[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 223 (Monday, November 19, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 57940]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-28881]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 110501G]


Marine Mammals; Scientific Research Permit (No. 1012-1647-00)

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. Robert B. Griffin, Mote Marine 
Laboratory, 1600 Ken Thompson Parkway, Sarasota, FL 34236, has been 
issued a permit to take Atlantic spotted dolphins (Stenella frontalis) 
and 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)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Trevor Spradlin or Lynne Barre, 301/
713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 6, 2001, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (66 FR 41005) that a request for a scientific 
research permit had been submitted by the above-named individual to 
take Atlantic spotted dolphins and bottlenose dolphins in the Gulf of 
Mexico over a five year period during the conduct of photo-
identification, biopsy sampling and suction cup tagging activities. 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).

    Dated: November 13, 2001.
Ann D. Terbush,
Chief, Permits and Documentation Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 01-28881 Filed 11-16-01; 8:45 am]
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