[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 7861]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3848]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 020899B]


Marine Mammals; File No. 772#69-03

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 the Southwest Fisheries Science 
Center, National Marine Fisheries Service, 8604 La Jolla shores Drive, 
La Jolla, CA 92038 has been issued an amendment to scientific research 
Permit No. 1024 (File No. 772#69).

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);
    Regional Administrator, Southwest Region, National Marine Fisheries 
Service, NOAA, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-
4213 (562/980-4001).

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On January 5, 1999, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (64 FR 483) that an amendment of Permit No. 1024, 
issued December 30, 1996 (62 FR 1875), had been requested by the above-
named organization. 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.), the provisions of Sec. 216.39 of the Regulations 
Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216), 
and the Fur Seal Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.).
    Permit No. 1024 authorizes the permit holder to conduct level B 
harassment activities [i.e. censuses] on, capture, handle, and release 
Antarctic pinnipeds in the South Shetland Islands, Antarctica. The 
holder is now authorized to increase the number of Antarctic fur seal 
(Arctocephalus gazella) pups and juveniles to be captured and handled 
for oxygen consumption and developmental physiology studies. The Holder 
will conduct these activities at Cape Shirreff on Livingston Island, 
Antarctica.

    Dated: February 11, 1999.
E. Ruth Johnson,
Acting Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-3848 Filed 2-16-99; 8:45 am]
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