[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 33 (Wednesday, February 19, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7986-7987]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-3991]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 011003C]


Marine Mammals; File No. 782-1438

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

ACTION: Issuance of permit amendment.

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SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the National Marine Mammal 
Laboratory, NMFS, NOAA, 7600 Sand Point Way, NE, BIN C15700, Bldg. 1, 
Seattle, WA 98115-0070, (Dr. Sue Moore, Principal Investigator (PI)) 
has been issued an amendment to scientific research Permit No. 782-
1438.

ADDRESSES: The 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, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 
20910; phone (301) 713-2289; fax (301) 713-0376;
    Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668; phone 
(907) 586-7221; fax (907) 586-7249.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ruth Johnson, (301) 713-2289.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The requested amendment has been granted 
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 part 216), 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 222-226), and the Fur Seal 
Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 et seq.).
    Permit No. 782-1438, issued on issued on May 8, 1998 (63 FR 27265) 
authorizes the National Marine Mammal Laboratory to take various large 
and

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small cetacean species through photographic aerial surveys (Project I); 
biopsy sampling, tagging and photo-identification (Project II); small 
cetacean species and pinnipeds through vessel surveys (Project III); 
gray whales through biopsy sampling, tagging, photo-id and harassment 
(Project IV); and beluga whales by satellite-tagging, flipper tagging, 
VHF radio/time depth recorder(TDR) suction cup-tagging and biopsy 
sampling (Project V). The amendment increased the number of accidental 
mortalities in Project V to three during 2003. This Project will expire 
September 30, 2003.

    Dated: January 28, 2003.
Stephen L. Leathery,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 03-3991 Filed 2-18-03; 8:45 am]
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