[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 230 (Monday, December 1, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 63520]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-31444]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 112497B]


Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit No. 872-1397

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 Ann E. Bowles, Ph.D., Hubbs-Sea 
World Research Institute, 2595 Ingraham Street, San Diego, CA 92109, 
has been issued a permit 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 Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-
West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289); and
    Director, Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, 
CA 90802-4213 (562/980-4001).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 18, 1997, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (62 FR 38521) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take (i.e., harass) up to 10 beached rehabilitated 
animals of each of three pinniped species annually: northern elephant 
seals (Mirounga angustirostris) Pacific harbor seals (Phoca vitulina 
richardsi), and California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) had been 
submitted by the above-named individual. The proposed research will be 
conducted over a 5-year period at Hubbs-Sea World Research Institute 
and Sea World, San Diego, California. 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: November 25, 1997.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-31444 Filed 11-28-97; 8:45 am]
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