[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 210 (Wednesday, October 30, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 66127-66128]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-27565]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 093002B]


Marine Mammals; File No. 42-1642

AGENCY:  National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA Fisheries), National 
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce.

ACTION: Issuance of permit amendment.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that Mystic Aquarium, 55 Coogan Blvd., 
Mystic, CT 06355 (Dr. Lisa Mazarro, Principal Investigator) has been 
issued a permit amendment to take Steller sea lions for purposes of 
scientific research and enhancement.

ADDRESSES: The permit amendment 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, NOAA Fisheries, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver 
Spring, MD 20910; phone (301)713-2289; fax (301)713-0376; and
    Northeast Region, NOAA Fisheries, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, 
MA 01930-2298; phone (978)281-9200; fax (978)281-9371.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Sloan or Tammy Adams, (301)713-
2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 11, 2002, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (67 FR 45958) that a request for an amendment to 
scientific research Permit No. 42-1642-01 to take Steller sea lions had 
been submitted by the above-named organization. The requested permit 
amendment has been issued under the authority of the Marine Mammal 
Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 et seq.), the 
Regulations Governing the Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals (50 
CFR

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part 216), the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 
U.S.C. 1531 et seq.), and the regulations governing the taking, 
importing, and exporting of endangered and threatened species (50 CFR 
parts 222-226).
    Issuance of this permit amendment, 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.
    The permit amendment authorizes the permit holder to import one 
male Steller sea lion from the Vancouver Aquarium, Vancouver, Canada, 
for breeding with female Steller sea lions currently held by Mystic 
Aquarium in support of their study of changes in vitamin A and E status 
in relation to various life history stages in captive Steller sea 
lions.

    Dated: October 24, 2002.
Eugene T. Nitta,
Acting Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, NOAA Fisheries.
[FR Doc. 02-27565 Filed 10-29-02; 8:45 am]
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