[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 193 (Friday, October 4, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 62233]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25329]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 091002A]


Marine Mammals; File No. 1032-1679-00

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 Robert A. Garrott, Ph.D., Ecology 
Department, Montana State University, 310 Lewis Hall, Bozeman, Montana 
59717 (PI: Dr. Robert Garrott), has been issued a permit to take 
Antarctic pinnipeds 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, 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: Ruth Johnson or Carrie Hubard 
(301)713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 12, 2002, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (67 FR 46179) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take Antarctic pinnipeds, target species, Weddell 
seals (Leptonychotes weddellii), 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).
    A Permit was issued to take Weddell seals by capture to tag, tissue 
and blood sample, instrument, and incidentally harass crabeater seal 
(Lobodon carcinophagus), leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx), Ross seal 
(Ommatophoca rossii), southern elephant seal (Mirounga leonina), and 
Antarctic fur seal (Archtocephalus gazella). Activities will occur in 
McMurdo Sound, Antarctica and the Ross Sea. The Holder is also 
authorized to import samples collected from live captures and hard 
parts collected from carcasses during the above-listed activities.

    Dated: September 25, 2002.
Trevor Spradlin,
Acting Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-25329 Filed 10-3-02; 8:45 am]
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