[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 106 (Wednesday, June 3, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 30201]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-14744]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 052698B]


Marine Mammals; File No. 455-1445

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 Dr. Bruce Carlson, Director, 
Waikiki Aquarium, 2777 Kalakaua Avenue, Honolulu, HI 96815, has been 
issued a permit to take Hawaiian monk seals, Monachus schauinslandi, 
for purposes of scientific research and enhancement.

ADDRESSES: The permit 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); Regional Administrator, Southwest Region, National Marine 
Fisheries Service, NOAA, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, 
CA 90802-4213; and
    Coordinator, Pacific Area Office, National Marine Fisheries 
Service, NOAA, 2570 Dole Street, Room 106, Honolulu, HI 96822-2396.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 18, 1998, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (63 FR 13228) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take Hawaiian monk seals, Monachus schauinslandi, 
had been submitted by the above-named organization. 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.), the 
Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals (50 
CFR part 216), the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and the regulations governing the taking, 
importing, and exporting of endangered fish and wildlife (50 CFR parts 
217-227).
    Issuance of this permit, as required by the ESA, was based on a 
finding that such permit (1) was applied for a good faith, (2) will not 
operate to the disadvantage of the endangered species which is the 
subject of this permit, and (3) is consistent with the purposes and 
policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA.

    Dated: May 28, 1998.
Ann Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-14744 Filed 6-2-98; 8:45 am]
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