[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 114 (Wednesday, June 12, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29741-29742]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14933]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 052896B]


Marine Mammals; Permit No. 838 (P535)

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

ACTION: Scientific research permit modification.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a request for modification of 
scientific research permit no. 838 submitted by Stephen Insley, 
Smithsonian Institution, National Zoological Park, Dept. Zoological 
Research, Washington, DC 20008, has been granted.

ADDRESSES: The modification 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, Suite 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289); and
    Director, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-
1668 (907/568-7221).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 3, 1996, notice was published in the 
Federal Register (61 FR 19907) that a modification of permit no. 838, 
issued March 23, 1995 (60 FR 16116), had been requested by the above-
named individual. The requested modification has been granted under the 
authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the provisions of paragraphs (d) and (e) of 
Sec. 216.33 of the Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of 
Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216), the Fur Seal Act of 1966, as amended 
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U.S.C. 1151 et seq.), and the fur seal regulations at 50 CFR part 215.
    Under this modification, the genetic relatedness of males holding 
viable territories with those holding non-viable peripheral territories 
will be investigated through collecting tissue samples from 60 adult 
male seals, and 20 mother-offspring pairs. This information, combined 
with behavioral data, may indicate if kin recognition and kin selection 
play significant roles in determining the breeding social structure in 
northern fur seals.

    Dated: June 3, 1996.
Ann Terbush,
Chief, Permits & Documentation Division, National Marine Fisheries 
Service.
[FR Doc. 96-14933 Filed 6-11-96; 8:45 am]
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