[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 113 (Monday, June 12, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36889-36890]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-14777]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 051800G]


Marine Mammals; File No. 675-1563

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. Graham A.J. Worthy, (Principal

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Investigator), Department of Marine Biology, Texas A&M University, 5001 
Avenue U, Suite 105, Galveston, Texas 77551, has been issued a permit 
to take Northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus) 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, Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, 
Juneau, AK 99802-1668 (907/586-7221);

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ruth Johnson or Simona Roberts, 301/
713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On February 11, 2000, notice was published 
in the Federal Register (65 FR 6997) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take fur seals 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.), 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.).

    Dated: June 6, 2000.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-14777 Filed 6-9-00; 8:45 am]
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