[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 43 (Friday, March 5, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 10649]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-5502]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 021199B]


Marine Mammals; File No. P368F

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, Associate 
Professor, Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, P.O. Box 450, Moss 
Landing, CA 95039-0450, has been issued an amendment to scientific 
research Permit No.974 (File No. 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 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 June 30, 1998, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (63 FR 35568) that an amendment of Permit No. 974, 
issued August 25, 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 Sec. 216.39 of the 
Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals (50 
CFR part 216).
    Permit No. 974 authorizes the permit holder 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 600 harbor 
seals as a result of the above activities. The permit holder is now 
authorized to increase: 1) the total number of takes of non-pups and 2) 
the number of seals to be inadvertently harassed during scat 
collection.

    Dated: March 2, 1999.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 99-5502 Filed 3-4-99; 8:45 am]
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