[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 52 (Wednesday, March 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 13227]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-7039]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 031098D]


Marine Mammals

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

ACTION: Issuance of permit amendment.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Dr. James T. Harvey, Moss Landing 
Marine Laboratories, P.O. Box 450, Moss Landing, CA 95039, has been 
issued an amendment to Scientific Research Permit No. 974 (P368F).

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 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/
713-2289); and Regional Administrator, Southwest Region, National 
Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, 501 West Ocean Boulevard, Suite 4200, 
Long Beach, CA 90802-4213.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sara Shapiro or Ruth Johnson, 301/713-
2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 6, 1998, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (63 FR 471) that an amendment of Permit No. 974, 
issued September 7, 1995 (60 FR 46577), had been requested by the 
above-named individual. 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.), and the provisions of  216.39 of the 
Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals (50 
CFR part 216).
    The amendment authorizes the researcher to: determine body fat of 
harbor seals (Phoca vitulina); handle 20 harbor seal pups up to four 
times and 80 pups one time annually to track changes in health, 
physiological condition, and diving behavior; handle 20 adults and 20 
juveniles four times annually to determine seasonal shifts in health, 
physiological condition, and diving behavior; and harass 200 additional 
harbor seals as a result of the above activities.

    Dated: March 12, 1998.
Art Jeffers,
Acting Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-7039 Filed 3-17-98; 8:45 am]
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