[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 160 (Friday, August 16, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42592-42593]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-20896]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
[I.D. 080896C]


Marine Mammals; Permit No. 926 (P562)

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

ACTION: Issuance of amendment.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a request for amendment of 
scientific research permit No. 926 submitted by Dr. Robin Baird, Marine 
Mammal Research Group, Box 6244, victoria, B.C., Canada V8P 5L5, has 
been granted.

ADDRESSES: The amendment 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, Suite 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289); and
    Director, Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE, BIN 
C15700, Building 1, Seattle, WA 98115-0070 (206/526-6150).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On May 31, 1996, notice was published in the 
Federal Register (61 FR 27337) that an amendment of permit No. 926, 
issued June 10, 1994 (59 FR 31217), had been requested by the above-
named individual. The requested amendment has been granted under the 
authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), and the provisions of Sec. 216.39 of the 
Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals (50 
CFR part 216).
    Permit No. 926 authorizes the take (i.e., harassment) of up to 300 
killer whales (Orcinus orca) annually, up to 25 of which may be radio 
tagged via suction cups annually, in waters off Washington state, over 
a five year period. The purpose of the research is to study killer 
whale behavior and ecology. The Permit has been amended to authorize 
the harassment and suction cup radio tagging of Dall's porpoise 
(Phocoenoides dalli), in order to study that species' diving behavior. 
Activities will be undertaken in the waters of Juan

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de Fuca Strait, Haro Strait, Boundary Pass, Georgia Strait, and the 
waters surrounding the San Juan Islands.

    Dated: August 5, 1996.
Jeannie K. Drevenak,
Acting Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 96-20896 Filed 8-15-96; 8:45 am]
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