[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 195 (Tuesday, October 8, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Page 62699]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-25624]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 091802A]


Marine Mammals; File No. 1033-1683-00

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 Michael A. Castellini, Ph.D., 
Institute of Marine Science, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, 
University of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK 99775, has been issued a permit to 
take Weddell seals (Leptonychotes weddellii) and other 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:
    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 August 5, 2002, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (67 FR 50632) that a request for a scientific 
research permit to take Weddell 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).
    Permit No. 1033-1683 authorizes the Holder to capture, sample, 
instrument and release Weddell seals, 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), and import blood, 
feces and milk collected during research.

    Dated: September 25, 2002.
Eugene T. Nitta,
Acting Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 02-25624 Filed 10-7-02; 8:45 am]
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