[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 174 (Tuesday, September 9, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 47471]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23776]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 080597C]


Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit PHF# 782-1384

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 gray whales 
(Eschrichtius robustus) 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); and
    Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE., Seattle, WA 98115 
(tel: 206/526-6150).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 30, 1997, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (62 FR 35156) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take gray whales 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: September 4, 1997.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-23776 Filed 9-8-97; 8:45 am]
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