[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 208 (Tuesday, October 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 55787]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28439]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[102197B]


Marine Mammals; Permit No. 837 (P77-1#67)

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

ACTION: Scientific research permit amendment.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a request for amendment of 
scientific research permit no. 837 submitted by The National Marine 
Mammal Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NMFS, NOAA, 7600 
Sand Point Way NE., BIN C15700, Seattle, Washington 98115, has been 
granted.

ADDRESSES: The amendment 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
    Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 12, 1997, notice was published 
in the Federal Register (62 FR 48062) that an amendment of permit no. 
837, issued June 4, 1993 (58 FR 33085), had been requested by the 
above-named organization. The original permit authorized studies on 
northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) over a five-year period on 
rookeries in the Bering Sea and eastern North Pacific Ocean. 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.), the 
provisions of Sec. 216.39 of the Regulations Governing the Taking and 
Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216), and the Fur Seal Act of 
1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.).
    The permit was amended to authorize the following increased takings 
of northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus): To collect biopsy samples 
from 30 additional females on St. Paul and 30 additional females on St. 
George Islands. The total number of females to be biopsy sampled on 
both St. Paul and St. George will increase to 180 (90 on each island).

    Dated: October 20, 1997.
Ann Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-28439 Filed 10-27-97; 8:45 am]
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