bootjack Court, North Potomac, 
Maryland 20878 (GA No. 3);

    Mr. Stephen T. Viada, Staff Scientist, Continental Shelf 
Associates, Inc., 759 Parkway Street, Jupiter, FL 33477-9596 (GA No. 
4);

    Dr. Denise Herzing, Florida Atlantic University, and Wild Dolphin 
Project, P.O. Box 8436, Jupiter, FL 33468 (GA No. 10);

    Dr. John E. Reynolds, III, Professor of Marine Science, Eckerd 
College, 4200 54th Avenue, South, St. Petersburg, FL 33711 (GA No. 5);
    Dr. John H. Schacke, Science Director, The Dolphin Project, 110 
Keystone Court, Athens, GA 30605-4942 (GA No. 6);
    Dr. Whitlow W.L. Au, Chief Scientist, Marine Mammal Research 
Program, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, University of Hawaii, P.O. 
Box 1106, Kailua, HI 96734 (GA No. 11);
    Dr. James T. Harvey, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, P.O. Box 
450, Moss Landing, CA 95039-0450 (GA No. 7);
    Nancy Black, Pacific Cetacean Group, P.O. Box 52001, Pacific Grove, 
CA 93950 (GA No. 8);
    Mr. W. Mark Swingle, Virginia Marine Science Museum, 717 General 
Booth Blvd., Virginia Beach, VA 23451 (GA No. 9);
    Mr. Patrick J. Miller, Schiverick House, Woods Hole Oceanographic 
Institution, Woods Hole, MA 02543 (GA No. 12);
    Dr. Ken Marten, Director of Research, Project Delphis, Earthtrust, 
25 Kaneohe Bay Drive, Kailua, HI 96764 (GA No.13);
    Dr. Hidehiro Kato, Head of Large Cetacean Section, National 
Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries, c/o Mr. Joji Morishita, 
Embassy of Japan, 2520 Massachusetts Ave., NW., Washington, D.C. 20008 
(GA No. 14);
    Mr. James M. Brady, Superintendent, Glacier Bay National, Park and 
Preserve, National Park Service, P.O. Box 140, Gustavus, AK 99826-0140 
(GA No. 15);
    Dr. David E. Bain, Friday Harbor Laboratories, University of 
Washington, 620 University Road, Friday Harbor, WA 98250 (GA No. 16);
    Dr. Laela S. Sayigh, Assistant Professor, Biological Sciences and 
Center for Marine Science Research, University of North Carolina, 
Wilmington, NC 28403 (GA No. 17);
    Ms. Daniela M. Feinholz, Pacific Cetacean Group, P.O. Box 378, Moss 
Landing, CA 95039 (GA No. 18);
    Dr. James R. Gilbert, Professor and Chairperson, Department of 
Wildlife Ecology, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469-5755 (GA No. 
19); and
    Dr. Michael Tillman, Science and Research Director, National Marine 
Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, P.O. Box 271, La 
Jolla, CA 92038 (GA No. 20).
    These authorizations and related documents are available for review 
upon written request or by appointment, in the Permits Division, Office 
of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 East-
West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289).
    For further information contact: Ruth Johnson (F/PR1), Permits 
Division, 

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Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service, 1315 
East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289).

    Dated: February 7, 1996.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-3828 Filed 2-20-96; 8:45 am]
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