[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 100 (Thursday, May 23, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 36158]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-13019]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 051602E]


Endangered Species; File No. 1346

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 Thomas McCormick (Principal 
Investigator), Channel Islands Marine Resource Institute (CIMRI), P.O. 
Box 1627, Port Hueneme, California 93044, has been issued a permit to 
take white abalone (Haliotis sorenseni) for purposes of scientific 
research and enhancement.

ADDRESSES: The permit and related documents are available for review 
upon written request or by appointment in the following office(s):
    Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of Protected 
Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 
20910; phone (301)713-2289; fax (301)713-0376.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Lillian Becker or Jennifer Skidmore 
(301)713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 31, 2001, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (66 FR 45971) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take species listed above had been submitted by the 
above-named individual. The requested permit has been issued under the 
authority of the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), the regulations governing the taking, importing, 
and exporting of endangered and threatened species (50 CFR parts 222-
226).
    The Holder was issued five-year permit to maintain captively bred 
white abalone for scientific research and enhancement at the CIMRI 
Hatchery. Research Activities include feeding studies, propagation 
studies and studies identified as goals for the long term recovery of 
the white abalone. The action only covers the propagation of animals 
collected before June 28, 2001.
    Issuance of this permit, as required by the ESA, was based on a 
finding that such permit (1) was applied for in good faith, (2) will 
not operate to the disadvantage of the endangered species which is the 
subject of this permit, and (3) is consistent with the purposes and 
policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA.

    Dated: May 17, 2002.
Eugene T. Nitta,
Acting Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-13019 Filed 5-22-02; 8:45 am]
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