[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 197 (Wednesday, October 11, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 60411]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-26084]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 080300B]


Marine Mammals; File No. 555-1565

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. James T. Harvey (Principal 
Investigator, PI), Moss Landing Marine Laboratories, P.O. Box 450, Moss 
Landing CA 95039 has been issued a permit to take Pacific harbor seals 
(Phoca vitulina richardsi) 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);
    Regional Administrator, Northwest Region, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE, 
BIN C15700, Seattle, WA 98115-0070,(206/526-6150);
    Regional Administrator, Southwest Region, 501 West Ocean Blvd., 
Suite 4200, Long Beach, California 90802-4213,(562/980-4001).

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June 6, 2000, notice was published in the 
Federal Register (65 FR 35903) that a request for a scientific research 
permit to take Pacific harbor 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.) and the Regulations Governing the Taking and 
Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).
    The applicant is authorized to capture, handle and tag 1,600 
Pacific harbor seals per year of all age and sex classes near haul-out 
sites throughout California, Oregon and Washington. Captured seals will 
be subject to all or some of the following activities: blood and tissue 
sampling, flipper tagging, PIT tagging, branding, lavaging, and video 
camera attachment. Acoustic playback experiments and scat collection 
are also authorized around the haul-out sites. In addition, the 
applicant is authorized to surgically implant radio tags in 15 captive, 
rehabilitated Pacific harbor seals and to conduct feeding studies on 12 
captive, rehabilitated Pacific harbor seals.

    Dated: October 5, 2000.
Ann Terbush,
Permit and Documentation Division, Office of Protected Resources, 
National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 00-26084 Filed 10-10-00; 8:45 am]
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