[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 6 (Monday, January 10, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1358-1359]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-484]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
[I.D. 111899D]


Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit (PHF# 522-1527-00)

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. Randall S. Wells, Mote Marine 
Laboratory, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway, Sarasota, FL 34236, has been 
issued a permit to take bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) for 
purposes of scientific research.

ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review 
upon written request or by appointment in the following offices:
    Permits Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-
West Highway, Room 13130, Silver Spring, MD 20910 (301/713-2289); and
    Regional Administrator, Southeast Region, 9721 Executive Center 
Drive, St. Petersburg, FL 33702-2432 (813/570-5312)

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeannie Drevenak, 301/713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 23, 1999, notice was published 
in the Federal Register (64 FR 51519) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to harass up to 100 Atlantic bottlenose dolphins 
(Tursiops truncatus) annually in Florida waters during the conduct of 
photo-identification and biopsy sampling activities, over a five year 
period, had been submitted by the above-named individual. 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), the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.).

    Dated: December 29, 1999.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-484 Filed 1-7-00; 8:45 am]
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