[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 108 (Thursday, June 5, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 33681]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-14175]


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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

[I.D. 052003B]


Marine Mammals; File No. 1003-1665

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 Dr. Jennifer Moss Burns, 
University of Alaska Anchorage, Department of Biological Sciences, 
College of Arts and Sciences, 3211 Providence Drive, Anchorage, AK 
99508, has been issued an amendment to scientific research Permit No. 
1003-1665-00.

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; and
    Alaska Region, NMFS, PO Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668; phone 
(907)586-7221; fax (907)586-7249.

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 7, 2003, notice was published in 
the Federal Register (69 FR 16786) that an amendment of Permit No. 
1003-1665-00, issued April 12, 2002 (67 FR 19167), had been requested 
by the above-named individual. 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.), and the Regulations Governing the 
Taking and Importing of Marine Mammals (50 CFR part 216).
    The permit was amended to increase the number of takes of harbor 
seals (Phoca vitulina richardsi) in Southeast Alaska by disturbance 
incidental to capture and surveys from 500 to 2,000 per year.

    Dated: May 30, 2003.
Stephen L. Leathery,
Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of 
Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service.
[FR Doc. 03-14175 Filed 6-4-03; 8:45am]
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