[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 121 (Thursday, June 22, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38810-38811]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15855]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 060100A]


Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit (PHF# 522-1569-00)

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 Randall S. Wells, Ph.D, Sarasota 
Dolphin Research Program, c/o 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: Trevor Spradlin, 301/713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 13, 2000, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (65 FR 19878) that a request for a scientific 
research permit had been submitted by the above-named individual to 
harass up to 120 Atlantic bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) 
annually in Florida waters during the conduct of capture, examination, 
sampling, marking, and release activities, over a 5-year period. 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: June 7, 2000.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-15855 Filed 6-21-00; 8:45 am]
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