[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 142 (Thursday, July 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 39826]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-19543]



DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D.071797A]


Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit PHF# 782-1355

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 National Marine Fisheries Service, 
Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Mammal Laboratory, 
7600 Sand Point Way, NE., Seattle, WA 98115 (Principal Investigator: 
Dr. Howard Braham; Co Investigators: Dr. Thomas R. Loughlin and Mr. 
David E. Withrow), has been issued a permit to take harbor seals (Phoca 
vitulina richardsi) 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 and Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/
713-2289);
    Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE., Seattle, WA 98115 
(tel: 206/526-6150); and
    Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668 (tel: 
907/586-7221).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 6, 1997, notice was published in the 
Federal Register (62 FR 31083) that a request for a scientific research 
permit to take harbor 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.), and the Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of 
Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).

    Dated: July 15, 1997.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-19543 Filed 7-23-97; 8:45 am]
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