[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 222 (Wednesday, November 18, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 64066]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-30832]



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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 110498C]


Marine Mammals; File No.914-1470

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 University of Southern 
Mississippi, Department of Biological Sciences, USM Box 5018, 
Hattiesburg, MS 39401 [Principal Investigator: Mr. Bobby L. 
Middlebrooks], has been issued a permit to import fluid and tissue 
samples of bottlenose dolphin (Tursiops truncatus and gilli), beluga 
whale (Delphinapterus leucas), and Pacific white-sided dolphin 
(Lagenorhynchus obliquidens) held captive in facilities in Nassau, 
Bahamas, Honduras, and Finland 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 and Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/
713-2289); and
    Regional Administrator, Southeast Region, NMFS, 9721 Executive 
Center Drive North, St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432 (813/570-5312).

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 15, 1998, notice was published 
in the Federal Register (63 FR 49337) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to import samples 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.), and the Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of 
Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).

    Dated: November 12, 1998.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 98-30832 Filed 11-17-98; 8:45 am]
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