[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 87 (Friday, May 3, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 19907]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-10995]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 041996C]


Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit No. 1000 (P66K)

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

ACTION: Issuance of permit.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Alaska Department of Fish and 
Game, Division of Wildlife Conservation, P.O. Box 3-2000, Juneau, AK 
99802, has been issued a permit to take up to 3000 harbor seals (Phoca 
vitulina) and up to 600 spotted seals (Phoca largha) for purposes 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, NMFS, 1315 East-
West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289); and
    Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668 (907/
586-7221).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 22, 1996, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (61 FR 11809) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take harbor seals and spotted seals had been 
submitted by the above-named organization. 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).

    Dated: April 24, 1996.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-10995 Filed 5-2-96; 8:45 am]
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