[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 243 (Thursday, December 18, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 66342]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-33075]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 120497A]


Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit No. 1016 (P167H)

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. 1016 submitted by Hubbs-Sea World 
Research Institute, 2595 Ingraham Street, San Diego, CA 92109, 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 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 October 28, 1997, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (62 FR 55787) that an amendment of permit no. 
1016, issued October 16, 1996 (61 FR 53901) had been requested by the 
above-name organization. The requested amendment 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).
    The permittee currently has authorization to harass several species 
of stranded rehabilitated and permanently captive pinnipeds and small 
cetaceans in order to measure their interaction with fishing gear and 
to determine the effect of introducing an auditory stimulus (i.e., 
pinger) on responses. The research is authorized to be conducted over a 
five year period. The permit has been amended to authorize: the 
addition of 2 pinger trials and 2 net trials with 14 of the 18 
California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) currently authorized to 
be involved in motivational state trials; and an increase in the number 
of California sea lions to be used in the naive trials from 30 to 40.

    Dated: December 12, 1997.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 97-33075 Filed 12-17-97; 8:45 am]
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