[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 100 (Wednesday, May 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 25635]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-12784]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 051396F]


Endangered Species; Permits

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

ACTION: Issuance of permit 988, amendment 1 to permit 942, and 
modification 2 to permit 962.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that NMFS issued Permit 988, Amendment 
1 to Permit 942, and Modification 2 to by Permit 962, permits to take 
listed sea turtles for the purpose of scientific research, subject to 
certain conditions set forth therein.

ADDRESSES: The applications, permits, and related documents are 
available for review by appointment in the following offices:
    Office of Protected Resources, F/PR8, NMFS, 1315 East-West Hwy., 
Room 13307, Silver Spring, MD 20910-3226 (301-713-1401); and
    Director, Southeast Region, NMFS, NOAA, 9721 Executive Center 
Drive, St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432 (813-893-3141) for Permits 942 and 
962
    or
    Director, Southwest Region, NMFS, NOAA, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 
4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213 (310-980-4016) for Permit 988.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice was published on January 23, 1996 (61 
FR 1748) that an application had been filed by Dr. Peter Dutton of NMFS 
Southwest Fisheries Science Center and Donna McDonald of Ocean Planet 
Research, Inc. (P602) to take listed sea turtles for scientific 
research as authorized by the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) (16 
U.S.C. 1531-1543) and NMFS regulations governing listed fish and 
wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 217-222). The applicants requested 
authorization to capture 50 green (Chelonia mydas), 5 olive ridley 
(Lepidochelys olivacea), and 5 loggerhead (Caretta caretta) sea turtles 
in San Diego Bay. The turtles would be measured, weighed, have blood 
and stomach samples taken, and have tags and transmitters attached. The 
purpose of the research is to reassess the status of sea turtles in San 
Diego Bay. The applicants requested a 5-year permit. On May 10, 1996, 
NMFS issued Permit 988 authorizing the above research.
    Notice was published on February 29, 1996 (61 FR 7776) that a four-
year extension to Permit 962 had been requested by Carlos Diez and 
Robert van Dam of the University of Central Florida (P509B) to take 
listed sea turtles for scientific research as authorized by the ESA. On 
May 10, 1996, NMFS issued Modification 2 to Permit 962, extending it 
until May 31, 2000. The applicants are authorized to capture listed sea 
turtles in Puerto Rico.
    On April 25, 1996, as authorized by the ESA, NMFS issued Amendment 
1 to Permit 942 held by Jane Anne Provancha of the Dynamac Corporation 
(P576). This amendment updated the permit conditions regarding netting 
to capture sea turtles, so as to avoid interaction with any species not 
authorized in the permit.
    Issuance of this permit, modification, and amendment, as required 
by the ESA, was based on a finding that these actions: (1) Were applied 
for in good faith, (2) will not operate to the disadvantage of the 
listed species that are the subject of the actions, and (3) are 
consistent with the purposes and policies set forth in section 2 of the 
ESA.

    Dated: May 14, 1996.
Eric H. Ostrovsky,
Acting Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-12784 Filed 5-21-96; 8:45 am]
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