[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 190 (Wednesday, October 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 51460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-25980]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 092297A]


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 
(1076).

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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 the 
application must be received on or before October 31, 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 juvenile, 
threatened, southern Oregon/northern California coast coho salmon 
(Oncorhynchus kisutch) associated with fishery studies in drainages 
throughout the Evolutionarily Significant Unit. Eight CDFG workplans 
are defined in this application for distribution and abundance surveys. 
ESA-listed juvenile fish are proposed to be captured by electrofishing, 
anesthetized, handled (weighed, measured, sampled for tissues and/or 
scales, and fin-clipped), allowed to recover from the anesthetic, and 
released. 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 24, 1997.
Nancy Chu,
Chief, Endangered Species Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-25980 Filed 9-30-97; 8:45 am]
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