[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 185 (Wednesday, September 24, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49960-49961]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25302]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 091597C]


Endangered Species; Permits

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

ACTION: Receipt of an application for a scientific research permit 
(1067).

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the California Department of Fish 
and Game in Sacramento, CA (CDFG) has applied in due form for a permit 
that would authorize takes of a threatened species for scientific 
research.

DATES: Written comments or requests for a public hearing on this 
application must be received on or before October 24, 1997.
ADDRESSES: The application and related documents are available for 
review in the following offices, by appointment:
    Office of Protected Resources, F/PR3, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, 
Silver Spring, MD 20910-3226 (301-713-1401); and
    Protected Species Division, NMFS, 777 Sonoma Avenue, Room 325, 
Santa Rosa, CA 95404-6528 (707 575-6066).
    Written comments or requests for a public hearing should be 
submitted to the Protected Species Division in Santa Rosa, CA.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CDFG requests a five-year permit under the 
authority of section 10 of the Endangered Species Act of 1973 (ESA) (16 
U.S.C. 1531-1543) and the NMFS regulations governing ESA-listed fish 
and wildlife permits (50 CFR parts 217-227), for takes of adult and 
juvenile, threatened, central California coast coho salmon 
(Oncorhynchus kisutch) associated with fishery studies in drainages 
throughout the Evolutionarily Significant Unit. Five CDFG workplans are 
defined in this application. These

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cummulative studies consist of: (1) juvenile coho salmon distribution 
and abundance surveys; (2) habitat typing; (3) spawner surveys; (4) 
out-migrant studies; and (5) the acquisition of tissue/scale samples 
for genetic studies. ESA-listed juvenile fish are proposed to be 
observed or captured, anesthetized, handled (weighed, measured, sampled 
for tissues and/or scales, and fin-clipped), allowed to recover from 
the anesthetic, and released. ESA-listed adult fish carcasses are 
proposed to be collected, handled (measured and sampled for tissues 
and/or scales), and returned to the water at the collection site. ESA-
listed juvenile fish indirect mortalities associated with the research 
are also requested.
    Those individuals requesting a hearing on this request for a permit 
should set out the specific reasons why a hearing would be appropriate 
(see ADDRESSES). The holding of such a hearing is at the discretion of 
the Assistant Administrator for Fisheries, NOAA. All statements and 
opinions contained in the above application summaries are those of the 
applicants and do not necessarily reflect the views of NMFS.

    Dated: September 18, 1997.
Nancy Chu,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-25302 Filed 9-23-97; 8:45 am]
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